# Blackbird Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Blackbird Ventures is a vc firm based in Australia. 14 investments on record, latest Sept 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/blackbird-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Australia · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Blackbird Ventures Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Sep 2025, closing $10M. Last cheque observed Sep 2025. Email Quiet New fund $9.5M, Sept 2025 VC firm Pre-seed Seed Series A Technology Sports Brand Tracking Follow Blackbird Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fblackbird-ventures) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 14 on record Since the last cheque **396** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$4.2M** Cheque size, as they say **$25K – $10M** Rounds led **3 of 14** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **Australia, 50%** Pitch Blackbird Ventures ## Blackbird Ventures highlights - 01 14 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 77% of its rounds - 03 Led 3 rounds - 04 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-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth Pre-IPO - **Sectors:** Technology Sports Brand Tracking - **Based in:** Sydney, Australia - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **14 appearances** - **2025** 4 rounds - **Sept** **[Enhance Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/enhance-labs)** Pre-seed · AU · Startup Daily **$2.3M** *Led* - **Sept** **[Alloy](https://millionrounds.com/company/alloy)** Pre-seed · AU · Startup Daily **$4.5M** *Led* - **Sept** **[Marloo](https://millionrounds.com/company/marloo)** Pre-seed · NZ · Startup Daily **$4.2M** *Led* - **Aug** **[Syenta](https://millionrounds.com/company/syenta)** Pre-Series A · AU · Startup Daily **Undisclosed** With 8 others - **2015** 3 rounds - **Jul** **[AffinityLive](https://millionrounds.com/company/affinitylive)** Seed · US **$2.0M** With 2 others - **Apr** **[Bugcrowd](https://millionrounds.com/company/bugcrowd)** Series A · US **$7.0M** With 3 others - **Jan** **[Robby](https://millionrounds.com/company/robby)** Seed · US **$50K** With 1 other - **2014** 3 rounds - **Jul** **[Canva](https://millionrounds.com/company/canva)** Seed · AU **$3.6M** With 4 others - **May** **[Autopilot](https://millionrounds.com/company/autopilot)** Series B · US **$10M** With 5 others - **Mar** **[Lumific](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumific)** US **$50K** With 1 other - **2013** 4 rounds - **Dec** **[CoinJar](https://millionrounds.com/company/coinjar)** Seed · AU · finsmes.com **$455K** With 1 other - **Jul** **[Ninja Blocks](https://millionrounds.com/company/ninja-blocks)** Seed · AU · pandodaily.com **$1.0M** With 5 others - **Mar** **[Canva](https://millionrounds.com/company/canva)** Seed · AU · techcrunch.com **$3.0M** With 10 others - **Jan** **[Sessions](https://millionrounds.com/company/sessions)** Seed · US · techcrunch.com **Undisclosed** With 3 others 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 registration **11 named** AC **Alexander Con Apoifis** Chief Operating Officer of Blackbird Ventures Pty Ltd i Form ADV JL **Justine Lara Nangle** General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Blackbird Ventures Pty Ltd i Form ADV MA **Michael Alexander Cannon-Brookes** Director of Blackbird Ventures Pty Ltd i Form ADV MB **Michael Batko** Chief Executive Officer and Director of Startmate Pty Ltd i Form ADV NC **Nicholas Charlie Crocker** Director of the Manager and the General Partner i Filing they signed NC **Niki Carlos Scevak** Director of the Manager and the General Partner i Filing they signed NC **Niki Carlos Skevak** Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director of Blackbird Ventures Pty Ltd i Form ADV PB **Phoebe Beth Harrop** Director of Blackbird Ventures Nz Limited i Form ADV RC **Richard Charles Spencer Baker** Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director of Blackbird Ventures Pty Ltd i Form ADV RM **Robyn Mary Assunta Denholm** Director of Blackbird Ventures Pty Ltd i Form ADV SC **Samantha Ching Fei Wong** Director of the Manager and the General Partner i Filing 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 **$6.0B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture 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 Startmate Sunrise 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 listed **1 in all** **[Sessions](https://millionrounds.com/company/sessions)** Bought by [MyFitnessPal](https://millionrounds.com/fund/myfitnesspal) **Undisclosed** Feb 2014 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$9.5M** raised in Sept 2025 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$4.2M** the round, not its cheque Led 3 of 14 rounds **21%** - **Said size:** $25K – $10M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Sept 2025 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *7* - Pre-seed said *3* - Pre-Series A *1* - Series A said *1* - Series B said *1* - Growth said *-* - Pre-IPO said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Square Peg Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/square-peg-capital) 3 - [500 Global](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups) 2 - [Matrix Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners) 2 - [Startmate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startmate) 2 **Pitching Blackbird Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Blackbird Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Square Peg Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/square-peg-capital)[**500 Global** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)[**Matrix Partners** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/matrix-partners)[**Startmate** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startmate) ## Recently backed The latest companies Blackbird Ventures put money into. [**Enhance Labs** $2.3M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/enhance-labs)[**Syenta** Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/syenta) ## Quick answers about Blackbird Ventures ### 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. ### How active is Blackbird Ventures? 14 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Sept 2025. ### What has Blackbird Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Enhance Labs (Pre-seed, Sept 2025), Alloy (Pre-seed, Sept 2025) and Marloo (Pre-seed, Sept 2025). ### How big are Blackbird Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $4.2M. It says it writes cheques of $25K to $10M. ### Does Blackbird Ventures lead rounds? Yes: it led 3 of its 14 investments on record (21%). ### Where does Blackbird Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in Australia (50%), the United States (43%) and New Zealand (7%). ### Is Blackbird Ventures investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Sept 2025. ### Who does Blackbird Ventures invest alongside? Most often Square Peg Capital (3 rounds together), 500 Global (2 rounds together) and Matrix Partners (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=blackbird-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=blackbird-ventures)