# Lewis Holdings

> Lewis Holdings is a VC fund backing Software, SaaS and Computer. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2019
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Lewis Holdings is a VC fund focused on Software and SaaS. Lewis Holdings was added in 2013.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $550k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Computer | 1 | 33% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 33% |
| GreenTech | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ambit | From natural language processing to machine learning, our conversational AI platform empowers organisations. Business focused and aligned, Ambit chatbots carve a direct path to meeting your strategic objectives. Ultimately, Ambit enables you to deliver to your customers and internal stakeholders better. | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 27, 2019 |  |
| Avertana | Avertana is a process technology company that has developed a proprietary platform to refine solid industrial waste streams into valuable mineral and chemical raw materials used to make everyday products. Products of Avertana's process are used in products such as paint, building materials, paper and fertilisers. The process is costcompetitive with existing approaches but offers a much lower environmental footprint than traditional methods. Avertana helps its customers to build more sustainable supply chains by making mineral and chemical ingredients for widely-used products from sources that support optimal environmental outcomes. Avertana’s waste to value process helps industry to reduce its environmental footprint competitively. | $550K | Seed | Jan 31, 2015 |  |
| Unleashed Software | Supply, production, inventory and sales software with exceptional product and customer focus | $4M | Series A | Oct 30, 2013 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Milford Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/milford-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Private investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/private-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Lewis Holdings invest in?

Lewis Holdings invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Computer startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Lewis Holdings's check size?

Lewis Holdings typically joins rounds of $550k–$1.1M 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 Lewis Holdings participates in.

### When did Lewis Holdings last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lewis Holdings closed in Feb 2019. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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