Funding announcement
Spotlight On: Keaton Okkonen
Blackbird profiles Black.ai chief executive Keaton Okkonen, covering his Startmate 2017 origins, the company's broadening industries, and its recent fundraise and team growth.
Startup · $6.7m raised
Black.ai
Melbourne, VIC
Funding history
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Series A : $5,400,000
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Seed : $1,200,000
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Accelerator : $75,000
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Black.ai raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Jelix Ventures | Series A | - |
| Right Click Capital | Series A · Seed | - |
| Ben Perham | Seed | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Seed · Accelerator | - |
| Pan Group | Seed | - |
| Saltagen Ventures | Seed | - |
| William Tunstall-Pedoe | Seed | - |
| Startmate | Accelerator | - |
What Black.ai bought
Companies Black.ai acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Karthik Rajgopal | Director of Research · Founder | Startup Daily, biztechlawyers.com, SmartCompany (Tue 18 Dec 2018), SmartCompany (Thu 4 Oct 2018) |
| Keaton Okkonen | CEO · Founder | Blackbird Ventures portfolio, Startup Daily, biztechlawyers.com, SmartCompany (Tue 18 Dec 2018), SmartCompany (Thu 4 Oct 2018) |
| Phoebe Collier | Operations Lead | Startup Daily |
| Sebastien Collier | CTO · Founder | Startup Daily, biztechlawyers.com, SmartCompany (Tue 18 Dec 2018), SmartCompany (Thu 4 Oct 2018) |
Coverage
Stories naming Black.ai. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
29 deals
FUNDED JUNE 2022
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Seed
$5.4m
Computer vision software startup Black.ai closes $5.4m Seed+ round
Computer vision startup Black.ai has raised a $5.4 million Seed+ round led by Jelix Ventures with Right Click Capital and angels, taking its total funding to $8.55 million to double headcount and expand industries.
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Unnamed stage
$5.3m
Biztech Starts Year with $5.3M Capital Raise for Black AI
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3 deals
Blackbird Monthly, Edition 02, 2020
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Funding announcement
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7 deals
Insurance, socks and social enterprise: StartupSmart's 10 startups to watch in 2019
StartupSmart profiles ten startups it expects to do well in 2019, reporting funding rounds for Black.ai, Huddle, Manrags, Matrak and Work180, Fleet's earlier Series A, and the Ongs' past sale of Eatibility.
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2 deals
Cybersecurity startup Cydarm Technologies raises $500,000 led by Right Click Capital
Cydarm Technologies, a cybersecurity incident response startup, has raised $500,000 in a round led by Right Click Capital, which recently backed automation platform Black.ai.
2 deals
Melbourne startup Black.ai secures $1.2 million raise to bring robots into 21st century, and to stop you stealing tomatoes
Melbourne robotics startup Black.ai has raised seed funding from local and Canadian investors plus angels to deploy checkout sensor technology in supermarkets, with longer-term ambitions for robot fleet infrastructure.