Vivedus Pty Ltd

Transaction Summary

Investment Highlights

Company Overview

Vivedus is a world-first, AI-powered platform designed to transform education by activating the creative intelligence of every child. Built by educators and backed by significant academic research, including a partnership with the University of Melbourne, Vivedus helps teachers design deeper, more engaging learning while reducing workload. It is the only platform that empowers schools to teach and assess creativity, one of the most vital skills for employability in the AI era, (World Economic Forum, McKinsey) while giving school leaders real-time insights into teaching quality. Scalable and curriculum-agnostic, Vivedus is built for global impact.

Vivedus is a world-first, AI-enabled platform built to transform education by activating the creative intelligence of every child.

Founded by a team of educators with a compelling vision for the future, Vivedus was created in response to a critical global challenge: schools are not equipping young people with the creative and human capabilities needed to thrive in an AI-driven world. While artificial intelligence is automating routine knowledge tasks, the most valuable future-ready skills, creativity, critical thinking, adaptability, remain underdeveloped in most classrooms.

Vivedus solves this problem by combining a research-based Learning Activation Model with powerful AI tools that help teachers plan deeper, more creative learning experiences while significantly reducing their workload. It provides real-time classroom insights to school leaders and allows educators to teach and assess the very skills AI cannot replicate. Developed in partnership with the University of Melbourne and grounded in over 70 years of educational research, Vivedus is already being adopted by early adopter schools in Australia and is preparing to expand internationally.

Scalable, curriculum-agnostic, and backed by a strong SaaS business model, Vivedus is positioned to become the world’s leading platform for future-ready learning.

Products & Services

Vivedus’s product is a new SaaS, AI-enabled learning activation platform sold directly to schools at $650 +GST per teacher per annum, making our revenue recurring and predictable.
Schools enter into a five-year renewable license agreement, providing strong Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) and long-term retention.

Vivedus offers and sells professional development services and Vivedus onboarding resources to schools.

Transaction Overview

Terms of offer:

Vivedus Pty Ltd – Seed Extension Capital Raise

• Issuer: Vivedus Pty Ltd ACN 675 519 507
• Offer: The Company is offering 650,000 Seed A Class Shares at $1.00 per share to raise $650,000 in capital.
• Type of Security: Fully paid Seed A Class Shares, as defined in the Shareholders Agreement. These shares carry rights as set out in the Company’s Constitution and Shareholders Agreement, including dividend entitlements pari passu with Ordinary Shares and the right to appoint a director if holding at least 5% of Seed A Class Shares.
• Offer Price: $1.00 per share
• Minimum Investment: $20,000 (equivalent to 20,000 Seed A Class Shares)
• Pre-Money Valuation: $3M based on 3,000,000 shares on issue prior to this round (inclusive of a 250,000 share pre-raise ESOP allocation)

• Share Class Rights: Seed A Class Shares rank equally with Ordinary Shares in respect of dividends and exit proceeds.
  They are subject to the terms and protections in the Shareholders Agreement, including tag-along and drag-along rights, pre-emptive rights, and rights relating to Board representation.
• Employee Share Option Pool (ESOP): An additional 250,000 shares (representing 6.85% of the post-raise capital) are allocated to a pre-money ESOP.
• Shareholding Structure Post-Raise: 
  • Founders: 2,000,000 shares (acquired at $0.01)
  • Seed Investors (2024 round): 750,000 shares (at $1.00)
  • New ESOP pool: 250,000 shares
  • New investors (this round): 650,000 shares
  • Total shares on issue post-raise: 3,650,000
• Offer Period: The Offer will remain open until fully subscribed or at the discretion of the Board.
• Participation Requirements: Investors will be required to sign a Subscription Agreement and, where applicable, provide a Sophisticated Investor Certificate as defined under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

Previous Funding

In early 2024, Vivedus successfully completed its initial Seed Capital Raise of $750,000, (750,000 Class A shares offered at $1.00each) attracting support from eight investors, primarily parents of school-aged children who are also experienced business leaders. These early backers were drawn to Vivedus's compelling vision for transforming education and recognised its potential to make a lasting impact.

The round was led by Lance Hockridge, who now serves as Chair of the Board. Lance is a globally experienced executive with a distinguished career in manufacturing, logistics, and transportation. He is a former Non-Executive Director of Huawei Technologies (Australia), Deputy Chairman of Long-Term Asset Partners (LTAP), and has held numerous leadership roles in the not-for-profit sector. Along with his role with Vivedus, he is also Chairman at AVADA Group Ltd, a non-executive Director of Saudi Railway Company, Saudi Arabia.

 
Another key investor is Nathan Belling, a parent of three children and the Founder and CEO of LC Investments, a boutique project management and investment firm specialising in land subdivision, commercial property, and private funding. Nathan also mentors founders and business leaders, further contributing strategic insight to the Vivedus journey.
This foundational raise enabled the development of the first module of the Vivedus Platform, supported pilot school partnerships across Australia, and laid the groundwork for the company’s go-to-market strategy.

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