Rodney Drury - Founder @ Xero - Crunchbase Person Profile

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Overview

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Primary Job Title Founder
Primary Organization
Xero

Location Queenstown, Canterbury, New Zealand
Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australasia
Gender Male
Also Known As Rod Drury

Investor Type
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Rodney Kenneth Drury is based out of Queenstown, Canterbury and is the Founder of Xero. Rodney previously worked at NZX as a Director. Rodney Kenneth Drury attended the Victoria University of Wellington. Rodney Kenneth Drury has received New Zealander or the Year, New Zealand Business Hall of Fame 2025 award in their career.

Personal Investments

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Rodney Drury

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Venture Round - Atomic

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, when

Atomic

raised

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Atomic	—	Venture Round - Atomic	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Atomic	—	Series A - Atomic	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Lodestone Energy	—	Series B - Lodestone Energy	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Pacific Fibre	—	Seed Round - Pacific Fibre	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Number of Past Jobs

Rodney Drury

has

current jobs including

Founder

Corro

Director and Investor

Atomic

, and

General Partner

Radar Ventures

. Additionally,

Rodney Drury

has had

past jobs including

Founder & Director

Xero

Corro FounderJul 2024
Atomic Director and InvestorJan 2022
Radar Ventures General PartnerJul 2021
Xero FounderOct 2006

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Xero	Founder & Director	Oct 2006	Aug 2023
Xero	CEO	2006	2018
Context Connect	Owner & Founder	Jun 2000	Jan 2012

Board and Advisor Roles

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Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
PlanHQ	Chairman	—	—

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SaaS Companies With More Than $1B in Revenue	99,091
Asia-Pacific (APAC) Public Companies With More Than $1M in Revenue (Top 10K)	4,704
Australasia Software Companies (Top 10K)	4,680
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Australasia Companies With More Than 500 Employees	5,178
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