Matthew Koertge

Matthew Koertge is a General Partner of Accede. Prior to founding Accede, Matthew led a number of successful investments whilst he was the head of the Australian technology venture capital team at Deutsche Bank and at Macquarie Bank where he was a founding team member of the technology venture capital team. Matthew has worked with over 30 venture backed companies encompassing all stages of the company life cycle including a number of successful IPOs and acquisitions. Prior to joining the venture industry, Matthew held several engineering and operational positions at various companies including Fujitsu.

Matthew has served on the Boards of numerous portfolio companies including Dilithium Networks, ManageSoft and G2 Microsystems, Engana (acquired by NASDAQ:OPTM) and Sensory Networks. Investments which Matthew has worked on prior roles include SEEK (ASX: SEK), LookSmart (NASDAQ: LOOK), Telera (acquired by NYSE: ALA ), Altium (ASX: ALU), Greengrocer.com.au (acquired by ASX: WOW), Presence Online (acquired by NYSE: IBM), OneBox.com (acquired by NASDAQ: OPWV), RedSheriff (acquired by NASDAQ: NTRT).

Matthew holds a BE (Electrical) from the University of NSW where he was a CO-OP Scholar, a MBA from the AGSM where he completed the fourth and final semester at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. Matthew holds the FAICD qualification and has also completed the HPLP at the Harvard Business School.