Māori and Pasifika

There are organisations with a specific purpose of working with Māori and Pasifika founders, start-ups and investors. We’ve included some of those here.

Connect with us to add more Māori and Pasifika support options to this list.

Accelerator and incubator programmes, grants, Angel investment and venture capital
Funding

Kōkiri

Developed for Māori, by Māori, this is a 12-week Kaupapa-based start-up accelerator that supports impact-positive early-stage Māori-led enterprises on a journey to sustainable business growth

Funding

Tahito

Tahito provides investment solutions for selected companies based upon indigenous Māori values. They apply their indigenous value set to measure relational behaviours and connectivity. By building Aroha, a business improves its Mauri (wellbeing)