Two ladies who constructed a development tech startup to scale back undertaking disputes with higher file retaining have raised €523,000 (A$850,000) in pre-Seed funding.
The spherical for Scopey Onsite was led by UK Seed Enterprise Funding Scheme (SEIS) fund SFC Capital, with assist from Enterprise Eire.
CEO Jenna Farrell and COO Gillian Laging cofounded Scopey in 2022. The agentic software program platform is now getting used Australia, Eire and the UK. It helps development groups on constructing websites seize and handle essential undertaking info, utilizing AI to show WhatsApp messages and voice notes into structured information and knowledge for the workplace.
The pair moved their HQ to Eire when Farrell relocated along with her household and Irish-born husband, the place Scopey Onsite secured assist from Enterprise Eire in addition to UK funding. Laging remains to be primarily based in Melbourne.
Farrell mentioned the brand new platform is designed to scale back time and threat for business development groups.
“Scopey Onsite will permit development groups to accurately seize website occasions quick, scale back disputes brought on by incomplete info, and put together substantiation with confidence,” she mentioned.
“Crews will be capable of seize occasions on website and in real-time, and workplace groups get structured, simply searchable proof.”
Ms Laging mentioned one vital focus for them was introducing tech to constructing with out inflicting complications for customers.
“Know-how can deliver nice effectivity, nevertheless it’s not straightforward rolling out change – particularly within the development trade the place work by no means stops,” she mentioned.
“You’ll be able to’t pull crews off website to study one other app and depend on a number of ‘tech champions’ to easy the way in which, I’ve seen many innovation initiatives stall when these individuals transfer on.
“Scopey Onsite re-imagines how we will use each day habits to have higher knowledge seize. Since crews are already texting, we use chat-based workflows and agentic AI to show that into structured knowledge, so the fitting info reaches the fitting individuals quicker. In doing so, we’re addressing long-standing challenges round documentation, accountability, and business threat in development initiatives.”
Enterprise Eire ANZ senior market adviser Niall Casey mentioned Scopey solves a rising downside in development.
“With disputes, claims and retrospective substantiation consuming important business sources throughout Australian initiatives, contractors are underneath strain to enhance how proof is captured on the supply earlier than price and schedule impacts escalate, and this platform helps them do this simply,” he mentioned.
