OpusXenta

What OpusXenta does

OpusXenta is an Australian-headquartered software company that develops and sells Byond, a cloud-based cemetery and crematorium management platform. The product is purpose-built for the death-care vertical and covers records management, digital cemetery mapping, deeds/rights and sales management, crematory operations, scheduling, finance and invoicing, CRM, grounds/task management, reporting and compliance, and public/partner portals. The platform is offered in three tiered annual subscriptions — Basic (records and mapping), Core (sales, scheduling, payments, CRM, grounds management), and CorePLUS (marketing automation, advanced workflows, risk register, API integrations, electronic signatures, advanced reporting) — allowing customers to scale functionality from small inactive cemeteries to large complex enterprises.

The company operates a consultative, sales-led go-to-market via a "Book a Demo" motion, serving cemetery operators and crematoria across four English-speaking markets: Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Its revenue model is purely recurring SaaS subscription, with pricing not publicly disclosed and indicative quote-based contracts for enterprise customers. OpusXenta positions Byond on five pillars: Compassion (reducing admin time for empathetic client interaction), Efficiency (workflow optimization), Confidence (real-time reporting), User-Centricity (continuous user feedback), and Flexibility (API integrations and partner portals).

The business is privately held and bootstrapped-to-moderately-funded, with five disclosed funding rounds totaling approximately $14.4M from 2018 to 2024, all led by or involving Clinton Capital Partners. Leadership includes CEO Stewart Hindmarsh, founder Tony Lorge, and COO Bertus Fick. The company employs 101–250 people and is actively operating. Its broader end-of-life planning market is projected at $56.37B by 2030 at 8.9% CAGR, providing a sizable addressable opportunity.

Name

OpusXenta

Legal name

OpusXenta Limited

Website

https://opusxenta.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

OpusXenta develops Byond, a cloud-based cemetery and crematorium management SaaS platform, serving death-care operators across Australia, New Zealand, the USA, and the UK via tiered subscriptions (Basic, Core, CorePLUS) through a consultative direct-sales motion.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cemetery and Crematorium Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Platforms & Services (HLACAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Care Coordination, Escalation & Clinical Workflow for RPM (HLACAFAI)

Keywords

• Cemetery management software
• Crematorium management platform
• Death care software
• Funeral service technology
• Cemetery mapping software

Headquarters

HQ city

Bondi

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription (SaaS): Tiered subscription model with three levels (Basic, Core, CorePLUS) providing increasing functionality for cemetery and crematoria management. The subscription includes access to core platform features, support, and updates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

OpusXenta develops and sells Byond, a cloud-based cemetery and crematoria management platform that centralises records, digital mapping, CRM, scheduling, sales and finance workflows for death-care operators. The software is sold on tiered subscriptions (Basic, Core, CorePLUS) and is used by cemeteries, crematoria and funeral service providers across Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the UK.

Product overview

OpusXenta offers Byond as a single unified cemetery and crematoria management platform, organized into three tiered plans (Basic, Core, and CorePLUS) that build upon each other. The Basic plan provides foundational cemetery mapping, deceased search, and records management. The Core plan adds sales management, rights (deeds) management, inventory management, scheduling, bookings, cremation and burial management, CRM, document management, integrated payments, and ground/task management. The CorePLUS plan extends the platform with advanced cemetery mapping, marketing automation, electronic signatures, memorial management, permits and applications, risk register, advanced workflows, power reporting, and API integrations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Byond: Comprehensive cemetery and crematoria management software solution providing cemetery mapping, records management, sales management, booking management, finance, CRM, marketing automation, and compliance reporting features.

Products and services

• Byond Cemetery and Crematoria Management Platform Cloud-based software platform that combines records management, digital cemetery mapping, CRM, scheduling, sales and finance functionality for cemetery operators, crematoria and funeral service providers across Australia, New Zealand, the USA and the UK. Sold on tiered subscriptions (Basic, Core, CorePLUS).

Quantifiable outcome

• Transformed business from control perspective with easier annual audits, less human error, and improved reporting capabilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature12 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ASD (Answering Service for Directors): ASD provides call center and communication services exclusively to funeral homes and death care providers, serving overlapping customer segments with technology-driven services targeting the same vertical OpusXenta serves.
• Passare: Passare offers a funeral planning and collaboration platform connecting families with funeral service providers, sharing overlapping customer segments and workflow automation capabilities with OpusXenta's death care software platform.
• Frazer Consultants: Frazer Consultants provides technology solutions including website design, management software, and consulting specifically for funeral homes and cemeteries, competing directly in the death care software vertical with overlapping feature sets and similar target customers.
• Tukios: Tukios provides funeral home website design, online obituary platforms, and management software serving similar death care customer segments, with comparable SaaS delivery and recurring revenue model to OpusXenta.
• PlotBox: PlotBox provides cloud-based cemetery and crematorium management software with overlapping features including mapping, records management, deeds management, and family engagement. It is the closest direct competitor to OpusXenta's Byond platform in the death care SaaS vertical.

Broad incumbents

• Foundation Partners Group: Foundation Partners Group is a leading death care operator with owned and managed funeral homes and cemeteries, representing a potential enterprise customer for OpusXenta's death care SaaS platform with national-scale technology needs.
• Carriage Services: Carriage Services operates funeral homes and cemeteries across the United States, sharing the same target customer segment as OpusXenta and representing both a potential buyer and a vertically-integrated competitor in the death care technology space.
• StoneMor Partners: StoneMor Partners operates cemeteries and funeral homes across the United States, making it a potential enterprise customer for OpusXenta's cemetery management software while also representing a large-scale death care operator with internal IT capabilities.
• Service Corporation International: Service Corporation International (SCI) is the largest funeral, cremation, and cemetery operator in North America, representing both a potential enterprise customer for OpusXenta and a competitive threat as it develops internal technology capabilities and could vertically integrate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/OpusXenta

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors2 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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