# Larry Lopez

> Larry Lopez is a seed investor at OzAPP Awards backing Software and Water. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: OzAPP Awards
- Location: Perth, Australia
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2022
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/pub/larry-lopez/3/334/158/en
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/lopezjohnston

Larry Lopez is a seed investor at OzAPP Awards in Perth focused on Software and Water. In 2006, Larry Lopez moved from Silicon Valley to Perth, bringing with him his wisdom of technology investment, global venture capital, entrepreneurship and financing for start-up companies.For eighteen years, Larry held senior and executive positions at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), playing a key role in the growth of the SVB Financial Groupfrom a community bank to a global financial leader. In his role at SVB he sponsored the Bank’s investment in numerous European, Israeli and Australian venture capital funds. Over the years, Larry worked with hundreds of offshore companies launching products in Silicon Valley, and served on boards in Stockholm, London and Australia.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Water | 1 | 33% |
| Farming | 1 | 33% |
| Virtual Reality | 1 | 33% |
| Content Creators | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SWAN Systems | SWAN Systems is a software company that provides a cloud-based platform for precision irrigation and nutrient management for agriculture. Their platform integrates data from multiple sources to create personalized irrigation and nutrient plans that optimize crop yields, minimize waste, and reduce costs. SWAN's technology also includesreal-time monitoring and analytics to help growers make informed decisions about their irrigation and fertilization practices. Their goal is to help farmers increase their profitability while also promoting sustainable agriculture. | $2M | Seed | May 20, 2022 |  |
| SWAN Systems | SWAN Systems is a software company that provides a cloud-based platform for precision irrigation and nutrient management for agriculture. Their platform integrates data from multiple sources to create personalized irrigation and nutrient plans that optimize crop yields, minimize waste, and reduce costs. SWAN's technology also includesreal-time monitoring and analytics to help growers make informed decisions about their irrigation and fertilization practices. Their goal is to help farmers increase their profitability while also promoting sustainable agriculture. | $2.1M |  | May 20, 2022 |  |
| SpaceDraft | SpaceDraft is a visual logistics plotting startup that provides a creative planning tool for any virtual or physical service. | $1.1M | Seed | Mar 10, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PureTerra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pureterra-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Access Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/access-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About OzAPP Awards

VC Fund · Perth, Australia

The OzAPP Awards are the Asia Pacific’s most exciting and innovative app competition seeking the region’s best mobile, web and cloud app concepts.Initiated by Curtin University and global venture capitalist Bill Tai, the competition aims to foster dialogue and collaboration between innovators, researchers, investors and industry, and to furtherstimulate innovative business culture around Australia.

1 contacts available at OzAPP Awards.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Larry Lopez | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/larry-lopez |

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## FAQ

### What does Larry Lopez invest in?

Larry Lopez invests primarily in Software, Water and Farming startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Larry Lopez's check size?

Larry Lopez typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2M 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 Larry Lopez participates in.

### How do I contact Larry Lopez?

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### When did Larry Lopez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Larry Lopez closed in May 2022. 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?

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