Barnaby Marshall: Ledger

Stories naming Barnaby Marshall. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Role	Organisation	Sources
Partner	Icehouse Ventures	Startup Daily (22 Aug 2025), Startup Daily (27 Oct 2021)

Pre-seed NZ$1.2m

Kiwi biofuels startup Vertus Energy raises NZ$1.2 million in a pre-seed round

Vertus Energy, a New Zealand green-fuel startup, has closed a NZ$1.2 million pre-seed round with Icehouse Ventures leading, to advance its BRIO waste-to-fuel technology; its four founders are Startmate accelerator alumni.

Startup Daily 27 Oct 2021 Vertus Energy Icehouse Ventures NOAB Ventures Outset Startmate Barnaby Marshall Benjamin Howard John Wood

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

Kiwi biofuels startup Vertus Energy raises NZ$1.2 million in a pre-seed round