Portfolio Intelligence Analyst, Blackbird Ventures
Stories naming Mason Yates. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Blackbird's investment note announces it led Alloy Technologies' $4.5 million pre-seed round, profiling founder Joe Harris and describing the startup's software for robotics companies deploying artificial intelligence.
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Blackbird interviews Kinde co-founder Ross Chaldecott on lessons from Shopify, Atlassian and Campaign Monitor, Kinde's mission, its authentication product, and the large seed round behind its compound platform build.
Blackbird reflects on its seed backing of Blinq, a Melbourne startup making digital business cards, explaining the viral SaaS product and founder Jarrod Webb's background.
Blackbird presents its seven new investment associates, profiling their varied backgrounds across elite sport, science, banking, consulting and startups, plus prior roles at firms including Sprint Ventures, NZ Growth Capital Partners and AustralianSuper.
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's Wild Hearts podcast episode features Halter founder Craig Piggott and investor Peter Beck discussing farming technology, startup culture, and New Zealand entrepreneurship.
Podcast episode exploring SunDrive's solar cell technology, its founders' ambitions, and why Blackbird invested in the company despite the cleantech sector's history of failures.
Podcast conversation with Dovetail's founders about their research software and bootstrapped growth, including why Blackbird's Nick Crocker chose to back the company.
Blackbird's Wild Hearts podcast features See-Mode's founders discussing how their AI assists doctors reporting vascular ultrasound, plus the future of medicine and whether technology will replace doctors.
Podcast episode from Blackbird in which Applied's co-founder and CEO discuss how cognitive bias undermines recruitment and how their approach aims to produce fairer hiring decisions.
Blackbird's investment notes recount its participation in Eucalyptus's Series A, led by Woolworths' venture arm W23, having earlier led the telehealth company's pre-seed and seed rounds.
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Blackbird's retrospective of its 2018: a third fund launched, new partners and staff hired, Startmate cohorts run, numerous portfolio raises led, Shape Analytics sold, and Shoes of Prey shut down.
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