Ten3V assists young technology companies to shape and scope new product and service offerings to meet the needs of systems integrators and corporates and to facilitate the transfer of technologies between Asia Pacific and Europe. From time to time it might invest in young BI companies by exchanging time for equity or by investing small amounts of seed capital. Any investments made will be managed through our proprietary commercialisation process which will provide stakeholders with full transparency of our activity on a project by project basis.

The company has specialised knowledge and networks across a range of industry sectors including transport and logistics, security, financial services, food, healthcare, entertainment and insurance. With offices in New Zealand and France and an extensive network of distribution partners, Ten3V is well positioned to assist in the penetration of new markets.

Board Members

Robert Lee-Johnson - Chairman
For the past 30 years Robert has held operational and senior management positions in New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong. His detailed business experience spans the full business cycle from start-up to established multinationals in information technology, financial markets, accounting, service logistics, building services and consulting. He has first hand knowledge of the creation and development of technology sector businesses with proven skills in planning, team building, funding, product development and marketing. Having held equity and board positions in many of these businesses, he is experienced with the process of successfully realizing increased value at the exit point.


Dean Prebble BCom Otago, MCom Auckland - Executive Director
Dean has over 20 years of experience with early stage businesses. In the 1980s he was a shareholder in two start-ups, ARPAC International and Mammoth Take-n-Bake. Dean was part of the team that took ARPAC public in1986. Dean's experience also includes senior roles with Jarden & Co. and Ernst & Young. In 2004, he was appointed Director of Unitec's NZ Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In this role he also lectures in finance on Unitec's Master of Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship programme (MBIE). Dean is a member of the US Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centres, the International Entrepreneurship Organisation (EO), the Incubator Association and the New Zealand Venture Capital Association. He was also one of the early members of the Ice Angels investment group. Dean has extensive networks throughout the New Zealand innovation scene and will play a key role in attracting investment opportunities into Ten3.

Craig Meek - Director
Craig Meek is an interactive multimedia specialist experienced in developing and implementing technology strategies. As co-founder of Virtual Spectator, Craig was instrumental in developing the first online real-time 3D graphics for the America 's Cup, as well as a 3D graphics package to enhance the worldwide TV broadcast of the World Rally Championships. He also helped to lead Virtual Spectator into golf, cricket and music. Prior to Virtual Spectator, Craig founded Terabyte Interactive Ltd, New Zealand's leading interactive media agency, which he successfully sold to NewsCorp in 1995. More recently, Craig founded the track and trace company iVistra Technology Ltd (www.ivistra.com) and played an instrumental role in the launch of Go Virtual Medical, a company that simulates surgical procedures.

Jim Macdonald - Director
Jim began his entrepreneurial career with his own fast food business in 1984. He was the co-founder of Mammoth Take-n-Bake, a new retail food concept, that expanded to three stores in the mid to late 1980s. Jim's corporate career was in stock-broking in New Zealand and the Czech Republic, leading to a Directorship of Genesis Investment Management (an emerging market fund management business located in London), with US$7 billion under management. Jim returned to New Zealand in 2003 and has invested and exited in a retail venture in Queenstown and recently acquired a stake in an environmental technology company, Bio Systems (NZ) Limited.