Head of Communications, Blackbird Ventures
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Blackbird's annual review letter recaps a year of investing: sums deployed across dozens of rounds, distributions to its investors, four new investment-team members introduced, and foundation and community program highlights.
Blackbird interviews Eucalyptus co-founder Tim Doyle about the telehealth firm's evolving mission, patient safety practices, regulatory advocacy, and lessons from his earlier career, including his time at Koala.
Blackbird interviews Jenny Busing, co-founder and co-CEO of employee experience firm Excellent, covering her dance career, mentorship lessons, the EX Revolution manifesto launching in December, and her philosophy that work should not be a drag.
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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Blackbird profiles Black.ai chief executive Keaton Okkonen, covering his Startmate 2017 origins, the company's broadening industries, and its recent fundraise and team growth.
Blackbird profiles The Mintable co-founder Melissa Miller, who recounts volunteering in the Peace Corps, operations roles at Gusto, founding with Lauren Humphrey, fundraising while pregnant, and working across distant time zones.
Blackbird's founder profile interviews Inventia Life Sciences' CEO about his career, co-founders and the RASTRUM 3D bioprinting platform, recalling the firm's early investment in the Sydney biotech company.
Blackbird profiles Lucy Mort, co-founder and CEO of creator monetisation app Sunroom, covering its origins, her Hinge background, and the seed round's majority-female investor base.
Blackbird interviews AskNicely co-founder and CEO Aaron Ward about the customer-feedback company's origins, its expansion from New Zealand to the US and Europe, and its recent investment round.
Blackbird interview with Edrolo co-founder Ben Sze covering the company's origins, broad mission, learning products used across secondary schools, and its evolution from optional resource to essential teaching tool.
Blackbird interviews Mentorloop co-founder Lucy Lloyd, who recalls the $275K pre-seed raise that convinced her and Heidi Holmes to go full-time on their mentoring software platform.
Blackbird interviews EntryLevel founder Ajay Prakash about his reskilling mission, his earlier venture Real Skills, and the company's growth since its late-2020 raise, including helping over 33,000 people gain work experience.
Blackbird answers common questions about its new Aotearoa Community Lead job, covering the New Zealand team's community events, programmes with partners, ethical investing approach, venture capital business model and application process.
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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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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The venture firm advertises an open senior role leading its people and culture functions, describing team growth plans, internal tools, employee benefits, and its portfolio and mission.
Blackbird advertises a new People Lead role to channel talent towards its portfolio companies, setting out the job's responsibilities, candidate requirements and the firm's employee benefits.
Blackbird Ventures advertises a full-time fund accountant position at its Sydney office, outlining duties across fund reporting, tax compliance, cash management and investor relations; the application period has since closed.