# BridgeLane Capital

> BridgeLane Capital is a VC fund in Sydney backing Software and Real Estate. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 35%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridgelane-group
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bridgelane
- Website: http://bridgelane.com.au/

BridgeLane Capital is a single family office.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $673k–$4.2M |
| Series A | $3M–$6.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 20% |
| Real Estate | 4 | 20% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 20% |
| FinTech | 3 | 15% |
| SaaS | 2 | 10% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 45% |
| Series A | 3 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 13 | 65% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Francisco Caffarena | Investment Manager | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francisco-caffarena |
| Harrison Wright | Investment Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harrison-wright-3a8d |
| Juan Ibarbia | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/juan-ibarbia |
| Markus Kahlbetzer | Founder & Chief Executive Officer | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/markus-kahlbetzer |
| Michael Taylor | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-taylor-8 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MadeComfy | MadeComfy is a technology focused property management and hospitality company operating in major Australian cities. We generate higher returns for our property owners in the short and mid-term rental market through data-driven pricing strategies and a customer-centric focus on the guest experience. Our guests enjoy the best parts of hotel stayssuch as professional cleaning standards and easy online booking, paired with the comforts of home like a full kitchen, separate living areas and the convenience of contactless self check-in. | $10M |  | May 04, 2023 |  |
| Evrima Technologies | Evrima Technologies provides clinical trial recruitment solutions to speed up research and bring new treatments to patients in need. Evrima Technologies has a global impact on clinical trial timelines, allowing the industry to advance medical research more quickly, and allowing people to access the therapies they require. Evrima Technologies is ona mission to help advance medical development by accelerating patient identification and recruitment. Evrima Technologies reduces the administrative burden on researchers, allowing them to focus on the high-value clinical work required to get new medicines from bench to bedside. | $2M | Seed | Sep 05, 2022 |  |
| Futurerent | Futurerent is a tool that offers solutions to residential property investors for investment capital and cashflow needs. | $6.1M | Series A | Jul 18, 2022 |  |
| Agerris | Agerris is a field robotics and AI start-up for the agriculture industry, based on technology created at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics, the University of Sydney, where they have been developing air and ground robotic solutions for the agriculture industry since 2005. | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 08, 2019 |  |
| Sprout Stack | Sprout Stack is revolutionizing how fresh produce is grown and distributed, without compromising the environment. Sprout Stack's indoor farms are helping communities to live fresher, by improving access to locally grown and sustainably farmed fresh produce – all year round. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 01, 2018 |  |
| Flare | Flare is a financial services startup offering market-leading digital workplace software, including onboarding, benefits and employee engagement solutions, and financial products designed to help Australians live their best financial lives. Over 2500 companies use Flare’s technology to deliver solutions to their 650,000 workers, creatingcompliant, employee-centric journeys that automate traditional processes to save time, build culture and improve employee retention. Employees can access these solutions through most leading HR and payroll platforms, and directly through Slate, an innovative workplace financial services brand that helps Australians plan, save and invest their money better, and effortlessly manage every aspect of their financial life.Flare was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia. | $14.1M | Series B | Aug 28, 2018 |  |
| Soho | Soho is an AI powered real estate recommendation engine that helps you find your dream property by allowing you to set up a property profile and then matching you with over 100,000 properties available within the platform. The platform is completely free to list for real estate agents and over 1.3M properties are matched with property seekers onSoho each year | $1.1M | Seed | Feb 19, 2018 |  |
| Flare | Flare is a financial services startup offering market-leading digital workplace software, including onboarding, benefits and employee engagement solutions, and financial products designed to help Australians live their best financial lives. Over 2500 companies use Flare’s technology to deliver solutions to their 650,000 workers, creatingcompliant, employee-centric journeys that automate traditional processes to save time, build culture and improve employee retention. Employees can access these solutions through most leading HR and payroll platforms, and directly through Slate, an innovative workplace financial services brand that helps Australians plan, save and invest their money better, and effortlessly manage every aspect of their financial life.Flare was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia. | $4.7M |  | Aug 28, 2017 |  |
| BRICKX | BRICKX is the only regulated retail investor platform in Australia that allows investors access to the real estate asset class and provides an in-platform secondary market for liquidity. The company intends to redefine how property investors gain exposure to real estate, through a transparent, low touch and accessible way. | $1.7M | Seed | Sep 12, 2016 |  |
| Sprout Stack | Sprout Stack is revolutionizing how fresh produce is grown and distributed, without compromising the environment. Sprout Stack's indoor farms are helping communities to live fresher, by improving access to locally grown and sustainably farmed fresh produce – all year round. | $673K | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2016 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does BridgeLane Capital invest in?

BridgeLane Capital invests primarily in Software, Real Estate and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is BridgeLane Capital's check size?

BridgeLane Capital typically joins rounds of $673k–$4.2M at Seed and $3M–$6.1M 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 BridgeLane Capital participates in.

### How do I contact BridgeLane Capital?

Public channels for BridgeLane Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) 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 BridgeLane Capital?

The team at BridgeLane Capital includes Francisco Caffarena (Investment Manager), Harrison Wright (Investment Analyst) and Juan Ibarbia (Investment Manager). 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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