Startup · $3.5m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Index raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Zaccaria | Seed | - |
| Bain Capital Ventures | Seed | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Seed | - |
| Bond | Seed | - |
| Max Marchione | Seed | - |
| Thomas Paul Mann | Seed | - |
| YC | Seed | - |
Every published round Index took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies Index has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linktree | 21 Mar 2022, Series B | 1 | 1 |
Fund closes reported for Index, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Index has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Index did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of Index is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies Index acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Christian Iacullo | CTO · Founder | Startup Daily, Forbes Australia, Blackbird Ventures |
| Simon Kubica | CEO · Founder | Startup Daily, Forbes Australia, Blackbird Ventures |
Stories naming Index. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Startupik profile of Dylan Field tracing Figma's path from browser-based experiment to mainstream design-collaboration tool, its venture funding history, bottom-up adoption, and the Adobe acquisition that collapsed.
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.
A Bailador partner advises Australian founders on attracting US venture capital, citing past raises by Canva, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, SiteMinder and Instaclustr from American investors.