Matthew Macfarlane
Co-Founder and Investment Director @ Yuuwa Capital
Perth, Australia
Matthew Macfarlane is a pre-seed investor at Yuuwa Capital in Perth focused on Software and Analytics. Matt is an Angel investor, startup mentor and Co-founder and Investment Director at Yuuwa Capital, a Perth based $40m early stage venture capital fund launched in 2009. Matt has been both an investor and an entrepreneur in early stage tech startups; actively participating in the startup eco-system in Perth for over 12 years. Matt workshands-on with startup companies to assist in building teams, accelerating growth, achieving milestones and securing additional financing. He has judged for: the WA Innovator of the Year Awards, multiple Startup Weekends, the inaugural Unearthed Hackathon, Curtin's Commercial Innovation Awards, OzApps and the AIMWA WestBusiness Pinnacle Awards. He ran the Curtin Accelerate program in 2016 and has mentored for: the Founder's Institute (Perth Chapter) since inception, the RAC SeedSpark corporate accelerator and the Amcom Upstart accelerator. Matt currently is also a director at Kanopy Pty Ltd and with Yuuwa investee companies: iCetana and Agworld.Matt has a particular interest in new technology investments including software as a service, web based enterprise offerings, ag-tech and mobile communications.Matt received his Bachelor of Commerce qualification at the University of Western Australia, is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
- Total investments:
- 10
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
Last updated:
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Industries Matthew Macfarlane invests in
Stages Matthew Macfarlane invests in
Countries Matthew Macfarlane invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (30%)
- Analytics 2 (20%)
- SaaS 1 (10%)
- Farming 1 (10%)
- Real Time 1 (10%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 3 (30%)
- Series A 3 (30%)
- Series B 2 (20%)
- Series C 2 (20%)
Country
- Australia 3 (30%)
- United States 3 (30%)
Investments
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| humm harnesses cutting-edge neuroscience into products that allow people to learn faster and perform better.humm is working to bring the incredible results of neuroscience research out of the lab and into non-invasive wearables that improve the quality of life for everyday people. Our first product is a clinically validated patch that you wearfor 15 minutes to get up to 90 minutes of improved working memory, by gently stimulating the signals in the part of the brain that controls your executive thinking. humm improves your ability to learn and be at your best, allowing people to reconnect with the joy of learning and challenge themselves to continue growing at any stage of life, whether it's for work or personal enjoyment! | $130K / Pre-Seed / May 30, 2019 | ||
| We're building an AI employee for Construction, one interconnected skill at a time. Construction sending >$1B per week chasing, coordinating and instructing people, manually. Nyfty automates those tasks by using task specific Natural Language Understanding | $115K / Pre-Seed / Oct 31, 2018 | ||
| Goodbye traditional org charts and Hello, intelligent organizations. Build lasting operational resilience through any economic climate with Functionly's intelligent org design tools. Visit www.functionly.com for a 22 day free trial. | $680K / Pre-Seed / Aug 24, 2018 | ||
| iCetana develops video analytics systems that allow real time reporting of unusual behaviour across an entire camera surveillance network. | $5.9M / Series C / May 09, 2017 | ||
| Agworld, with offices in Perth, Australia, Windsor, CO and Sacramento, CA, provides services in Australia, USA, New Zealand and South Africa with a unique data capture and management platform connecting all major players in the agricultural industry. Agworld allows its users to collect data at all levels and seamlessly share this data with anyonethat is important to them. Agworld users are able to make more profitable decisions due to the data available to them than if they didn't use Agworld. Agworld is available on any iOS device as well as web browser. The Agworld platform is integrated with many other industry players and allows its users to import data from many sources and use this for analyses and reporting. | $3.9M / Series C / Aug 11, 2014 | ||
| iCetana develops video analytics systems that allow real time reporting of unusual behaviour across an entire camera surveillance network. | Series B / Jul 24, 2013 | ||
| Agworld, with offices in Perth, Australia, Windsor, CO and Sacramento, CA, provides services in Australia, USA, New Zealand and South Africa with a unique data capture and management platform connecting all major players in the agricultural industry. Agworld allows its users to collect data at all levels and seamlessly share this data with anyonethat is important to them. Agworld users are able to make more profitable decisions due to the data available to them than if they didn't use Agworld. Agworld is available on any iOS device as well as web browser. The Agworld platform is integrated with many other industry players and allows its users to import data from many sources and use this for analyses and reporting. | $2.6M / Series B / Oct 26, 2012 | ||
| What is Dealised?Dealised is a plug-and-play Group Buying Platform, inspired by Groupon.It currently powers millions of dollars of deals around the world and includes a wide range of features, including a robust deal platform, payment gateway and email management.Why Dealised?Dealised is a premium, enterprise-grade group-buying platformand services provider. Our expertise lies in helping media companies enter and conquer their market quickly.We are not a turnkey solution. When you work with Dealised, you form a long-term partnership. Currently, there are six group-buying businesses in the Dealised Partner Network. We power these sites technically to provide tens of thousands of vouchers weekly, while also providing strategic sales and marketing support.If you’d like to talk to us about becoming a Dealised partner, email us and we’ll get back to you soon. | $4.2M / Series A / Jun 24, 2011 | ||
| Agworld, with offices in Perth, Australia, Windsor, CO and Sacramento, CA, provides services in Australia, USA, New Zealand and South Africa with a unique data capture and management platform connecting all major players in the agricultural industry. Agworld allows its users to collect data at all levels and seamlessly share this data with anyonethat is important to them. Agworld users are able to make more profitable decisions due to the data available to them than if they didn't use Agworld. Agworld is available on any iOS device as well as web browser. The Agworld platform is integrated with many other industry players and allows its users to import data from many sources and use this for analyses and reporting. | $979K / Series A / Sep 20, 2010 | ||
| iCetana develops video analytics systems that allow real time reporting of unusual behaviour across an entire camera surveillance network. | $979K / Series A / Apr 16, 2010 |
Co-Investors
About Yuuwa Capital
Yuuwa Capital is a $40M early-stage venture capital firm based in Perth, Western Australia. They are actively seeking outstanding investment opportunities where Yuuwa can provide both capital and expertise to help founders, management and early investors to turn good ideas into great companies.
Yuuwa Capital Contacts
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Matthew Macfarlane
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What does Matthew Macfarlane invest in?
Matthew Macfarlane invests primarily in Software, Analytics and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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