NZ Growth Capital Partners

Annabel is an experienced governor with knowledge of public sector boards. Her skills and experience include governance, investor relations, risk and assurance, finance and accounting.

Steve is an independent director, advisor and investor with a strong background within the start-up and technology commercialisation community in Aotearoa and overseas.

Marcel is a professional director, independent advisor and angel investor. His roles include Chairman of Flick Electric Ltd, Sprout Agritech Ltd and Wipster Ltd, and Director of CropX (NZ) Ltd and Education Payroll Ltd.

Grant is the co-founder and CEO of Straker with his wife, Merryn, an AI based language company that they built from start-up to IPO on the ASX.

Dana Settle is a Founding Partner with Greycroft, and she heads the firm’s west coast office out of Los Angeles.

Danny is an experienced investor with over 24 years of global private equity experience spanning venture, growth and buyouts.

Scott leads the Private Equity Funds Team at the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS). Through his role at TRS, Scott has oversight responsibilities for the group’s approximately $24 billion NAV private equity fund investment portfolio.

James was appointed as our CEO from 1 January 2026. Prior to this, James joined NZGCP in 2019 to establish the Elevate fund and acted as Chief Investment Officer from 2022 to 2025.

Tana is our CFO / COO and responsible for all accounting, budgeting and forecasting. She has extensive experience in the financial services sector specifically cost management, financial planning and reporting, strategy implementation and l…

Danielle is responsible for developing and implementing HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the NZGCP business strategy and enhancing the employee experience.

Jacques is an Investment Director responsible for managing our Aspire fund. Jacques obtained experience in consulting engineering in the UK and South Africa before joining a development finance institution.

Jason is an Investment Director responsible for managing our Elevate fund. Prior to joining NZGCP, Jason spent six years working in the M&A team at Todd Corporation where he was involved in transactions spanning Energy, Minerals, Property,…