Recently Funded Startups in Canterbury
Updated Oct 2026
Funded startups in Canterbury number 18 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Canterbury, along with the 18 most recently funded startups there.
The median disclosed round is $9.9M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $4.3M and $23M. Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Agriculture and Farming hold the most companies by sector. Christchurch and Queenstown hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Canterbury. Startups in Canterbury closed 8 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 6 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $102M in disclosed capital.
Activity centers on Christchurch, making it the primary point of contact for Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence firms. Queenstown provides a secondary focal point. This geographic concentration simplifies outreach, as the majority of funded entities cluster in a single city. Sourcing efforts remain local rather than spread across the region.
Canterbury funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Jun 2026.
18 most recently funded startups in Canterbury
18 shownOrdered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
Canterbury startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Canterbury closed 8 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 6 of them in the last 12, adding up to $102M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $9.9M, with the middle half running from $4.3M to $23M. 6 of 8 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Agriculture and Farming hold the most companies, led by Information Technology at 4. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Canterbury
Sector counts across all 18 tracked companies in Canterbury. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Funding stages in Canterbury
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Canterbury break down by stage.
A further 3 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Canterbury startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 18 funded startups in Canterbury currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (2 of 8 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Canterbury is dated Jun 2026.
The table above shows the 18 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Canterbury?
FundedIQ tracks 18 funded startups in Canterbury. This page lists the 18 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Canterbury raised?
Startups in Canterbury tracked by FundedIQ have raised $102M in disclosed capital across 8 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 6 rounds in the last 12 months. 6 of those 8 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Canterbury?
Information Technology has the most, with 4 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (3), Agriculture and Farming (2) and Manufacturing (2). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Canterbury?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $9.9M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $4.3M and $23M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Canterbury?
Series A is the most common labelled stage, with 2 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series B (2) and Seed (1). A further 3 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Canterbury startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Canterbury is dated Jun 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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