Startup · $51.2m raised · AI
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Hivery raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| AS1 Growth Partners | Series B · Series A | - |
| AS1 Partners | Series B | - |
| ASI Growth Partners | Series B | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Series B · Series A | - |
| OneVentures | Series B | - |
| Tiger Global | Series B | - |
Companies Hivery acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Hivery. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Blackbird's annual review counts $229 million deployed in 2024 across 41 companies, $1.15 billion invested over five years, and about $1.14 billion returned to LPs through secondaries, Canva's purchase of Leonardo.ai, and Hivery's collapse.
Blackbird's founder chat interviews HIVERY's Franki Chamaki on the company's origins in a Coca-Cola hackathon, its values, and its growth plans following this year's Series B round.
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Cut Through Venture's August update rounds up July 2022 Australian startup funding, listing raises from Mx51 to WeMoney, Startmate's newest cohort of twelve, and the beta launch of its investor search tool.
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Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.
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A roundup of Australian startups that raised funds in recent weeks: mx51, Refundid, Storipress, HIVERY, InternMatch, upcover, Pearler and Loopit together secured over $100 million despite a cooling venture market.
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OneVentures provided debt financing to Hivery, marking the firm's tenth credit deal, in a brief post pointing readers to the Financial Review's fuller coverage.
Write-up of a Giants Weekly fireside chat where Blackbird co-founder Rick Baker discusses the firm's $500 million fund, seed investing, software and science companies, and offshore interest in Australian startups.
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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.
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Blackbird announces it led an $8 million Series A in HIVERY, a Sydney AI startup optimising retail product placement for Walmart and Coca-Cola, co-founded by former Data61 data scientists.