Blackbird Ventures

WHO WE ARE

Blackbird was founded in 2012 on the belief that a wave of great technology companies would be born outside of Silicon Valley and that, in particular, there would be a wave of success stories that would emerge from Australia. That belief subsequently extended to include Aotearoa, New Zealand. Since inception, we have invested a total of AUD1.2bn into close to 100 companies. We invest in wild hearts with the wildest of ideas, right at the beginning. That involves backing teams from software to space, unified by the ambition to become truly generational.

$720,000,000

TARGET SIZE OF FUNDS

Sector

B2B, Biotech, Cleantech, E-commerce/ Consumer Internet, Education, Enterprise Tech, Healthcare, Blockchain, FemTech, Fintech, Business Intelligence

Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B

Region

Oceania

Countries

Australia

Founder(s)

Niki Scevak

Niki is a co-founder of Blackbird, an investment firm with the dream to be a generational owner of generational companies born from Australia and New Zealand. Prior to Blackbird, he founded Startmate, an accelerator that helps nerds with ideas become great CEOs and build global startups. Earlier, he co-founded two software companies.Blackbird partners with founders at the very beginning and surrounds them with a community of other founders who have built successful technology companies before. The firm began in 2012 and currently manages $2.4 billion dollars of committed capital across 5 funds.

Rick Baker

Rick Baker is a co-founder of Blackbird Ventures, a venture capital firm focussed on investing in the best global tech startups being formed in Australia. Rick has led the firm’s investments such as Canva, SafetyCulture, Baraja, Gilmour Space and Ovira. Prior to Blackbird, Rick ran MLC’s venture capital portfolio with investments of over half a billion dollars. Prior to MLC, Rick co-founded two successful software companies: IDC Global and Right Party Connect. Blackbird partners with founders at the very beginning and surrounds them with a community of other founders who have built successful technology companies before. The firm was founded in 2012 and currently manages $1.3 billion dollars.

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