Deep-tech incubator Outset Ventures hopes to attract institutional investors

Deep-tech incubator Outset Ventures hopes to attract institutional investors
From left, Outset Ventures executive director Mat Rowe, CEO Imche Veiga and Outset partner Angus Blair. (Images: Outset Ventures)
Greg Hurrell
Startup incubator Outset Ventures is looking to attract institutional investors into its new $50 million fund. The company, formerly known as Level 2, describes itself as New Zealand's largest science and engineering hub and early-stage investment fund. Its Fund II will invest in a portfolio of about 25 companies ranging from pre-seed through to the series B stage.Within the walls of an old wool store in a quiet residential street in Parnell, Auckland, sits a hive of deep-tech activity hoping to be the next RocketLab or LanzaTech. Both...

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