At the 2nd Angel Summit in Queenstown, New Zealand the Angel Association of New Zealand has appointed the first ever Arch Angel of New Zealand to Sir Stephen Tindall.

Sir Stephen Tindall has invested over $150m in seed and venture capital companies. Both directly and as a fund-of-funds with the number of companies that has received his family’s investment of just over 100 New Zealand companies. Sir Stephen has invested in a variety of sectors including biotech, clean tech, IT and design led companies. His passion is to assist young entrepreneurs to grow New Zealand as a leader in the “knowledge economy” and to help create a culture of making New Zealand “cash flow positive” in international goods and services trade.

Andrew Hamilton, Chair of Angel Association New Zealand commented “Sir Stephen’s contribution to New Zealand has been exceptional , whether that is through his charity work, founding Kea the Expat Organisation that now has over 25,000 members worldwide, focusing on climate change or actively investing into emerging Kiwi companies that are now taking on world markets. The contribution is quite extraordinary in a world-setting and we are extremely grateful to Stephen for his continued support and investment.”

The award of Arch Angel is status is akin to a life membership, honouring the extraordinary contribution made to an industry.