Contented, the Christchurch-based AI startup changing how global businesses transform conversations into strategic outputs, has announced the successful close of a $4.1M seed funding round.

The oversubscribed round was led by Altered Capital, with investment secured from Shearwater Capital (Australia), K1W1, Icehouse Ventures, Aspire NZ Seed Fund, Phase One Ventures, and Exhort Ventures.

Co-founder Hannah Hardy-Jones said the investment will accelerate Contented’s growth into new territories and industries.

“We’ve had really strong interest from a great range of investors and this funding is going to allow us to deepen our feature set, expand our customer base, and push hard into new territories like the UK and US,” said Hardy-Jones.

Contented was co-founded by tech entrepreneurs. Hardy-Jones and Lucy Pink. Pink is a self-taught developer and former founder of ethical fashion startup Onyou, while Hardy-Jones is the former founder of The Kite Program, a mental health app.

The pair met while building their previous startups and bonded over their shared interest in AI and its potential for businesses - a connection that eventually led to Contented.

Contented captures conversations in meetings, video calls, and in-person discussions, then transforms them into actionable documentation and business insights through customisable templates.

"We work with businesses of all sizes - from growing SMEs through to some of New Zealand's biggest organisations,” said Pink.

“Alliance Group is a great example. The global premium meat exporter uses Contented to record meetings across the business, from plant floors to the boardroom, turning them into their key documents - meeting minutes, health and safety reports, and more.”

In the past year, the company has grown from a handful of customers to over $1.4M in annual recurring revenue, entirely bootstrapped.

Contented is the chosen conversational tool for over 200 customers globally, spanning SMEs wealth management, healthcare, government, and enterprise.

“Contented’s growth trajectory is remarkable and among the fastest we’ve seen in New Zealand,” said Finn Templeton of Altered Capital.

“It’s a testament to both the product as well as Lucy and Hannah as founders.

“Contented generates structured insight and business value out of conversations, effectively turning talk into scalable intellectual assets and unlocking a previously unused source of value. We’re delighted to partner with Hannah and Lucy to help fuel Contented’s growth.”

The platform helps teams ensure nothing is missed while creating high-quality documentation.

“We believe conversations are the most underutilised resource in business. We’re here to change that,” says Pink.

"Our vision is for Contented to power every conversation for the best companies of today and tomorrow. We’re building the operating system for conversations, turning them into business-critical outputs.”

Contented’s customers include Synlait, Craigs Investment Partners, Alliance Group, Awanui Group, Christchurch Airport, Apollo Projects, and a significant number of SMEs around the world.

The company is also experiencing particularly strong growth in financial services.

"In a wealth management firm, using our technology in a single client meeting can generate a statement of advice, an assets and liabilities table, a family tree, even a LinkedIn thought leadership article.”

She says Contented takes the friction out of turning conversations into actionable intelligence, enabling people to create better business outcomes in a fraction of the time.

“Everything we do is about empowering people to work smarter. Our technology is human-first and frees up more human time for the stuff that matters most to organisations.”

Contented plans to use this funding to build out their template offering for different business areas like HR and recruitment, expand integration capabilities with CRMs and Microsoft Office, and enhance its AI technology.

It will also significantly increase its team size - from five to around 15 staff in the next two months. New hires will be in development, go-to-market, and customer success.

Contented delivers tangible results for customers by saving hours per meeting through automated documentation and by improving the conversations its customers are having with their customers and team members.

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About Contented:

Contented is an AI workspace that generates documents and business value out of conversations. Customers can record in-person and online conversations and generate business-ready documents tailored to them, greatly improving efficiency. By unlocking a previously unused source of value (workplace conversations) in a customer-specific and efficient way (with embedded data and tailored templating), Contented’s product delivers meaningful utility to customers.

Already used by more than 200 customers worldwide, the New Zealand-founded company is on a mission to become the intelligence layer for conversations, empowering teams with tools that maximise productivity, compliance, and collaboration.