Bridgewest Ventures
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Bridgewest Ventures is the venture arm of Bridgewest Group, established in 2020 as a New Zealand deep tech incubator. It invests in and supports early-stage deep tech companies, primarily in New Zealand, from pre-seed to Series B.
Bridgewest Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand, founded in 2020. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to Series B, in clean Tech, AI/ML, MedTech and life Sciences. 13 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“Our mission is to drive positive impact on a global scale by creating, supporting, and investing in innovative deep tech solutions that disrupt the status quo.”
— Bridgewest Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Invests in
- New Zealand, global
- Sectors
- Clean Tech, AI/ML, MedTech, Life Sciences, Advanced Sensors, Green Tech
- Founded
- 2020
- Portfolio
- 13 companies
Team, as Bridgewest Ventures publishes it
- Saum Vahdat CEO
- Kathryn de Ridder Investment Director
- John Robson General Manager New Zealand
- Darja Nelson Operating Partner
- Akansha Gill Legal & Governance Manager
- Alexander Rivers Investment Analyst
- Xavier Taucher Fund Associate
- Tamsin Bateman Investment Manager
- Rayan Coates Investment Analyst Intern
- Ruby Kleyer Investment Manager
- Dr Masood Tayebi Chief Executive Bridgewest Group
- Dr Massih Tayebi Chairman Bridgewest Group
Names and roles exactly as listed on bridgewest.ventures. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
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