Winemaker Invivo calls in advisers to ensure it remains 'well-funded and agile'

Invivo co-founder Tim Lightbourne with Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker. (Image: NZME)

Mon, 16 Dec 2024

New Zealand-based winemaker Invivo, which has partnered with media personalities Graham Norton and Sarah Jessica Parker, has called in investment bankers to ensure it remains “well-funded and agile”.Invivo raised $1.6 million late last year after a short 2021 harvest, global shipping issues and its newly acquired leased vineyard in Hawke's Bay was struck by Cyclone Gabrielle.The raise was undertaken via the Snowball platform with a minimum of $1m and a maximum of $2m targeted.The company, founded in 2008, did its first capital r...

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