Founder, Xero

Rod Drury

Roles

Role	Organisation	Sources
Director	Atomic.io	Startup Daily
Founder	Xero	Startmate, Startup Daily
General Partner	Radar Ventures	Startmate, Radar Ventures team page

Coverage

Stories naming Rod Drury. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Pre-seed $1.1m

How Jessica Dove London's drive to help her son is revolutionising access to healthcare, and giving power back to patients

Profile of Turnto founder Jessica Dove London, who built a health-information platform after her son's rare cerebral palsy diagnosis; the startup has secured $1.1 million pre-seed from angel and fund backers.

Startmate 15 Aug 2025 Try Turnto Google Maps Xero Afterwork Ventures Co Ventures LUXEM Ventures Radar Ventures Atlanta Daniel Jessica Dove London Maxine Minter Rod Drury

Series A $4.5m

Kiwi startup backed by Xero founder Rod Drury raises $4.5 million Series A

New Zealand customer messaging startup Atomic.io closed a Series A led by Movac, with several Xero figures investing, and is expanding into Australia with a Melbourne base.

Startup Daily 29 Aug 2022 Atomic.io ANZ Bank Bank of New Zealand Kiwibank Xero K1W1 Movac Alastair Grigg Ben Styles Paula Jackson Paul Williams Ben Pujji Mark Vivian Rod Drury

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