Two women who built a construction tech startup to reduce project disputes with better record keeping have raised €523,000 (A$850,000) in pre-Seed funding.
The round for Scopey Onsite was led by UK Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) fund SFC Capital, with support from Enterprise Ireland.
CEO Jenna Farrell and COO Gillian Laging cofounded Scopey in 2022. The agentic software platform is now being used Australia, Ireland and the UK. It helps construction teams on building sites capture and manage critical project information, using AI to turn WhatsApp messages and voice notes into structured records and data for the office.
The pair moved their HQ to Ireland when Farrell relocated with her family and Irish-born husband, where Scopey Onsite secured support from Enterprise Ireland as well as UK funding. Laging is still based in Melbourne.
Farrell said the new platform is designed to reduce time and risk for commercial construction teams.
“Scopey Onsite will allow construction teams to correctly capture site events fast, reduce disputes caused by incomplete information, and prepare substantiation with confidence,” she said.
“Crews will be able to capture events on site and in real-time, and office teams get structured, easily searchable evidence.”
Ms Laging said one important focus for them was introducing tech to building without causing headaches for users.
“Technology can bring great efficiency, but it’s not easy rolling out change – especially in the construction industry where work never stops,” she said.
“You can’t pull crews off site to learn another app and rely on a few ‘tech champions’ to smooth the way, I’ve seen many innovation projects stall when those people move on.
“Scopey Onsite re-imagines how we can use daily habits to have better data capture. Since crews are already texting, we use chat-based workflows and agentic AI to turn that into structured data, so the right information reaches the right people faster. In doing so, we’re addressing long-standing challenges around documentation, accountability, and commercial risk in construction projects.”
Enterprise Ireland ANZ senior market adviser Niall Casey said Scopey solves a growing problem in construction.
“With disputes, claims and retrospective substantiation consuming significant commercial resources across Australian projects, contractors are under pressure to improve how evidence is captured at the source before cost and schedule impacts escalate, and this platform helps them do that easily,” he said.
