Yuuwa Capital

Yuuwa Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Perth, Western Australia. Founded in 2009, the firm focuses on investing in biotechnology and software companies across the Asia-Pacific region. With a fund size of $40M, Yuuwa Capital seeks to provide both capital and expertise to help founders, management, and early investors turn good ideas into successful companies. Specializing in information technology, software, life sciences, and biotech sectors, Yuuwa Capital invests between AUD $1 million and AUD $5 million in early-stage companies based in Australia, particularly in the Perth region. Their goal is to support promising startups that require less than AUD $2 million to reach break even or have a sustainable business model with strong valuation metrics.

Matthew Macfarlane

Co-Founder and Investment Director

Liddy McCall

Partner

James Williams

Partner

17 past transactions

Filter Squad

Seed Round in 2011
Filter Squad makes the Discovr series of apps: Discovr Music, Discovr Apps, Discovr Movies. Number 1 app in 52 countries including US, Japan, Australia, and across Europe. More than 1.5 million downloads. Featured worldwide by Apple. Listed as one of Billboard 10 Top Music Startups 2011. Winner of Tech23 Greatest Potential Award 2011. Winner of MIDEM Best Consumer Startup 2011. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Techcrunch, Mashable, Read Write Web, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Scobleizer, Macworld, Wired Magazine.

PolyActiva

Series B in 2013
PolyActiva Pty Ltd develops therapeutic products for the clinical treatment of ocular diseases and other applications. It uses a drug-polymer conjugate technology to enable site specific drug delivery from medical device components, such as implants, films, and fibers. It offers latanoprost ocular implants for the treatment of glaucoma; levofloxacin ocular implants for prevention of endophthalmitis following ocular surgery; and anti-inflammatory programs. PolyActiva Pty Ltd was founded in 2009 and is based in Melbourne, Australia with laboratory location in Parkville, Australia.

GordianTec

Seed Round in 2011
Gordiantec is a start-up company and was founded on 25 August 2011. It is a private, unlisted Australian company. The company is funded by capital group Yuuwa Capital LP. Gordiantec is developing applications of a technology implemented by personnel at the University of Western Australia / Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR). Gordiantec is validating algorithms for SNP data identification that are associated with disease outcomes and/or population sub-types. Gordiantec has filed or is filing patent applications for diagnostics in areas including diabetes and cancer. It is expanding application of its approach to new diseases.

Nexgen Plants Pty Limited

Venture Round in 2018
Nexgen is an emerging plant trait company delivering non-GM solutions for a range of pathogens, production traits and consumer traits. Our solutions help agriculture-dependent communities around the world improve returns and respond rapidly to emerging opportunities and challenges. The proprietary transformation technique is developing crops that are virus-resistant; fungal-resistant; salt-tolerant; high in anthocyanin content; and aromatic. These solutions are developing the next generation of globally valued crops for food, fibre, energy and ornamentation.

Agworld

Series B in 2012
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 anyone that 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.

Agworld

Series C in 2014
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 anyone that 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.

icetana

Series C in 2017
iCetana Limited, a software company, provides video analytics solutions in the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company engages in the development and commercialization of iCetana Solution, an AI assisted video surveillance software to provide automated real time anomalous event detection. It serves various industries, including campuses, warehouse and logistics, manufacturing, transport, hotels and casinos, health, shopping malls, financial institutions, guardian, and prisons. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.

icetana

Series B in 2013
iCetana Limited, a software company, provides video analytics solutions in the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company engages in the development and commercialization of iCetana Solution, an AI assisted video surveillance software to provide automated real time anomalous event detection. It serves various industries, including campuses, warehouse and logistics, manufacturing, transport, hotels and casinos, health, shopping malls, financial institutions, guardian, and prisons. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.

Oz Sonotek

Seed Round in 2011
Oz Sonotek is an Australian-incorporated developer of innovative medical technologies designed to better manage ultrasound energy during cataract surgery (phaco-emulsification). The company was founded by Dr Nigel Morlet, eye surgeon and researcher, who has successfully designed and commercialized previous ophthalmic devices, and who has published widely in journals such as New England Journal of Medicine. He has engaged an experienced leadership team that have a successful track record. They are experienced in research, development, commercialization, regulatory, IP protection, sales, distribution, and crafting revenue licensing partnerships with major players. Our principal research themes involve design and test of more efficient needle tips for phacoemulsification, which will be followed by next generation ultrasonic hand-pieces and energy management software improvements. The first product will shortly be introduced into global cataract surgery markets, with highly pedigreed partners. The company now has venture capital shareholders, and in 2012, the won a significant, competitive cash innovation grant from the State of Western Australia. We presented our clinical outcomes at major eye care meetings including Meeting of the American Society of Cataract & Refractive Surgery in 2011 and 2012

Dealised

Series A in 2011
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 platform and 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.

PolyActiva

Private Placement in 2018
PolyActiva Pty Ltd develops therapeutic products for the clinical treatment of ocular diseases and other applications. It uses a drug-polymer conjugate technology to enable site specific drug delivery from medical device components, such as implants, films, and fibers. It offers latanoprost ocular implants for the treatment of glaucoma; levofloxacin ocular implants for prevention of endophthalmitis following ocular surgery; and anti-inflammatory programs. PolyActiva Pty Ltd was founded in 2009 and is based in Melbourne, Australia with laboratory location in Parkville, Australia.

AdAlta

Series A in 2011
AdAlta Limited, a clinical stage biotechnology company, discovers and develops protein therapeutics in Australia. The company’s lead i-body drug candidate includes AD-214, which is in Phase I clinical trials for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other fibrotic diseases. It has a collaborative partnership with GE Healthcare to discover i-bodies against granzyme B for use as a molecular imaging agent. AdAlta Limited was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Bundoora, Australia.

Filter Squad

Seed Round in 2011
Filter Squad makes the Discovr series of apps: Discovr Music, Discovr Apps, Discovr Movies. Number 1 app in 52 countries including US, Japan, Australia, and across Europe. More than 1.5 million downloads. Featured worldwide by Apple. Listed as one of Billboard 10 Top Music Startups 2011. Winner of Tech23 Greatest Potential Award 2011. Winner of MIDEM Best Consumer Startup 2011. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, Techcrunch, Mashable, Read Write Web, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Scobleizer, Macworld, Wired Magazine.

icetana

Series A in 2010
iCetana Limited, a software company, provides video analytics solutions in the Asia Pacific, North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company engages in the development and commercialization of iCetana Solution, an AI assisted video surveillance software to provide automated real time anomalous event detection. It serves various industries, including campuses, warehouse and logistics, manufacturing, transport, hotels and casinos, health, shopping malls, financial institutions, guardian, and prisons. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Perth, Australia.

Nexgen Plants Pty Limited

Series A in 2013
Nexgen is an emerging plant trait company delivering non-GM solutions for a range of pathogens, production traits and consumer traits. Our solutions help agriculture-dependent communities around the world improve returns and respond rapidly to emerging opportunities and challenges. The proprietary transformation technique is developing crops that are virus-resistant; fungal-resistant; salt-tolerant; high in anthocyanin content; and aromatic. These solutions are developing the next generation of globally valued crops for food, fibre, energy and ornamentation.

Agworld

Series A in 2010
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 anyone that 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.

Eridan Technology

Seed Round in 2013
Eridan Technology is a Norway-based company that commercializes nanoparticle technology for drug delivery therapies. It is headquartered in Aust-Agder, Norway.