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Investor	Rounds	Invested
Brand Fund 2	Seed	-
Icehouse Ventures	Seed	-

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
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Seed $3.4m

Former Kiwi TikTok boss gives PowerPoint an AI makeover with NZ$3.8 million Seed round

Aether, a New Zealand AI presentation startup co-founded by a former TikTok NZ manager, raised NZ$3.8 million in seed backing from Icehouse Ventures and Brand Fund 2 after spinning out of studio New+Improved.

Startup Daily 22 Aug 2025 Aether Ideally New+Improved Ventures TikTok Timely Tracksuit Xero Brand Fund 2 Icehouse Ventures Simon Pound

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Former Kiwi TikTok boss gives PowerPoint an AI makeover with NZ$3.8 million Seed round