Founder · Investor · Builder

Entrepreneur, investor, creator.

I built ContentCal and sold it to Adobe, then helped run the integration from the inside of a multi-billion dollar company. Today I'm an operator, advisor and an active investor in 60+ companies, and I write about what it takes to build at Venture Wisely.

Alex Packham
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Companies backed
$1bn+
Portfolio value built
2021
ContentCal acquired by Adobe
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Who
I've built from zero, navigated an acquisition, and operated at scale inside one of the world's most valuable software companies. That's the lens I bring to everything I build now.

Alex is a serial entrepreneur, operator and investor. He founded ContentCal, scaled it, and sold it to Adobe, then spent three years leading its integration from the inside.

Today he's CEO of JAAQ, a behavioural-health company; co-founder of AcademyAI; and an advisor and investor across 60+ businesses through ASTP Ventures.

He writes Venture Wisely essays on building real success and the realities of building a business.

— Alex Packham
Now

What I'm building & backing today.

JAAQNow
Chief Executive
Building behavioural-health technology that reaches people at scale.
AcademyAINow
Co-Founder, Board & Seed Investor
Putting real AI skills within everyone's reach.
ASTP Ventures
Founder, Advisor & Investor
Strategy, product and capital for founders, CEOs and funds. 60+ companies backed.
Digital First Capital
Founding Partner
Founding, funding and exiting companies at the centre of the digital economy.
Propstore
Board Director
Guiding the exec team through tech, transformation and growth.
Venture Wisely
Writer & Creator
Weekly essays on building, wealth, mind, and the energy behind great companies.
By the numbers
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Venture investments across SaaS, AI & digital
$0M+
Business portfolio value built
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Years operating inside Adobe post-acquisition
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Venture Wisely subscribers & growing
Venture Wisely

Essays on winning
the long game.

All essays

Read what it actually takes — every week.

Founder. Investor. Builder. Honest essays on work, wealth, mind, and the energy behind great companies. 2,500+ readers.

In his words
"The barrier to building has collapsed. That isn't a threat. It's a clarification."
What It Takes to Win
"Six A-players beat thirty good ones. Every single time."
Eat What You Kill
"The work was never building the software. The work was building the company."
On real defensibility
"People who use AI are racing ahead of people who don't."
The Augmented Individual
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© Alex Packham