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Asana

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Seed $3.5m

Investment Notes: Index

Blackbird's investment note explains why it led Index's A$3.5 million seed round with Bain Capital Ventures, Y Combinator and industry angels, profiling the planning platform built by two former Canva and Atlassian staff.

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Seed

Investment Notes: Sitemate

Blackbird's investment notes explain why it led Sitemate's seed round, tracing the built-world software startup from its 2017 Startmate cohort and pre-seed backing to its collaboration products.

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Exit / M&A

Culture Amp snaps up US workplace values startup Disco

Employee experience platform Culture Amp has bought San Francisco values-recognition startup Disco for an undisclosed sum, with Disco's former CEO joining Culture Amp and an Asana executive added to the board.

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News

Blackbird is hiring a Product Operations Specialist

Blackbird's Founder Success team is recruiting a Product Operations Specialist, based in Sydney or Melbourne, to scale its community programs such as Giants, the Founder Academy and the Talent Network. Applications have closed.

16 deals

Ignition Lane Weekly Wrap: M&A mania, Tesla trademarks, African fintech, another SoftBank implosion & NFTs explained

Weekly roundup covering ANZ trade sales including A Cloud Guru's multibillion-dollar sale, several Australian raises, Tenacious Ventures' agritech fund close, Xero and Cochlear appointments, and global deals such as Etsy buying Depop.

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