Startup · $5m raised

Roborigger

Perth, WA

Investor	Rounds	Invested
Blackbird Ventures	Series A	$5,000,000

What Roborigger bought

Companies Roborigger acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.

Company	Kind	Announced	Price	Sources
Roborigger is not recorded as having acquired anything.

People

Name	Role	Sources
Derick Markwell	Founder	Blackbird Ventures portfolio (Fri 4 Dec 2020), Startup News (WA), Blackbird Ventures portfolio (Wed 12 Feb 2020), @AuManufacturing

Coverage

Stories naming Roborigger. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

13 deals

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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3 deals

Blackbird Monthly, Edition 02, 2020

Blackbird's February newsletter reports new investments in Roborigger and Dovetail plus Process Street's Series A, alongside portfolio updates, a founder spotlight and hiring notices.

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2 deals

Roborigger wins $5M Series A investment from Blackbird

Wireless crane load control developer Roborigger has landed a $5 million Series A from Blackbird, money the founder says will build capability for overseas markets, following award wins and industry trials.

Startup News (WA) Fri 14 Feb 2020 Roborigger Curtin University Government of Western Australia Multiplex Woodside Energy Blackbird Ventures Federal Government Derick Markwell Rick Baker

Unnamed stage $5m

Investment Notes: Roborigger

Blackbird's investment note announces $5 million put into Roborigger, a Perth robotics startup whose device steadies crane loads, profiling founder Derick Markwell and listing current construction projects.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio Wed 12 Feb 2020 Roborigger Blackbird Foundation Fortescue Tensa Blackbird Ventures Derick Markwell Joel Connolly

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