Carsten Grueber: Ledger

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

Role	Organisation	Sources
Country Manager (former)	TikTok	Startup Daily

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 Barnaby Marshall Carsten Grueber Simon Pound Ursula von Keisenberg

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