Menkes van den Briel: Ledger

Stories naming Menkes van den Briel. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Role	Organisation	Sources
Data Scientist (former)	Data61	Blackbird Ventures portfolio
Founder	Hivery	TechCrunch Australia, Blackbird Ventures portfolio (Fri 4 Dec 2020), Blackbird Ventures portfolio (Mon 10 Aug 2020), Startup Daily

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Year in Reflection: 2020

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.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Fri 4 Dec 2020 5B Ao Air Beyond AG Bygen Canva Cass Materials Digital Agriculture Services (DAS)Dovetail GridCognition Morse Micro Multitudes Ovira Partly Process Street Propeller Roborigger SafetyCulture See-Mode SunDrive SwitcH2 Baraja Blackbird Foundation Cortical Labs Eucalyptus Forage Hivery Startmate Tempus Partners XY Sense Accel Atlassian Blackbird Ventures Salesforce Ventures Alex Birch Alice Williams Alissa Lucas Andy Kitchen Benjamin Humphrey Bradley Ayers Catt Vongpraseuth Clark Carter Dan Danilov Dani Pinkus Derick Markwell Ellisa Bennett Evan Jia Franki Chamaki Hart Lestari Ilya Vensky Jason Hosking Jeremy Mauger Josh Golde Justine Nangle Lauren Capelin Lauren Peate Levi Fawcett Lucia Salim Luke Murray Mark Song Mason Yates Melia Rayner Menkes van den Briel Mike Cannon-Brookes Nathan Taylor Nell Hardie Nick Crocker Niki Scevak Rick Baker Sam Wong Sophia Witherington Sophie Stevenson Sophie Taylor Temara Chapman Tip Piumsomboon

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Series A $8m

Investment Notes: HIVERY

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.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Mon 10 Aug 2020 Hivery Coca-Cola Amatil Data61 The Coca-Cola Company Blackbird Ventures Charles Gretton Franki Chamaki Jason Hosking Matthew Robards Menkes van den Briel Niki Scevak

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Year in Reflection: 2020

Investment Notes: HIVERY