# Sandbar Investments

> Sandbar Investments is a VC fund backing Financial Services, Legal and Banking. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.sandbarinvestments.org

Sandbar Investments is a family office that manages financial portfolios on behalf of Barry and Sandra Smorgon. It is based in Sydney, Australia.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 67% |
| Legal | 1 | 33% |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LawPath | LawPath is an online legal service platform for small to medium businesses and consumers. The company provides technology powered legal services at a fraction of the time, cost and complexity of the traditional system. LawPath was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Sydney, NSW, Australia. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 04, 2021 |  |
| Vera | Vera is the most powerful open financial platform for non-fungible token (NFT) assets. Vera offers decentralized financing, leasing, lending, and other essential financial services for any NFT marketplace, game, or application. Founded in 2021 and backed by notable investors in the decentralized fintech space such as Animoca Brands (leader inblockchain gaming and NFTs; key investor in Axie Infinity, Open Sea, Dapper Labs, CryptoKitties, and many more) and the Web3 Foundation, Vera's mission is simple: To build open, secure, and powerful NFT financial products that are equally available to everyone everywhere. | $3M | Seed | Aug 19, 2021 |  |
| Vera Labs | Vera Labs is a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for NFTs powered by a decentralized blockchain network protocol. Businesses of every size from new startups to public companies use the company’s software to enable financial transactions with NFTs for any asset class. | $3M | Seed | Apr 01, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GBV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-block-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [IVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/infinity-ventures-crypto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Krypital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/krypital-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sentor Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sentor-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Shima Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shima-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Sandbar Investments invest in?

Sandbar Investments invests primarily in Financial Services, Legal and Banking startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Sandbar Investments's check size?

Sandbar Investments typically joins rounds of $3M–$3M 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 Sandbar Investments participates in.

### When did Sandbar Investments last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sandbar Investments closed in Oct 2021. 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?

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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