Bradley Ayers: Ledger

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Dovetail	Women's Agenda, SmartCompany (Thu 20 Jan 2022), Startup Daily (Thu 20 Jan 2022), Startup Daily (Tue 10 Aug 2021), SmartCompany (Tue 10 Aug 2021), Blackbird Ventures portfolio, SmartCompany (Tue 18 Feb 2020)
Founder	Atlassian	SmartCompany (Thu 20 Jan 2022), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Tue 10 Aug 2021), SmartCompany (Tue 18 Feb 2020)

Funding announcement

A CEO has a relationship with a subordinate and wants to 'get back to work'

Commentary on Dovetail's CEO being sued by the company's in-house lawyer, with notes on the startup's near-billion-dollar valuation and its Blackbird and Grok Ventures backing.

Women's Agenda Mon 10 Feb 2025 Blackbird Ventures Dovetail Grok Ventures LinkedIn Benjamin Humphrey Bethany Lo Russo Bradley Ayers

2 deals

Dovetail bags $5 million in funding from cohort of influential Aussie leaders

Sydney customer-research software firm Dovetail raised $5 million from existing backers Felicis, Blackbird, Grok and Didier Elzinga, following its 2020 seed round, to fund a North American expansion.

SmartCompany Tue 10 Aug 2021 Dovetail Atlassian Boston Consulting Group Canva Cisco CultureAmp Harvard Mastercard Blackbird Ventures Felicis Grok Ventures Didier Elzinga Benjamin Humphrey Bradley Ayers Mike Cannon-Brookes

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13 deals

Year in Reflection: 2020

Blackbird's year-end review covers its fourth fund announcement, investments in companies including See-Mode, Morse Micro and SafetyCulture, Startmate's climate cohort intakes, Mike Cannon-Brookes joining its board, and numerous team hires.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Fri 4 Dec 2020 5B Ao Air Beyond AG Bygen Canva Cass Materials Digital Agriculture Services (DAS)Dovetail GridCognition Morse Micro Multitudes Ovira Partly Process Street Propeller Roborigger SafetyCulture See-Mode SunDrive SwitcH2 Baraja Blackbird Foundation Cortical Labs Eucalyptus Forage Hivery Startmate Tempus Partners XY Sense Accel Atlassian Blackbird Ventures Salesforce Ventures Alex Birch Alice Williams Alissa Lucas Andy Kitchen Benjamin Humphrey Bradley Ayers Catt Vongpraseuth Clark Carter Dan Danilov Dani Pinkus Derick Markwell Ellisa Bennett Evan Jia Franki Chamaki Hart Lestari Ilya Vensky Jason Hosking Jeremy Mauger Josh Golde Justine Nangle Lauren Capelin Lauren Peate Levi Fawcett Lucia Salim Luke Murray Mark Song Mason Yates Melia Rayner Menkes van den Briel Mike Cannon-Brookes Nathan Taylor Nell Hardie Nick Crocker Niki Scevak Rick Baker Sam Wong Sophia Witherington Sophie Stevenson Sophie Taylor Temara Chapman Tip Piumsomboon

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Bradley Ayers

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A CEO has a relationship with a subordinate and wants to 'get back to work'

Dovetail bags $5 million in funding from cohort of influential Aussie leaders

Year in Reflection: 2020