Leigh Jasper, the serial founder who built construction software platform Aconex into one of Australia’s first tech unicorns, will deliver the keynote opening address at the Growth Summit in Melbourne in February 2026. Presented by SmartCompany and Startup Daily, in partnership with Xero, the Growth Summit is Australia’s premier event for ambitious startup and SME founders and leaders.… Read more »
A Cloud Guru’s Sam Kroonenburg has teamed up with Go1’s Andrew Barnes and more than a dozen other founders of tech companies that achieved a $1 billion valuation to back a new $50 million venture capital fund to invest in the next wave of potential unicorns. Glitch Capital also involves two OGs of local tech,… Read more »
Construction technology startup BuildPass has raised $7.5 million in a Seed round as it makes a move on the US market. The round was led by Sydney VC Carthona Capital , supported by Leigh Jasper’s Saniel Ventures, GitHub founder Tom Preston-Werner’s eponymous fund, Recursive Ventures, Horizon VC and Massive Tech Ventures. The new funds are… Read more »
Most of the Australian tech companies in which I have invested are looking to expand globally, and the US is generally top of the list. They are either already attacking the US market or planning to enter over the next couple of years. Aconex was already an international business, with offices in Asia, the Middle… Read more »
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