Transforming the real estate lifecycle through automation, intelligence and integrated payments.
Axtec is a technology company building connected infrastructure for the real estate industry. We combine AI, automation and embedded financial services with expert-derived insights - a framework we call Actual Intelligence™ - to deliver better outcomes for agents, property owners and ecosystem partners.
Our story
Axtec began as Axiom Properties, a diversified property and development group with a long track record of delivering value in the Australian real estate sector. Building on this foundation, we recognised a bigger industry challenge: a $100B transaction ecosystem still defined by manual workflows, fragmented technology, and lost value for agents, networks, and consumers. Guided by years of partnerships across major real estate groups, Axiom evolved into a technology-driven business assembling strategic assets including PaySure, Proffer, PointData, and MyHomeVault, to create an end-to-end automation platform that embeds payments, lending, compliance, AI-driven insights, and consumer engagement into a single, scalable infrastructure. Today, as Axtec, we transform how real estate transactions happen. From appraisal to settlement to long-term ownership - empowering partners with the automation, intelligence, and revenue engines that drive growth across the entire property lifecycle.
Our mission
To automate the real estate lifecycle and empower agencies, partners and property owners with technology that delivers clarity, efficiency and opportunity at every stage.
Our values
The principles that guide everything we do.
Trust
Secure, compliant, enterprise-grade infrastructure.
Intelligence
Decisions powered by Actual Intelligence™.
Partnership
Collaboration with agencies, platforms and enterprise clients.
Leadership team
Meet the team driving Axtec's vision forward.
Ben Laurance
Managing Director
Ben Laurance is the Managing Director of Axtec, responsible for the company’s strategic direction as it evolves from Axiom Properties into a pure-play PropTech and automation platform. Bringing deep experience across real estate, capital management and technology investment, Ben oversees the integration and scaling of Axtec’s portfolio including PaySure, Proffer, PointData and MyHomeVault to accelerate national distribution and industry adoption.
Rob Towey
Chief Executive Officer
Rob Towey is the Chief Executive Officer of Axtec, leading the company’s transformation into a national automation and payments platform. With more than 15 years’ experience across PropTech and fintech, Rob has held senior roles at Domain Group, RealtyAssist, Openn, PropHero and Athena Home Loans, where he built and scaled data, partnerships and consumer-finance businesses. He now drives Axtec’s product, growth and partner strategy across the real estate ecosystem.
Bradley Melman
Chief Operating Officer
Brad is the Chief Operating Officer of Axtec, bringing more than 20 years’ experience across PropTech, payments, strategy, and corporate law. As co-founder and Managing Director of ListSure (now PaySure), he helped build one of Australia’s leading real estate payments platforms—now central to Axtec’s embedded financial and workflow automation ecosystem. Previously, Brad was an Engagement Manager at Strategy& (PwC), a Director at BEAM Corp, and a corporate lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright. He now leads Axtec’s operational execution, partner delivery, and national scaling of automated payments and property lifecycle solutions.
Michelle Sawyer
General Manager - PaySure
Michelle Sawyer brings over 30 years’ experience across Australia and Singapore in research, project delivery, and organisational operations. She spent the majority of her career with Macquarie Group as a Research Analyst and Project Manager, before moving into the NGO sector as Operations Director at Grameen Australia and a board member of Dana Asia, overseeing major development initiatives across Southeast Asia. Michelle has also held senior roles across Indigenous consulting, communications, and executive search, and holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney.
