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What does Blackbird Ventures invest in?
Blackbird Ventures invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (77% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Technology, Sports and Brand Tracking.
Blackbird Ventures highlights
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14 rounds on record
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Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 77% of its rounds
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Led 3 rounds
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1 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Blackbird is an Australasian investment firm whose mission is to invest in wild hearts, with the wildest ideas, right from the beginning.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- $25K – $10M as they say
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowthPre-IPO
- Sectors
- TechnologySportsBrand Tracking
- Based in
- Sydney, Australia
- Cold pitches
- Not accepted
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first14 appearances
- 2025
4 rounds
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- 2015
3 rounds
- Jul
- Apr
- Jan
- 2014
3 rounds
- Jul
- May
- Mar
- 2013
4 rounds
- Dec
- Jul
- Mar
- Jan
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration11 named
ACAlexander Con ApoifisChief Operating Officer of Blackbird Ventures Pty LtdiForm ADV
JLJustine Lara NangleGeneral Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Blackbird Ventures Pty LtdiForm ADV
MAMichael Alexander Cannon-BrookesDirector of Blackbird Ventures Pty LtdiForm ADV
MBMichael BatkoChief Executive Officer and Director of Startmate Pty LtdiForm ADV
NCNicholas Charlie CrockerDirector of the Manager and the General PartneriFiling they signed
NCNiki Carlos ScevakDirector of the Manager and the General PartneriFiling they signed
NCNiki Carlos SkevakCo-Chief Executive Officer and Director of Blackbird Ventures Pty LtdiForm ADV
PBPhoebe Beth HarropDirector of Blackbird Ventures Nz LimitediForm ADV
RCRichard Charles Spencer BakerCo-Chief Executive Officer and Director of Blackbird Ventures Pty LtdiForm ADV
RMRobyn Mary Assunta DenholmDirector of Blackbird Ventures Pty LtdiForm ADV
SCSamantha Ching Fei WongDirector of the Manager and the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 40 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$6.0Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Blackbird Ventures PTY LTD.
- SEC number
- CRD 328250
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
0 of 2 we have independently watched raise
StartmateSunrise Festival
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
SessionsBought by MyFitnessPalUndisclosedFeb 2014
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.