# Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation

> Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation is a VC fund in Melbourne backing Social and Charity. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sidney-myer-fund
- Website: https://www.myerfoundation.org.au

Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation is a VC fund in Melbourne focused on Social and Charity. The Sidney Myer Fund and The Myer Foundation are two distinct philanthropic entities of the Myer family. They have separate authorizing environments but complementary philanthropic activities, and they are both managed by the same team.Sidney Myer, a generous philanthropist in his lifetime, left a portion of his estate to be invested for thebenefit of the community.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Social | 1 | 50% |
| Charity | 1 | 50% |
| Big Data | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| Non Profit | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Grant | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Neighbourlytics | Neighbourlytics is an protech insights platform that enables property developers to make more informed and confident development decisions. Neighbourlytics unique data process capabilities have been utilised across 12 countries, enabling users to make urban development decisions that mitigate risk, maximise returns and optimise community outcomes. | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Australian Youth Affairs Coalition | Australian Youth Affairs Coalition is a non-profit association that provides advocacy, support, consultation, and youth management services. |  | Grant | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LaunchVic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-vic) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Scale Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-investors) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ALIAVIA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aliavia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Trawalla Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trawalla-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation invest in?

Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation invests primarily in Social, Charity and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sidney Myer Fund & The Myer Foundation closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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