This event is part of the South West Investor Tour, a sideline program activity for Agrifutures EvokeAG 2024 conference.

Strategic Investment Workshop:

Experienced investors to share their strategies and investment mandates, tips for the founders. Explore opportunities for syndicates, attracting more investment to agtech sector

Coffee and Morning tea provided

Special guest speaker: Matthew Macfarlane

Matt is the non-executive Chair of icetana (ASX:ICE) an AI-first video analytics company serving the global security industry, having previously served as CEO when the company went public on the ASX. Matt joined the Board of AgriFutures in October 2023 as an independent non-executive director and has been a non-executive director of the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) since its founding in 2012; he is also the Chair of PetRescue, a not-for-profit charity helping rescue pets find new homes through innovative technology solutions.

Prior to moving to non-executive roles Matt spent 11 years in Europe working in mergers and acquisitions; co-founded a $40m venture capital fund in Perth; and contributed to early stage startups as an angel investor and mentor. VC/angel investments include exits from: Agworld, Dimerix, BusyBot and Kanopy Streaming. Current investments include: Appbot, icetana, uDrew, Functionally, Nyfty.ai, Bamboo, and the Vocus/Amcom Upstart accelerator companies. Matt has deployed over $1m of his own cash into startups and scaleups as an angel investor.

He is a passionate advocate for the knowledge economy and commercialisation of great ideas through amazing people.