Construction tech startup Novade on paperless crusade with one-stop solutions platform

Singapore

WHEN he led Autodesk's Asia sales team, Denis Branthonne wanted to sell the engineering and architecture software that his company was famous for.

It turned out that his clients at construction sites also had other concerns.

"In the last few years of my tenure, a lot of clients were telling me, 'We understand the software and see its benefits, but we really need systems to help us manage operations on-site'," said Mr Branthonne, 48, who worked at Autodesk between 2002 and 2013.

That feedback gave him the motivation to leave Autodesk and co-found Novade Solutions with Eugene Low, an industry contact who runs construction software reseller CS Global.

Novade specialises in software solutions that replace the volumes of paperwork used in construct…