Matthew Macfarlane Email & Phone Number

Perth, WA, AU

Wagga Wagga, NSW, AU

AgriFutures Australia represents the research needs for 13 levied rural industries (including chicken meat, rice, honey bee and pollination, ginger, tea tree oil, pasture seeds, export fodder, thoroughbred horses among others) as well as having a cross-sectoral mandate on national challenges and opportunities such as workforce and capacity building.

Perth, Western Australia, AU

icetana Limited is a global software company providing video analytics solutions designed to automatically identify anomalous actions in real-time for large scale surveillance networks. Our software integrates with customers existing video management systems and IP cameras.Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning techniques, the icetana solution.

AU

Member of the Board of PetRescue, advising the team to accelerate their success in developing innovative tech solutions that save thousands of homeless pets across Australia every month.

South Perth, Western Australia, AU

Chair of the Board from November 2024 as an independent director.Prior to this was a Director appointed to represent the Western Australian Government's stake in AEGIC from 2012-2024. Active in the formative years of the business including active involvement in strategy setting and hiring of key executives.

Perth, Western Australia, AU

Member of the Advisory Board of Velrada since inception of the business.

Perth, Western Australia, AU

Spacecubed is a community of hundreds of entrepreneurs, innovators and changemakers. The Spacecubed organisation supports this community through "Physical Spaces" such as FLUX, "Learning programs" such as Hackathons and "Accelerators and Funding" such as Plus Eight.

Sacramento, CA, US

Director at Agworld Pty Ltd developing in-the-cloud collboration tools for the Agricultural Industry at all levels from data capture in the field through to large supplier dissemination of product and pricing information. I have been an active Board member since Yuuwa's investment and assisted in follow-on fund-raising as well as closing some of the.

Investment Director/Co-founder at $40m early stage venture capital fund Yuuwa Capital based in Perth. Investing in Australian IT, communications and biotech opportunities. Commenced operations in November 2009. Closed to new investments and managing existing portfolio companies toward successful investment exits.

Bentley, Western Australia, AU

Lead the Curtin Accelerate program through it's third and forth year's of delivery with five then seven startup teams participating.

Perth, WA, AU

Entrepreneur in residence for the inaugural HBF Activate health tech accelerator program. Three companies receiving $30,000 in funding and a 10 week program based at Spacecubed.

Lead mentor for the Vocus (formerly Amcom) Upstart Accelerator program for new software oriented startups in Perth Western Australia

London, GB

On the Board of Directors of the company as venture investor.

Director at Filter Squad Pty Ltd, developer of #1 ranked iOS applications Discovr Music and Discovr Apps

Co-Founder and CFO of Vibe Capital Pty Ltd whose first branded website ranked-advice community offering was under the Minti brand. http://www.minti.com/ Completed Round 1 financial fund-raising of A$1.5m for the launch of the site and followed with Round 2 funding of another A$1.2m. Negotiated the acquisition of a strategic stake in Market United (Digital.

Melbourne, Victoria, AU

Member of the Board of Directors of privately held Biotech company Dimerix Pty Ltd developing a pipeline of lead compounds with highly specific activity and reduced risk of off-target effects to treat diseases in oncology, metabolic disorders, cardiovascular and inflammation. Resigned prior to IPO transition for company.

Member of the advisory board providing monthly review of performance and strategic support to future developments of the business.Active in business development and corporate restructuring discussions.

Member of the Board of Directors of Market United during the period of Vibe Capital's ownership of a strategic equity stake.Active in company board role with advisory role on various matters including:Assisted the company in identifying and negotiating a long-term lease for new premises;Assisted in the negotiation of a strategic partnership and the sale of.

West Perth, Western Australia, AU

Manager of various major projects for the General Manager (CEO) of Western Australia's largest general insurance company. Working on a contract basis one day per week.

Paris, FR

Head of Mergers and Aquisitions. Completed purchases of complementary companies and also managed the sale of Equant (via controlling stake) to France Telecom. This transaction included the merger of Equant and Global One plus the outsourcing of all of SITA's network requirements to Equant. I led and managed all of these activities including a transaction.

Bonn, Germany, DE

Head of International Business Development team at DT for 10 months. Left to join a target acquisition company Equant.

Worblaufen, Bern, CH

Head of international mergers and acquisitions activities. Managed large transactions and investments worldwide including acquisition of $300m stake in DiGi.com Malaysia.

Consultant in the Policy and Strategy group serving Telecommunications Clients in over 20 countries worldwide

GB

Consultant in Information Systems Group of Coopers and Lybrand

Ca, Chartered Accountant

Gaicd, Company Directors Course

B.Com, Commerce, Major Finance And Accounting

High School