# Bridgewest Ventures

> Bridgewest Ventures is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Medical Device. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Auckland, New Zealand
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridgewest-ventures-nz/
- Website: https://x.com/bridgewestnz

Bridgewest Ventures is a venture capital company that invests in start-ups commercialized on a global scale.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Bridgewest Ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Bridgewest Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/bridgewest-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$2.8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 67% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 67% |
| Eyewear | 1 | 33% |
| Health Care | 1 | 33% |
| Product Design | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Saum Vahdat | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saum-vahdat-6284 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avasa | Avasa is a medical device company. It helps to improve surgical procedures by developing novel implantable devices. | $2.8M | Seed | Aug 25, 2025 |  |
| TheiaNova | TheiaNova provides nonsurgical therapies to patients with vision impairment due to ecstatic vision disorders. A patient suffering from keratoconus will undergo therapeutic remodeling of the cornea with the company's therapy, allowing healthcare professionals to focus on correcting vision impairments with glasses and corrective lenses orhalting progression of the disease with corneal crosslinking. |  | Seed | Feb 03, 2024 |  |
| Luminoma | Luminoma is a medical device manufacturer that offers LumAssure, a device that indicates whether a skin lesion is malignant or benign. | $2.5M | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Uniservices](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uniservices) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AngelHQ](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelhq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Booster](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/booster-aa31) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Callaghan Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/callaghan-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Movac](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/movac) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bridgewest Ventures invest in?

Bridgewest Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Medical Device and Eyewear startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in New Zealand. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bridgewest Ventures's check size?

Bridgewest Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$2.8M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bridgewest Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Bridgewest Ventures?

Public channels for Bridgewest Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Bridgewest Ventures?

The team at Bridgewest Ventures includes Saum Vahdat (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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