A subsidiary of HTK Venture Capital, Māui Toa is a venture capital firm that is focused on driving early-stage investment into high growth impact-led technology and innovation companies.

What is the whakapapa behind our name Māui Toa?

Venture capital conjures up ideas of risk and return.

That there is risk in early-stage tech investment, but with it comes the potential of significant return.

Māui personifies this mindset. He lived high risk, high reward.

He pushed boundaries and took chances. And the rewards were profound.

Our Vision

To steer our collective waka

Where our waka is heading

Looking 20 years in the future, Māui Toa will have upskilled a cohort of Māori poised to be entrepreneurs and investors in the dynamic new economy of tomorrow. 

To reimagine & reshape

Our way, a Māui Toa way.

We bring our own kaupapa and tikanga to technology and innovation. From the way we invest, to the way we make decisions, to the way we interact with others. Mana permeates through all that we do.

To build a new economy for Māori

Looking at to the future

To pivot to where tomorrow's global economies are heading and provide a trusted pathway to get there.

Our tikanga, our approach:

We ensure our whare at Māui Toa has tikanga and that our tikanga guides all that we do. 

We view things through a te ao Māori perspective

We are connected through whakapapa and kaupapa. We come to the table with richness of connection and a beautiful kaleidoscope of relationships.

We prioritise relationships

Through the concept of whakawhanaungatanga and kanohi ki te kanohi. All funds argue they bring relationships to the table. We will live it, early and demonstrably.

We plan long-term

We think and live intergenerationally. For the collective well-being of our people and of the people we work with.

We bring more returns than cash

The number of people a fund touches is immense. When we win, our people win. 

We are inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of Māui.

We know it’s a long journey and it takes courage to leave familiar shores behind.

Māui Toa.