Founder, Vimeo · angel in 1 deal

Zach Klein

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Vimeo	SmartCompany (Wed 18 Jun 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 7 Jul 2023), Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Wed 22 May 2019)

Disclosed deals

Every published round Zach Klein took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.

Company	Stage	Announced	Amount	Role	Alongside	Sources
Magic Brief	Pre-seed	Jul 2023	$2m	Participant	Blackbird Ventures Archangel Ventures Matt Miller Tim Doyle Alex Badran Craig Piggot George Howes Dan Nolan	Startup Daily (Wed 18 Jun 2025), SmartCompany (Wed 18 Jun 2025), SmartCompany (Fri 7 Jul 2023), Startup Daily (Thu 6 Jul 2023), Blackbird Ventures portfolio

Portfolio

Companies Zach Klein has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.

Company	What it does	First invested	Rounds	Led
Magic Brief		Jul 2023, Pre-seed	1	0

Funds

Fund closes reported for Zach Klein, as distinct from the investments it has made.

Fund	Announced	Committed	Target	Close	Sources
No fund closes recorded for Zach Klein yet.

Portfolio companies acquired

Companies Zach Klein has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Zach Klein did.

Company	Bought by	Kind	Announced	Price
Magic Brief	Canva	Acquisition	18 Jun 2025	-

Coverage

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

11 deals

Nine Aussie startups that raised $107.35 million this week

Weekly roundup detailing nine Australian startup funding rounds totalling $107.35 million, spanning pet e-commerce, quantum sensors, proptech, agtech, EV charging, sailing apparel, marketing tools, consumer goods and pregnancy wearables.

Also Startup Daily·Australian FinTech·SmartCompany·AgFunderNews

Pre-seed $2m

Blackbird leads $2 million pre-Seed round into martech startup MagicBrief

Blackbird led a $2 million pre-seed raise for MagicBrief, a Sydney martech startup building an advertising creative workflow platform, with Archangel Ventures and several founder-angels also taking part.

Also SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily

Seed $1m

Why legaltech Josef's $1 million raise was more about securing experts than cash

Legaltech startup Josef has raised $1 million in seed funding from Jelix Ventures and individual investors, with the founders valuing the investors' expertise as they expand into the US.

SmartCompany Wed 22 May 2019 Josef AWS Herbert Smith Freehills Luna Reinventure Group Telstra Ventures Tiger Financial Group Vimeo Jelix Ventures Ben Armstrong Kara Frederick Andrea Gardiner Ian Gardiner Kirill Kliavan Sam Flynn Tom Dreyfus Zach Klein