# BetterLabs Ventures

> BetterLabs Ventures is a VC fund in Australia backing Education and Apps. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Australia, Philippines
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 27%
- Fund size: $23M
- Last fund: Jan 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/better-labs
- Website: http://www.betterlabsventures.com.au/

BetterLabs Ventures is a VC fund in Australia focused on Education and Apps. BetterLabs are seeking investment opportunities that use technology to solve specific customer problems. BetterLabs are looking for investments that have a B2C or B2B2C focus. We also see tech as an enabler rather than an end or solution in itself.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $915k–$5M |
| Series A | $7M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Education | 3 | 12% |
| Apps | 2 | 8% |
| FinTech | 2 | 8% |
| Software | 2 | 8% |
| Training | 2 | 8% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 73% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |
| Grant | 1 | 4% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 17 | 65% |
| United States | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Edwards | CEO | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-edwards-940f |
| KC Holiday | Innovation Strategist | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kc-holiday |
| Sherman Lo | Product Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sherman-lo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WeMoney | WeMoney is a financial wellness platform that tracks all your money in one place. You can track your credit score, bills and recurring payments, understand your savings, debts, and monitor your income through a complete toolset that can make your dollar and keep them in the black.By leveraging frontier behavioural science and artificialintelligence, WeMoney nudges and guides you towards better, informed and insightful financial choices and addresses the root causes of pitfalls of money management. | $7.7M | Series A | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| upcover | upcover is an AI-native Commercial Insurance Broker / MGA and a CB Insights Top 50 Global Insurtech, HQed in Australia.We have assisted thousands of Small, Mid-market and Technology Businesses with world class coverage and risk management solutions via our team of product specialists, our risk advisors, and upcover's extensive network80+ local and global underwriting partners. | $11M | Series A | Feb 10, 2025 |  |
| Loopit | Loopit is a SaaS platform that provides car rental, car subscription, and fleet management software. It also offers mobile software solutions for automakers, dealerships, and new mobility providers. With Loopit, they can provide customers with a comprehensive range of private transportation services that meet all of their current and future needs.The platform handles both the customer-facing touchpoints and the back-office management required to offer a car subscription to customers simply and easily.Loopit was founded in 2019 and is based in Sydney, Australia. | $2.6M | Seed | May 07, 2024 |  |
| WeMoney | WeMoney is a financial wellness platform that tracks all your money in one place. You can track your credit score, bills and recurring payments, understand your savings, debts, and monitor your income through a complete toolset that can make your dollar and keep them in the black.By leveraging frontier behavioural science and artificialintelligence, WeMoney nudges and guides you towards better, informed and insightful financial choices and addresses the root causes of pitfalls of money management. | $7M | Series A | Jul 12, 2022 |  |
| upcover | upcover is an AI-native Commercial Insurance Broker / MGA and a CB Insights Top 50 Global Insurtech, HQed in Australia.We have assisted thousands of Small, Mid-market and Technology Businesses with world class coverage and risk management solutions via our team of product specialists, our risk advisors, and upcover's extensive network80+ local and global underwriting partners. | $2.7M | Seed | Jul 05, 2022 |  |
| IDEA | IDEA is an academy for young innovators, entrepreneurs, and creatives and offers full and part-time, portfolio-based education. |  | Seed | Jun 30, 2022 |  |
| Snackr | Snackr is a mobile ordering platform designed to keep fans in the action and out of the queues at live events! | $915K | Seed | Jun 19, 2022 |  |
| WeMoney | WeMoney is a financial wellness platform that tracks all your money in one place. You can track your credit score, bills and recurring payments, understand your savings, debts, and monitor your income through a complete toolset that can make your dollar and keep them in the black.By leveraging frontier behavioural science and artificialintelligence, WeMoney nudges and guides you towards better, informed and insightful financial choices and addresses the root causes of pitfalls of money management. | $4.8M | Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Gathered Here | Gathered Here is a comparison platform that provides the funeral industry with the information it needs to make informed decisions. They provide services that include funerals, headstones, fixed-fee probate services, and free online wills. | $721.1K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 17, 2022 |  |
| OneBase Health | OneBase Health is a fitness services company that provides hyperbaric oxygen therapy chambers for faster recovery. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Full Circle Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/full-circle-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [LUXEM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/l-u-x-e-m) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Common Sense Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/common-sense-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dream Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dream-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eastcourt](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eastcourt) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Laurence Escalante’s family office](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laurence-escalante-s-family-office) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does BetterLabs Ventures invest in?

BetterLabs Ventures invests primarily in Education, Apps and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

BetterLabs Ventures typically joins rounds of $915k–$5M at Seed and $7M–$11M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BetterLabs Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact BetterLabs Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at BetterLabs Ventures?

The team at BetterLabs Ventures includes James Edwards (CEO), KC Holiday (Innovation Strategist) and Sherman Lo (Product Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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