# Uniservices

> Uniservices is a VC fund backing Health Care, Medical Device and Manufacturing. See 29 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 29
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Uniservices is a VC fund focused on Health Care and Medical Device. Auckland University's commercialisation arm

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $694k–$5M |
| Pre-Seed | $283k–$1.3M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3.2M–$8.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 8 | 28% |
| Medical Device | 7 | 24% |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 21% |
| Medical | 4 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 14% |

44 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 66% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 10% |
| Series A | 2 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| New Zealand | 20 | 69% |
| United States | 3 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## 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 |  |
| Zenno Astronautics | Zenno Astronautics hardware and software products ensure satellite missions are effectively managed, guaranteeing maximum economic returns and responsible use of space. |  | Seed | Nov 29, 2024 |  |
| RosterLab | RosterLab goal is to automate every part of the rostering process for healthcare. | $1M | Seed | Nov 27, 2024 |  |
| Alimetry | Alimetry is a health technology startup based in Auckland, New Zealand, developing breakthrough solutions for diagnosing disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) function. | $18M | Series A | Oct 28, 2024 |  |
| Opo Bio | Opo Bio develops cell lines for the cultivated meat industry and researchers.They are building a multi-species and multi-cell type product bank for research and commercial usage. They are creating infrastructure that will enable the industry to progress and more effectively scale. |  | Seed | Sep 02, 2024 |  |
| Acumino | Acumino offers next-generation, AI powered robot models for the execution of highly dexterous tasks in industrial automation settings. The Acumino AI is trained on the most accurate data of robot interactions and facilitates the deployment of next-generation intelligent robot workers in a fast, scalable, reliable, cost-efficient manner, unlockingunmatched dexterity & ROI. | $4M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 01, 2024 |  |
| 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 |  |
| Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa | Hate & Extremism Insights Aotearoa is a company that develops threat assessment software for international relations and politics. The tool analyzes, monitors, and assesses online behavior and threats and facilitates businesses in simplifying and preventing threats related to hate speech, misogyny, disinformation, extremist ideology, andviolence. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Gaiatech | Gaiatech provides waste-capturing technology services to healthcare companies. As a result of the company's capturing technology for waste anesthetic gas and its tailored surface functionality, healthcare industries can improve removal efficiency and reduce capital and operational costs by selectively removing gases using the capture material. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |
| ISpy Nits | ISpy Nits manufacturer develops a biofluorescent powder for treating lice and nits. The company's product kit includes lotion and a non-toxic glow powder that binds to the egg sheath to intensify the effect. As the chemicals interact with bioluminescent proteins, they emit light that is visible to the human eye, identifying lice and their eggsand removing them. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2023 |  |

10 of 29 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Icehouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/icehouse-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [New Zealand Growth Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-zealand-growth-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Global from Day One](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-from-day-one-gd1) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [K1W1](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/k1w1) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Pacific Channel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pacific-channel) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [GD1 (Global From Day One)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-from-day-one-fund-ii) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Uniservices invest in?

Uniservices invests primarily in Health Care, Medical Device and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 29 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 Uniservices's check size?

Uniservices typically joins rounds of $694k–$5M at Seed, $283k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed and $3.2M–$8.4M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Uniservices participates in.

### When did Uniservices last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Uniservices closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 29 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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