Marc Phillips is a technology entrepreneur and venture investor with more than three decades of experience building, scaling and exiting data-driven software companies. Splitting his time between Sydney and Silicon Valley, he brings a global perspective to innovation, analytics and product development.

Marc founded his first company, APT Strategies, in 1993, creating one of Australia’s earliest online analytics firms before its acquisition by Jupiter Research. He went on to co-found GlanceGuide, a video-metrics start-up later acquired by The Nielsen Company. His previous start ups launched, grown and exited include Sportbets Technologies , WebIP (acquired by NetNames) and Cellars.com.au

In 2011 he co-founded Arafura Ventures, a Silicon-Valley venture-capital firm backing early-stage technology companies including Transifex (acquired by XTM International) , Gridium, PacketZoom (acquired by Roblox) and CloudStaff. He also advises enterprise clients on search, digital strategy and data science through his work at SearchForecast.

Marc holds a B.Comm from the University of Melbourne and a current Australian Financial Services Licence. He is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

His multidisciplinary background in analytics, software engineering and venture capital underpins the vision for Biomarks.ai – empowering employers to understand and manage their employee health through clear, data-driven insights.