VC · WATER INVESTOR

K1W1

K1W1 is a water-focused venture capital that has backed 2 water companies since 1999. (don't) Waste Water rates its water commitment Occasional.

Occasional
Water Commitment
Type
Venture Capital
AUM
$200M
Founded
1999
HQ
Auckland, New Zealand
Stage
Pre-Seed - Series A
Median round
$7.5M
Portfolio
2 cos

Water Commitment Score

Tier
Occasional
2 water companies · last deal 2023 · leads ~0% of rounds · High confidence
How this is scored ↗
as of Jun 2026 · no pay-to-rank

Compiled from official filings, third-party records, and direct intelligence from investors and founders, in Leviathan · recomputed monthly · as of Jun 2026.

How they invest

Pre-Seed1
Series A1
Median round$7.5Mrange $680K - $17M · 3 disclosed

Portfolio · 2 water companies

Aquafortus
Aquafortus is a company that develops non-thermal technology to recover and crystallize high sa
$17M2023
Croptide
Croptide builds trunk-mounted micro-sensors that directly read a plant’s internal water potenti
$680KPre-Seed · 2021

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Invests alongside

Universal Materials Incubator2xNZ Growth Capital Partners2xDCVC2x Burnt Island Ventures1x Intrepid Financial Partners1xEnvisioning Partners1x Novo Holdings1x Masfen Group1xIcehouse Ventures1x

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