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Vehicle parts data startup Partly, based in New Zealand, has closed a pre-Series A round led by Blackbird Ventures, with angel backers including Peter Beck, Dylan Field and Akshay Kothari, valuing it highly.
Blackbird's profile interview with Partly co-founder and COO Nathan Taylor covers the auto parts platform's New Zealand origins, its Christchurch base, and recalls Blackbird's seed investment made the previous year.
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Blackbird's investment note explains why it led the Series Seed round in Partly, a Christchurch company building fitment-data software and a marketplace for the auto parts industry.
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