# LUXEM Ventures

> LUXEM Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://luxem.com.au/

LUXEM Ventures is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Software and Information Technology. L U X E M is a progressive Australia-based Family Office and Venture and PE-focused Investor in technology in Australia and or abroad. L U X E M boasts genuine early stage and early private equity Investment Mandates, both of which favor and invest actively in transformational B2B technology companies. In addition to out-performance, L U X E Mseeks to foster positive change through its direct and indirect investing activities.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.3M–$2.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $596k–$1.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 33% |
| SaaS | 2 | 22% |
| Internet | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 7 | 78% |
| United States | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dean Bergin | Co-Founder and Fund Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dean-bergin-caea |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| 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. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |
| Layer | Layer is a local gaming licensing marketplace designed specifically for games and the interactive entertainment industry. The company's goal is to assist developers and publishers in working with the brands, characters, and stories that players are familiar with and enjoy.The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Brisbane, Queensland,Australia. | $2.7M | Seed | May 09, 2022 |  |
| Blakthumb | Blakthumb's platform gives cannabis and food operators the structure and flexibility they need to plan, manage, and analyze production in order to optimize for efficiency. Blakthumb's mission is to help organizations scale their production and manage risk through operational data and insights. Blakthumb assists in reducing errors andconnecting data across business verticals so that informed decisions can be made. | $596.2K | Pre-Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Varicon | Varicon was co-developed with the construction industry to overcome the major cost management issues for site and office-based staff. | $2.3M | Seed | Feb 14, 2022 |  |
| Functionly | Goodbye traditional org charts and Hello, intelligent organizations. Build lasting operational resilience through any economic climate with Functionly's intelligent org design tools. Visit www.functionly.com for a 22 day free trial. | $2.6M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| 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. |  | Seed | May 01, 2021 |  |
| upflowy | Upflowy is a platform to build, optimize, and AB tests their lead and signup flow without any code engine. | $778.6K | Pre-Seed | Mar 11, 2021 |  |
| 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. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 31, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Black Nova Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-nova-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Black Nova Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-nova-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does LUXEM Ventures invest in?

LUXEM Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

LUXEM Ventures typically joins rounds of $2.3M–$2.7M at Seed and $596k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds LUXEM Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact LUXEM Ventures?

Public channels for LUXEM Ventures include 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 LUXEM Ventures?

The team at LUXEM Ventures includes Dean Bergin (Co-Founder and Fund 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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