Founding Background: YourFilm, Video4, and Investor Due Diligence

Statement by Doug Suiter, Founder of Video4 and original Co-founder of YourFilm Australia.

Published: 5 December 2025 (Updated 8 December 2025)

This page provides factual context about my role as co-founder of YourFilm, my contributions, the evolution of responsibilities within the company, and the circumstances surrounding my exit. It is offered for clarity, due diligence, and transparency in light of recent investor-facing statements made by YourFilm.

Founding Structure and Contributions

YourFilm operated in an early form before 2016, but the company as it is now known began when I joined as co-founder. From 2016 to 2024, I built and maintained the technical, creative, workflow, and operational systems that enabled the company to scale. My responsibilities included editing, post-production systems design, onboarding workflows, training, platform architecture, and day-to-day delivery. I also supported client relationships and attended networking events.

Throughout the co-founder relationship, responsibilities were broadly divided: I led the technical and creative side, while the other founder managed sales and client acquisition. Early role titles such as CEO and COO were informal, external-facing labels rather than formal governance positions.

Role Divergence and Structural Tensions

Beginning around one to two years prior to my exit, I became aware that some external founder-representation activities were occurring without my involvement, including programs and workshops intended for founders. This represented a departure from our earlier collaborative structure.

During this period, capacity constraints and operational bottlenecks emerged as the business scaled. I raised concerns about the importance of aligning sales commitments with operational realities to help ensure sustainable growth. These concerns were typical of high-output creative environments navigating rapid expansion.

Exit and Share Transfer

My departure in May 2024 was sudden, and my access to systems and property was revoked immediately. I was not given an opportunity to discuss or clarify the situation before access was removed.

As part of a formal valuation process conducted in connection with the share transfer, I was informed that the assessed value attributed to my shareholding at that time was zero, and my shares were transferred on that basis. This remains a central point of dispute. I make no claims about the accuracy of the assessment, only that this was the value communicated to me at the time.

Two new staff members were brought in to take on responsibilities I had previously managed alone, and I later became aware that equity discussion had occured without my knowledge with at least one party.

Purpose of This Statement

This page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. It is a factual account of my experience and the current status of the dispute, provided so that the public record is complete and accurate for anyone conducting due diligence on YourFilm. It exists to help ensure that the narrative around YourFilm's history is not one-sided or incomplete, especially in the context of recent investor-facing communications.

Contact

If you require the extended PDF version of this statement or further clarification, please contact me directly at doug@video4.co.