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 studio 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 studio
- 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
- How to reach it
- Its pitch / apply page on its own site
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.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 9 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Cure Kids Ventures 2 shared companies: avasa.io, bioora.com
- Angel HQ 2 shared companies: luminomadx.com, nanophage.com
- Pacific Channel 2 shared companies: luminomadx.com, macso.ai
- Auckland UniServices Limited 2 shared companies: entropeak.tech, theianova.com
- Movac 1 shared company: avasa.io
- NZGCP 1 shared company: avasa.io
- Foggy Valley Aotearoa 1 shared company: macso.ai
- NZVC 1 shared company: macso.ai
- Massey Ventures Ltd 1 shared company: nanophage.com
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Bridgewest Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://bridgewest.ventures/name, is_investor, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, status, confidence, type, approach_url
- https://bridgewest.ventures/fundlayer, stage_min, stage_max
- https://bridgewest.ventures/abouttype, description, founded, people
- https://bridgewest.ventures/our-portfolioportfolio_count
Record 8624 · added 2026-09-29 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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