Our funds are currently only available to 'wholesale investors', as defined by the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013.

Wholesale investor is a term used in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 to describe a person (or company, trust or partnership) that is legally allowed to invest in opportunities otherwise not available to the public or "retail" investors, like startups or venture capital funds. This restriction is designed for investors' protection. Typically investments like startups and venture capital funds are higher risk and have less information or other protective rights than those offered to the public or retail investors.
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There are a number of criteria or categories used to qualify as a wholesale investor. Our investors typically qualify under one (or more) of four different options and they could be broadly described in two categories:
(1) Investors have appropriate experience to understand and accept the risks involved in the investment they are making, or
(2) Investors have sufficient wealth to either afford appropriate professional advice or to withstand the losses they could incur. The four qualifications our investors typically rely on are:
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- Being a "Large Investor", where that investor (and the entities they control) owns net assets or has consolidated turnover of $5m or more in each of the last two financial years.
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- Being an "Investment Business", where that investor's principal business (especially where the investor is a company) is one or more of a few categories including investing in financial products (i.e. fund managers), providing financial advice, or trading in financial products on behalf of others (i.e. brokers or wealth managers).
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- Meeting "Investment Activity" criteria, where an individual is either;(1) An investor that owns or has owned in the last 2 years a portfolio of specified financial products (i.e. shares, bonds, derivatives etc) in excess of $1m in value, or (2) An individual that works in an investment business and materially participates in that business' investment decisions and has done so for at least 2 years within the last 10 years.
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- Being an "Eligible Investor" where an investor has previous experience investing in financial products that is relevant to the investment they are making such that they can assess the merits and the information they need to make decisions, provide a declaration that they understand the consequences of being an eligible investor, and have that declaration confirmed by either a lawyer, accountant or financial advisor.
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These descriptions are intentionally in layman's terms and should not be interpreted as advice regarding whether or not you are a wholesale investor or not. If you are unsure whether you may qualify, we recommend discussing this with your accountant or financial advisor.

We invest in Kiwi founders with unique insights, building global companies. We invest at the earliest stages in a company's journey through to Series-D, and have no specific markets or verticals that we do or don't invest in (other than those in conflict with the exclusions in our Responsible Investing Policy).