# Myer Family Investments > Myer Family Investments is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Financial Services and Advice. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Melbourne, Australia - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Sep 2020 - Lead investor: 33% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - Website: http://www.myerfamilyinvestments.com.au Myer Family Investments is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Financial Services and Advice. Myer Family Investments operates as a private investment company. It provides long term, patient, and supportive capital, and its investments are designed to support the financial future of the family and its philanthropic pursuits. The firm was established in 1925 by Sidney Myer, the founder of the Myer Stores department store chain. ## Round sizes | Stage | Round size | | --- | --- | | Series A | $5M–$94M | ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Financial Services | 3 | 100% | | Advice | 1 | 33% | | Banking | 1 | 33% | | Bitcoin | 1 | 33% | | FinTech | 1 | 33% | 10 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series A | 2 | 67% | | Series C | 1 | 33% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Australia | 2 | 67% | | United States | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Veem | Veem is a payment service provider that helps simplify the way businesses send and receive funds.It offers a platform that enables small businesses to send and receive payments in local currency. Using blockchain as a payment rail, the company eliminates the need for intermediary banks, reducing costs for small- and medium-sized businesses. Itconverts the sender’s funds into bitcoin, selling the digital currency at an exchange for the desired currency of the recipient.Aldo Carrascoso and Marwan Forzley co-founded the company in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $31M | Series C | Sep 16, 2020 | | | Judo Bank | Judo is a specialist, purpose-built relationship business where experience, knowledge, judgment, and integrity critical qualities underpinning success.Judo believes that there is a place in the specialist segments of the SME market for old-fashioned practical banking, enabled by the latest technology.Small to medium-sized businesses are theengine room of Australia, producing over half of the nation’s value-added and accounting for seven out of every 10 jobs in the private sector. Despite their critical importance to the economy, some SME businesses aren’t getting the support they deserve.The Judo team, with experience at the highest levels of some of the world’s largest banks, saw an opportunity to do better.Their name comes from ‘Judo Strategy,’ the art of defeating larger opponents. They're smaller and more nimble, so they can adapt their stance to best address business challenges.The customers deal directly with decision-makers who are empowered to judge each application on its merits, rather than relying on complex processes and evaluation metrics that ignore the reality of business itself.Customers don’t just get a call center number; they get direct, regular contact with their own relationship manager who will get to know their business inside and out and be well equipped to tailor-make financial solutions that match their needs, rather than a one size fits all approach.At Judo, they always put relationships first, they’re at the heart of everything they do, it’s what their business is built on. | $94.2M | Series A | Aug 01, 2018 | | | BlueChilli | BlueChilli helps founders build products, gain pilots, secure investment, and establish their first team. BlueChilli is the largest Australian startup accelerator and has been around for more than six years. Established in Australia in 2012, the accelerator provides entrepreneurs with an engineering team to build their pilot products. | $5M | Series A | Sep 01, 2014 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Abu Dhabi Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abu-dhabi-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Black Sheep Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-sheep-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Credit Suisse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/credit-suisse) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Goldman Sachs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goldman-sachs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund - [British Business Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/british-business-investments) — VC Fund - [White Star Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/white-star-capital) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Artesian VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artesian-capital-management) — VC Fund - [Blackbird Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackbird-ventures-australia) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [FinTech VC Funds in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/fintech-vc-funds-australia) - [Media (entertainment) VC Funds in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-vc-funds-australia) - [Media (entertainment) Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/media-entertainment-investors-australia) - [Venture Capital Investors in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/venture-capital-investors-australia) - [Venture Capital VC Funds in Australia](https://shizune.co/investors/venture-capital-vc-funds-australia) - [Venture Capital Investors in Oceania](https://shizune.co/investors/venture-capital-investors-oceania) ## FAQ ### What does Myer Family Investments invest in? Myer Family Investments invests primarily in Financial Services, Advice and Banking startups, most often at Series A and Series C 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 Myer Family Investments's check size? Myer Family Investments typically joins rounds of $5M–$94M 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 Myer Family Investments participates in. ### When did Myer Family Investments last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Myer Family Investments closed in Sep 2020. 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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