James Alexander

James Alexander is a cofounder and General Partner at Galileo Ventures, a pre-seed VC firm backing exceptional emerging founders building new technologies in global markets with over 20 investments across AI, software, mobile and deeptech.

AI/Machine Learning

A taller poppy solution: why this VC believes $5 billion could turn Australia into a global AI powerhouse

- May 29, 2025 6 MIN READ

James Alexander from Galileo Ventures proposes a ‘Tall Poppy’ national strategy for an AI revolution in Australia. We are witnessing the dawn of a new computing revolution 66 years after the invention of the silicon chip. This time it’s an intelligence revolution that goes beyond hardware. For the first time, we can talk to computers… Read more »

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Funding

An early stage VC investor explains everything you need to know about pre-seed and seed rounds

- February 2, 2022 8 MIN READ

We’ve now made 14 investments, and in almost all cases Galileo was the first VC investor in each startup’s pre-seed or seed round. We’ve backed some compelling early-stage companies and are on the hunt for more.  If you’re raising your first round, you should apply now. A common pattern I’m hearing in some early-stage founders… Read more »