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We're excited to be co-leading the US$4M seed funding round into AI-powered cyber intelligence company, Cyble.
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Founder Resources
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Announcing The Next Evolution of Giants
In 2021, Giants is evolving from an event series to a knowledge-sharing platform, specifically targeting aspiring and early stage founders.
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What I’m now looking for in Australian and New Zealand SaaS
With eight years of hindsight, our most successful SaaS companies share these key characteristics.
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Webinar Debrief: Beating Burnout
Takeaways from our panel event with SafetyCulture on identifying the warning signs of professional burnout and strategies to beat it.
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COVID-19 Toolkit for Founders
Resources and advice collected by our team at Blackbird to help founders navigate COVID-19.
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Blackbird Response to COVID-19
In response to the recent updates on the risk of COVID-19, we have implemented Blackbird’s Coronavirus Policy.
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Systems: A Simple Recipe for Productivity
Blackbird Head of Productivity Clark Carter’s guide to keep you on track.
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From Blackbird
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Blackbird is hiring a Growth Investing Associate
Blackbird is searching for an Associate to focus on growth investments in the Blackbird portfolio.
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A Chief People Officer for Blackbird
We’re proud to share that Justin Angsuwat is joining Blackbird as Chief People Officer.
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Blackbird is hiring a Portfolio FP&A Manager
Blackbird is looking for a Portfolio FP&A Manager to chart the progress of Australia’s and New Zealand’s greatest technology companies.
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The Next Generation of Blackbird’s Investment Team
Meet the next generation of our investment team at Blackbird as we welcome new Principals Michael Tolo and Tom Humphrey.
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Temporarily Unpopular: Investing Lessons
Blackbird co-founder and Partner Niki Scevak shares his investing lessons and overall thesis about being temporarily unpopular.
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Year in Reflection: 2020
2020 has been a big year for Blackbird. We take a look through the numbers and highlights of a year like no other.
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Giants Weekly
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Legal 101 with Shaun Restorick-Barton
Shaun Restorick-Barton, corporate lawyer for Law Squared, shows us how to navigate the Australian legal framework.
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Systems for Success with Merryn Clancy
Merryn Clancy, the COO of Car Next Door, takes us through systems for better time management.
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Startup Insights with Rick Baker
Blackbird Co-founder and Partner Rick Baker sits down with us to reflect on the startup ecosystem in 2020 and look ahead to 2021.
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Scaling Hardware with Vignesh Kumar
Tech investor, GD1 venture partner and former Apple Engineering Manager Vignesh Kumar explores what it means to scale and why it's important.
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Employer Branding with Isobel Clarkson
Head of People at Propeller, teaches us how to put the magic into hiring.
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Sales as a Science with Nikki Brown
Ignition Lane partner, Nikki Brown teaches us the science of sales.
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Investment Notes
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Investment Notes: Lexer
We are excited to be leading the Series B round in Lexer, a SaaS business with a customer data platform (CDP) that is looking to redefine customer engagement.
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Investment Notes: Vow
After investing in the pre-seed round in 2019, we are delighted to announce we have followed on in the Series Seed round of Vow.
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Investment Notes: Multitudes
Multitudes founder Lauren understands that a culture shift can be hard if people's voices aren't heard. She has made it her life’s mission to fix this.
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Investment Notes: SunDrive
Blackbird is pleased to further our investment in SunDrive, leading the company’s $5M Series A round.
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Investment Notes: Partly
We're pleased to lead the Series Seed round in Christchurch-based startup Partly, a global SaaS-enabled marketplace for auto parts.
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Investment Notes: See-Mode
Blackbird is pleased to build our ownership in See-Mode as part of their US$7M Series A round.
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Wild Hearts Podcast
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Wild Hearts: Cultivating The Best with Culture Amp
Didier Elzinga and Chloe Hamman from Culture Amp, alongside Blackbird partner Nick Crocker, discuss how to build an amazing corporate culture.
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Fenceless Farming with Craig Piggott & Peter Beck
The founders of Halter and Rocketlab, Craig Piggott and Peter Beck, join us to talk about fencless farming, culture and NZ startups.
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Wild Hearts: The Epicentre for Startup Ambition with Startmate
Michael Batko lifts up the curtain of Startmate and shares his insight into all things startup, people and ambition.
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Wild Hearts: Finding the Magic in Banking with Up
Dom Pym & Anson Parker from Up talk about their mission to become the number one bank for young Australians.
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Wild Hearts: Detecting Disease with Vexev
John Carroll & Eamonn Colley from SunDrive talk about how they plan to stop vascular disease in its tracks.
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Wild Hearts: Fulfilling Solar’s Destiny with SunDrive
Vince Allen & David Hu from SunDrive talk about how they plan to revolutionise the solar panel industry
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