James Alexander
Co-founder of Galileo Ventures. Previously co-founded INCUBATE — one of Australia's first university-based student startup accelerators — across five campuses with 200+ startups. Worked across early-stage tech companies. Based in Sydney.
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A VC's Guide for Family Offices Investing in Venture Capital
Family offices are the quiet backbone of Australian venture. Here's how to allocate to VC — what to look for, what to avoid, and the honest questions we wish every LP asked before signing.
July 2025 · 7 min LettersAustralia's AI Moment: Build, Lead, or Fall Behind
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 and get them to complete tasks and adapt to any industry, application, or probl
April 2025 · 7 min LettersIntroducing our new Head of Platform - Julia French
Meet Julia French: founder whisperer, Silicon Valley and unicorn veteran (WhatsApp, Dropbox, Atlassian), and our new Partner, Head of Platform ready to supercharge our founders journey.Galileo’s portfolio, with over half being international, we knew we needed someone with international experience, s
March 2025 · 4 min PodcastThe Galileo Tech Retro 2024
Welcome to our special Christmas edition of the Galileo Podcast, with hosts myself (James) and Hugh broadcasting live from Melbourne. As we wrap up the year, join us for our final episode of 2024, where we reflect on the highs and lows in the tech sector and look forward to what's in store for the c
December 2024 · 1 min LettersThe Future of Software with AI Agents
Introduction Facing a cancelled Sydney to Melbourne flight—one of the world's busiest routes—I was saved by my assistant. Awoken at 5 am, my assistant swiftly rebooked me, rescheduled my meetings, informed all parties, and even prepared a summary with key readings for my journey, all before I got ou
December 2023 · 10 min LettersYear in Review 2022
2022 has been yet another wild ride for Galileo Ventures and the tech industry.Globally, just as the pandemic mostly ‘ended’ and borders reopened (thankfully), public markets nose dived and the frothy tech valuations of 2021 hit reality. VC’s pulled back and growth funding dried up, marking the begi
December 2022 · 6 min LettersGalileo World Tour Recap
Galileo touched down in SF, NYC and London as part of our first 'world tour', meeting founders and investors around the world.My favourite part was hosting our first Galileo meetups in each city – we put the call out and stellar people, Aussies in tech and founders who had already applied to Galileo
August 2022 · 3 min LettersGalileo World Tour 2022
We’re excited to announce the first Galileo Ventures World Investor Tour! Visiting 5 cities meeting with VCs, investors as well as Aussie founders abroad. I’m going to be heading off from June 23 (right after our Founder Showcase) for a whirlwind trip touching down in:NYCSeattleSan FranciscoLondonSi
June 2022 · 1 min LettersAussie founders, make your seed round count!
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
January 2022 · 8 min LettersHello BuildAi – Helping deliver sites safer, better, faster
We’re excited to share our investment in BuildAi - construction AI software delivering safer, faster and more cost-effective construction.Galileo invested in BuildAi’s $1.9m seed round. We are proud to be backing Kristian alongside construction luminaries Marr Contracting (The Men From Marr’s), Tota
December 2021 · 3 min LettersGalileo First Year in Review 2021
Galileo’s first year has been a wild ride! We did an initial close of $10m for Galileo’s first fund in December 2020, during the middle of a pandemic (pandemic-founded venture fund!). Since then have invested in 14 companies across Australia and the world. The first 8 investments we made were all m
December 2021 · 4 min LettersGalileo Annual Founder Conference 2021 - Byron Bay
Last month we were lucky enough to get some of our founders together for our first Galileo Founder Retreat, in Byron Bay. It was all sorts of amazing.Founder Retreat is a way for the founders to all meet each other, to connect, work and play together over a few days. It's like an invite-only mini-co
June 2021 · 2 min