# Massey Ventures

Massey Ventures is a Venture Capital based in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

## Overview

- **Organization type:** Venture Capital
- **Headquarters:** Palmerston North, New Zealand
- **Region:** Oceania
- **Address:** Palmerston North, New Zealand
- **Assets under management:** Undisclosed
- **Website:** www.masseyventures.co.nz
- **LinkedIn:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/masseyventures

## Regulatory record

- **Reports private funds:** No

## About

Massey Ventures Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Massey University. Its role is to commercialise intellectual property and innovative research within the University. It works with Massey researchers and inventors through the commercialisation process, provides early stage investment, and holds equity in companies spun out of the University.

## Sectors

- AgriTech & FoodTech
- ClimateTech
- Digital Health
- Enterprise Software
- Healthcare Services

## Offices

- Albany Campus, Auckland, New Zealand

## People

- Mark Cleaver — Chief Executive Officer
- Ella Moffat — Commercialisation Manager
- Grace Capizzi — Commercialisation Consultant
- Dr Sean Mackay — Senior Commercialisation Manager
- Dr Ximenita Trejo Araya — IP & Commercialisation Manager
- Dr Dan Carlisle — Director, Commercialisation & Intellectual Property
- Brad Booysen — Student Enterprise Lead
- Terry Allen — Chairman
- Andrew Lewis — Director
- Giselle Byrnes — Director
- Matt Roskruge — Director
- Carolyn Dimond — Director
- Karina Nepia-Blyth — Board Observer

## Questions

### What is Massey Ventures' connection to Massey University?

Massey Ventures is a 100% owned subsidiary of the university, created to commercialise its research. It works exclusively with Massey University staff and students, and its most valuable assets are licenses and spin-outs built on university IP. The Massey University Foundation operates as a separate philanthropic arm.

### What was the firm's largest known transaction?

The largest disclosed deal was the 2018 sale of the FERRI-PRO iron technology to Nestlé. Nestlé subsequently used it to launch BUNYAD IRON+, an iron-fortified dairy drink in Pakistan in 2022. Massey Ventures described it as the biggest transaction in university history in both commercial and societal terms.

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