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177 people in our graph share verified history with Rob — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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Rob: together at Glitch Capital
About
Rob Phillpot co-founded Aconex, a Melbourne-based construction-technology company established in 2000, which he built alongside Leigh Jasper into a cloud-based platform operating in 42 cities before its 2018 sale to Oracle for $1.6bn. Prior to Aconex, he worked on high-rise projects for the Australian construction company Multiplex. He is a Founding Partner of Glitch Capital, a venture fund focused on early-stage technology startups, and is involved with Gravel Road Ventures and the Gravel Road Foundation.
Experience
- Glitch CapitalFounder Partnercurrent2023 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Gravel Road VenturesCEOcurrent2018 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Gravel Road FoundationCEOcurrent2018 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- The Elders FoundationAdvisory Council Membercurrent2023 — present
- FelixBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- MagentusNon Executive Directorcurrent2025 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- HammerTechAdvisorcurrent2023 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Igniting ChangeMentorcurrent2022 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- HumanitixAdvisorcurrent2019 — presentSydney, New South Wales, Australia
- MasttAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Scotch College MelbourneBoard Membercurrent2014 — presentMelbourne, Australia
- VersatileBoard Member2021 — 2023Los Altos, California, United States
- OracleGlobal VP, Product Strategy2018 — 2020Melbourne, Australia
- AconexCo-Founder, Head of Product & Engineering2000 — 2018Melbourne, Australia
- AconexBoard Member2000 — 2018Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- MultiplexProject Coordinator1998 — 2000
- Deloitte Touche TohmatsuAudit Cadet1992 — 1994
Skills & more
Board Level2Venture Capital3Board of DirectorsSoftware IndustryStart-up VenturesSoftware as a Service (SaaS)6SaaS50Business Development41Start-ups69Business Strategy55Cloud Computing26New Business Development19
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Project ManagementContract NegotiationChange ManagementDocument ManagementStrategic PlanningProduct DevelopmentMarketing StrategyConstructionInformation ManagementB2BSolution SellingSalesforce.comLanguages Bokmål, Norwegian
From Rob's professional profile.
Colleagues at Glitch Capital
Darren Patterson
Managing Partner, Co-Founder, Fund Manager, Investment Committee Chair and Advisory Committee Member at Alchemy Ventures
Geoff Tarrant
Founder Partner at Glitch Capital
Jo Lanyon
Principal at Glitch Capital
Leigh Jasper
Chairman & Partner at SecondQuarter Ventures
Leigh Jasper
Executive Chair at Glitch Capital
Lincoln Easton
Founder Partner at Glitch Capital
Paul Perrett
General Partner at Glitch Capital
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Managing Partner at Glitch Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rob Phillpot?
- Rob Phillpot co-founded Aconex, a Melbourne-based construction-technology company established in 2000, which he built alongside Leigh Jasper into a cloud-based platform operating in 42 cities before its 2018 sale to Oracle for $1.6bn. Prior to Aconex, he worked on high-rise projects for the Australian construction company Multiplex. He is a Founding Partner of Glitch Capital, a venture fund focused on early-stage technology startups, and is involved with Gravel Road Ventures and the Gravel Road Foundation.
- Where does Rob Phillpot work?
- Rob Phillpot is Founder Partner at Glitch Capital.
- Where did Rob Phillpot go to school?
- Rob Phillpot studied at University of Melbourne (B.Com, BPD (Building) Hons); Scotch College Melbourne (VCE); Elverum Videregående Skole (Norway).
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Also attended University of Melbourne342
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Also attended Scotch College Melbourne10
Alister ColemanPartner at Folklore VenturesJonathan ChowPrincipal at Carthona CapitalHarley ParoulakisCEO at PaspalisRichard GalvinExecutive Chairman & CIO at Digital Asset FundLe ShiHead of Trading at Auros GlobalJerry X'LingsonFounding Partner at NextGen Ventures
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