Our Portfolio: Purpose Driven New Zealand Companies

Our portfolio

Not only is Maker Capital a purpose-driven investor, but we will only invest in purpose-driven organisations.

The reason for this is simple - purpose-driven organisations:

  • Experience 30% higher levels of innovation and

  • Experience 40% higher levels of staff retention than direct competitors.

A purpose-driven organisation with a clear purposeful mission statement lends itself well to the use of clear and straightforward measurement criteria to continuously evaluate organisational performance.

This creates a clear decision-making framework which focuses decision-making:

  • Take a decision only if it aligns with the organisation’s purpose statement

  • Evaluate decisions according to performance measures that measure organisational performance against its purpose statement

These purpose-driven businesses generate superior investment returns: over a 15-year period US publicly listed purpose-driven organisations achieved a 21.2% annual return, vastly outperforming the 5.3% annual return of the S&P500 over the same period.

“Don’t miss out on good companies and don’t invest in bad companies.”

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Market: e-commerce

Product: Customised sustainable packaging

Type: Product

Stage: Series A+

Founder: Josh Bowden & Auguste Gruar

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  • Market: Fragrance

  • Product: Natural Fragrances

  • Type: Product

  • Stage: Seed

  • Founder: Frances Shoemack

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  • Market: Fashion

  • Product: Contemporary Women's Apparel

  • Type: Product

  • Stage: Seed

  • Founder: Paris Mitchell Temple & Georgia Cherrie

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  • Market: Beauty and Wellness

  • Product: Premium Skincare & Haircare

  • Type: Product

  • Stage: Seed

  • Founder: Lucy Vincent

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  • Market: Consumer Sports Tech

  • Product: Sports Earphone with secure Magfit

  • Type: Product

  • Stage: Pre-Seed

  • Founder: James Bell-Booth

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  • Market: Beauty and Wellness

  • Product: Men’s Grooming

  • Type: Product

  • Stage: Pre-Seed

  • Founder: Tomas Tappin & Michael McRae

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