IT / Software
iCetana Pty Ltd
iCetana is commercialising unique anomaly detection technology developed by researchers at Curtin University. The initial product from iCetana will be a video analytics offering particularly well suited to the security surveillance market.
iCetana’s video analytics software can analyse and existing field of view from a fixed-view security camera and learn normal movement patterns during a training phase. One the training is complete the system will identify unusual (or anomalous) movement activity within the camera’s field of view. The system is extremely processor efficient and extremely busy environments (eg peak hour train platforms) may be monitored on relatively low-specification hardware.
Read about iCetana on their website at: http://icetana.com.au/
The press release relating to our investment can be found here: iCetana Press Release
The blog post made at the time of our investment is here: http://yuuwa.com.au/yuuwa-completes-first-investment/
Agworld Pty Ltd
Agworld, based in Perth WA, provides services nationwide with a unique data capture and data management system connecting all major players in the agricultural industry.
Agworld is making life easier for people in agricultural by providing information management from a digital-pen in the field to a web-cloud content sharing and reporting system. Visit www.agworld.com.au for more information.
The Agworld platform links digital capture (from a range of devices including very robust digital-pens) with mobile data upload to a cloud-based content management system. This reduces double entry requirements for customers who work “in the field” and also provides a platform to share data with other stakeholder in the Agricultural industry.
There are numerous potential applications for this platform outside the Agricultural market and Yuuwa is looking forward to supporting a range of growth areas for the business.
Filter Squad
The Filter Squad team build “apps that find what you like”. The business began commercial operations with it’s #1 selling iPad/iPhone app called Discovr Music in January 2011 and expanded the discovery product suite to include Discovr Apps in June 2011, which has been a #1 category application in 17 countries. Filter Squad is building a customer tailored iPad Music Magazine that learns what music/bands customers enjoy and then provides a dynamic, interactive, tailored magazine experience to their iPads in return for a weekly subscription.
Yuuwa recently led a follow-on investment covered by Techcrunch and VentureBeat:
http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/26/filter-squad-discovr/
Read about Filter Squad and Discovr on the websites at: http://filtersquad.com/ and http://discovr.info/
Yuuwa holds a minority equity stake in Filter Squad and Matthew Macfarlane is a Director on the Board.
Dealised
Dealised is an Australian-based company offering a group-buying technology services platform. Dealised partners – media, telecommunication firms, retailers and others – use the platform to diversify and increase revenue, and strengthen customer relationships.
The business and platform began in Australia in 2009, powering a business called Spreets, now Australia’s leading group-buying player. In 2010 Yahoo bought Spreets exclusively for their Australia and New Zealand business (Yahoo7). The company’s technology and expertise was retained and is now offered as a Dealised package to companies around the world. Dealised is powering millions of dollars in deals each month in 15 countries and in over 100 cities.
The team behind Dealised are pioneers in the group-buying and social commerce industry globally, with backgrounds in digital media, e-commerce and mobile. Investors include Sydney start-up incubator Pollenizer, SingTel Innov8, a wholly owned subsidiary of the SingTel Group and Yuuwa Capital based in Perth, Western Australia, as well as individual investors.
Yuuwa holds a minority equity stake in Dealised and Matthew Macfarlane is a Director on the Board.
