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AUT Ventures Activity

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Team Change

Dr Michael Fielding, previously Venture Principal, was named Chief Executive following Steve Corbett's retirement.

Michael Fielding named Chief Executive

Added recently

Investment

Invested $110,000 in AUT-graduate-founded game studio CONICAL to support the multi-platform launch of Faeborne.

CONICAL

CONICAL AUT Ventures

ventures.aut.ac.nz

Added recently

Team Change

Appointed Mitali Purohit, General Partner at Nuance Connected Capital, to the AUT Ventures board of directors.

Mitali Purohit joined the board

ventures.aut.ac.nzJUL 2025

JUL 2025

Investment

Co-invested in Dot Ingredients' $350K round, led by Motion Capital alongside Climate Venture Capital Fund.

Dot Ingredients

Dot Ingredients AUT Ventures

ventures.aut.ac.nzMAY 2025

MAY 2025

New Fund

Launched the $5 million AUT Innovation Fund to invest directly in AUT-connected early-stage ventures.

AUT Innovation Fund

aut.ac.nzMAY 2025

MAY 2025

Investment

Participated in a $1.5M round for medtech spinout RespirAq alongside Outset Ventures, Icehouse Ventures, and Cure Kids Ventures, the largest investment to date in any AUT-developed technology.

RespirAq

RespirAq AUT Ventures

scoop.co.nzJAN 2022

JAN 2022