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Bridgewest Ventures
Accelerator · Auckland, New Zealand · Asia Pacific
Bridgewest Ventures is a New Zealand deep tech incubator and investor established in 2020 as the innovation arm of the Bridgewest Group. It supports founders by providing capital, executive-level advisors, and access to international networks to help turn research into commercial ventures.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdeep techclean techai/mlmedtechlife sciencesadvanced sensors
Your fit with Bridgewest Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsBridgewest Ventures lists 13 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (44%), AI & Machine Learning (33%) and Education (6%). 88% of its companies are based in New Zealand. It invests most often alongside New Zealand Growth Capital Partners, Cure Kids Ventures and Pacific Channel.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Bridgewest Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Bridgewest Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 13. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundBridgewest Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 33% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 33th | 13 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 94th | 23% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 79th | 44% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 44% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 6% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 6% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Growth Capital Partners | 3 |
| Cure Kids Ventures | 2 |
| Pacific Channel | 2 |
| Icehouse Ventures | 1 |
| Movac | 1 |
| NZVC | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers13100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with New Zealand Growth Capital Partners
Compare Bridgewest Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Bridgewest Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Nov 2026 | Seed | |
| 11 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 25 Aug 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Bridgewest Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Bridgewest Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
13 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aegros AI creates AI-powered simulations for healthcare training | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avasa simplifies microsurgery by providing an alternative to manual hand sewing for microvascular connection. | Healthcare & Biotech | Aug 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| BioOra develops and manufactures next-generation CAR-T therapies | Healthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Series A · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Compostify produces biodegradable and compostable products such as pots, pins, and filament for various industries | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Entropeak pioneers safe, scalable, and cost-effective anode materials for next-gen batteries | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Luminoma develops a non-invasive diagnostic aid that uses Raman spectroscopy to detect skin cancer | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Macso Technologies offers comprehensive solutions from data collection and engineering to model development and deployment for hardware companies using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and develops nanorod technology for detection molecules | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| pharmAgent helps pharmaceutical companies understand and manage medicine shortages and commercial opportunities | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Precision Chroma pioneers a new method of chromatography for efficient and cost-effective purification of biological therapeutics. | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| TheiaNova develops a unique therapy to induce therapeutic remodeling of the cornea in patients with ectatic disorders such as keratoconus. | Healthcare & Biotech | Nov 2026Seed | Portfolio page | |
| The company provides an enterprise validation platform for Microsoft Dynamics 365 | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Zealafoam offers innovative, plant-based foam solutions that can easily replace traditional polystyrene in products. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- bridgewest.ventures
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 25 Aug 2025
- Companies checked
- 13
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