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Best Alcoholic Beverage Products Companies in New Zealand

The 54 best Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Invivo Wines.

54companies tracked
$14.5Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised

Tracking the best Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand, ranked by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum, our directory covers 54 ventures with a combined $15M in disclosed capital. Invivo Wines leads at $6M, Moa Brewing sits at $3M, and East Imperial has pulled $2M. That top tier pulls hard. Behemoth Brewing, ParrotDog, and Zeffer Cider each land at $1M, which tells you something about how tight the funding bands are once you get past the frontrunners. Investors like New Zealand Growth Capital Partners and Snowball Effect are the names showing up repeatedly, alongside Alium Capital and Angel HQ.

So what's the broader signal? Across 471 food and beverage apps, median install growth is running at roughly +19% YoY, a number that reflects genuine consumer appetite shifting toward digital discovery and direct brand engagement. And as 2021 research on fermented and functional beverage trends confirms, product differentiation is increasingly what separates funded brands from stagnant ones. I'd watch the craft and premium-import segment closely here. New Zealand's geography creates natural export narrative leverage for founders, and the investor base, while concentrated, is active enough to keep dealflow moving this quarter.

Ranked: Best Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Invivo Wines
Brand of wine
$6M11 mo agoSeries A2008Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+30
2Moa Brewing
Multi-category alcoholic beverage company
$3M118 mo agoLate StageJosh Scott
Founder
2003Cart FunctionalityShopifyAnimate.css+25
3East Imperial
Brand of gin
$2M29 mo agoDeadpooledKevin Law
Founder
2012
4ParrotDog
Beer brand
$1M119 mo agoSeedPaul Watson
Co-Founder & CEO
2011Cart FunctionalityShopifyPlyr+25
5Behemoth Brewing
Brand of beers
$1M67 mo agoSeedReginald Field
Co-Founder
2015Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+30
6Zeffer Cider
Ciders processing company
$1M112 mo agoSeedJoshua Townsend
CEO
2008ShopifyTailwind CSSlit-html+15
7Brookfields Vineyards
Producer of handcrafted premium wines
265 mo agoLate StagePeter Robertson
CEO
1937Cart FunctionalityShopifyVisa+16
8Accuro
Brand of wines and spirits
UnfundedJorg Kampschreur
Founder
2014

Top 6 Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand

#1
Series A · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2008 · 13 employees
$5.6Mraised

Brand of wine

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 3.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Indevin Group) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Series A
  • Aug 2019Series A$3.6M
  • 2015Seed$2M
Investors
Genesis Capital, Indevin, Gpe Icl, Snowball Effect, Zbs Vinum
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Core-Js
#2
Deadpooled · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2012 · 7 employees
$2.3Mraised

Brand of gin

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Post IPO$412.8K
  • Aug 2023Post IPO$1.9M
Founders & team
Kevin LawFounderAnthony BurtCo-Founder
Investors
Alium Capital, Corvus Capital
Tech stack
ShopifyHstsCloudflareHttp/3
#3
Late Stage · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2003
$2.8Mraised

Moa manufactures and sells multi-category alcoholic beverages across categories such as beer and rhubarb & apple cider.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2016Post IPO$2.8M
  • 2014Post IPO
Founders & team
Josh ScottFounder
Investors
Pie Funds, New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, Pioneer Capital
Tech stack
American ExpressAnimate.CssApple PayAxiosCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#4
Seed · Auckland, Auckland · founded 2015 · 19 employees
$1.3Mraised

Brand of beers

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2020Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Reginald FieldCo-Founder
Investors
Snowball Effect
Tech stack
American ExpressApple PayAzure Edge NetworkCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-Js
#5
Seed · Wellington, Wellington · founded 2011 · 22 employees
$1.5Mraised

Beer brand

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
Paul WatsonCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Phil's Gardens 2015
Tech stack
Apple PayCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsElfsightFacebook Pixel
#6
Seed · Napier, Hawke s Bay · founded 2008 · 12 employees
$1.2Mraised

Ciders processing company

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 993 LinkedIn followers — 2.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2017Seed$1.2M
Founders & team
Joshua TownsendCEO
Investors
Cedenco
Tech stack
CdnjsCloudflareCore-JsFacebook PixelFlickityGoogle Analytics

Funding & investor landscape

$14.5Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
8disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
New Zealand Growth Capital Partners2 rounds
Snowball Effect2 rounds
Alium Capital1 rounds
Angel HQ1 rounds
Asia Pacific Breweries1 rounds
Cedenco1 rounds
Corvus Capital1 rounds
Enterprise Angels1 rounds
Genesis Capital1 rounds
Gpe Icl1 rounds

Notable founders

Kevin Law
Founder · East Imperial
Anthony Burt
Co-Founder · East Imperial
Josh Scott
Founder · Moa Brewing
Reginald Field
Co-Founder · Behemoth Brewing
Paul Watson
Co-Founder & CEO · ParrotDog
Joshua Townsend
CEO · Zeffer Cider
Prism market signals · New Zealand · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,151,176 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Alcoholic Beverage Products coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Alcoholic Beverage Products companies are there in New Zealand?
Radar tracks 54 indexable Alcoholic Beverage Products companies headquartered in New Zealand that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand?
The Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand on this list have raised a combined $14.5M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Alcoholic Beverage Products company in New Zealand?
Invivo Wines is the highest-funded Alcoholic Beverage Products company in New Zealand, with $5.6M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand are funded?
6 of the 54 Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Alcoholic Beverage Products unicorns are there in New Zealand?
None of the Alcoholic Beverage Products companies in New Zealand on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in New Zealand Alcoholic Beverage Products companies?
The most active investors in New Zealand Alcoholic Beverage Products companies on this list include New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, Snowball Effect, Alium Capital, Angel HQ, Asia Pacific Breweries.
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