Blackbird Ventures

Blackbird Ventures

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Overview

Blackbird is an Australasian venture capital firm whose mission is to invest in wild hearts, with the wildest ideas, right at the beginning. We back generational ambition with generational ownership by raising funds and investing in the best startup companies all the way through their journey from idea to beyond IPO.

Blackbird was founded in 2012, with a small first fund of $30M from the community of Australian technology founders. That fund invested in the very first rounds of Canva, Zoox, CultureAmp and SafetyCulture and has a TVPI of more than 35x. Today, our portfolio is worth over $7B and includes more than 100 companies across Australia and New Zealand, including rising stars like Propeller, Gilmour Space, Halter, Eucalyptus and Harrison AI.

Highlights

Founded

2012

Industry

Financial Services

Employees

51-100

Investment

298

Lead Investment

123

Exits

15

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

Contact Information

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Blackbird Ventures, established in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture investments across Mobile, Location Based Services, iOS, MMO Games, Virtual Goods, Internet, Financial Services, Finance, Education, Information Technology. The organization boasts a portfolio of 256 investments, with an average round size of $16.9M and 15 successful exits. Their recent investments include IRL Gaming, Startmate, BugHerd, Starfish Ventures, 500 Global. The highest investment round they participated in was $325.5B. Among their most notable exits are IRL Gaming and Startmate. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

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Niki Scevak

General Partner

imagePlace Nick Crocker

Nick Crocker

General Partner

imagePlace Bill Bartee

Bill Bartee

Co-Founder, Managing Director

imagePlace Richard Baker

Richard Baker

General Partner

imagePlace Tom Humphrey

Tom Humphrey

Investor

imagePlace Samantha Wong

Samantha Wong

General Partner

Investment portfolio

Blackbird Ventures has made 298 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 03, 2024, when Redactive raised $7.7M.

Blackbird Ventures has made 13 diversity investments. Their most recent diversity investment was on Mar 20, 2024, when Clasp Therapeutics raised $150.0M.

investments

298

Diversity investments

13

Lead investments

123

Number of exits

15

Investments

298

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Jun 10, 2024
Atticus Atticus
Information Technology7.1M
Jun 24, 2024
Aquila Aquila
Energy2.0M
Jun 27, 2024
Vertus Energy Vertus Energy
Energy9.4M
Jul 03, 2024
Redactive Redactive
Artificial Intelligence (AI)7.7M

Exits

15

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

298

Investors

0

Funds

8

Funding Rounds

298

Blackbird Ventures has raised 298 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 03, 2024 from a Seed Round - Redactive round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Jun 10, 2024
Venture Round - Atticus Venture Round - Atticus
-7.1M-
Jun 24, 2024
Seed Round - Aquila Seed Round - Aquila
-2.0M-
Jun 27, 2024
Seed Round - Vertus Energy Seed Round - Vertus Energy
-9.4M-
Jul 03, 2024
Seed Round - Redactive Seed Round - Redactive
-7.7M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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