We are a venture capital firm whose mission is to invest in wild hearts, with the wildest ideas, right at the beginning. We do this by raising venture capital funds, investing in the best startups, and helping them succeed,including through our accelerator and startup community programs and events (Services). While doing so, we understand that protecting your personal information is important.
This Privacy Policy details our commitment to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to us, or otherwise collected by us, when providing our Services. In this Privacy Policy, we, us or our means Blackbird Ventures Pty Ltd (ABN 93 159 044 989) and all of its subsidiaries and affiliates (including but not limited to Blackbird Ventures NZ Limited (NZBN94-29047685093) and Startmate Ops Pty Ltd (ABN 11 618 178 957).This Privacy Policy takes into account the requirements of the AustralianPrivacy Act 1998 (Cth) (Australian Act) and the New Zealand Privacy Act 2020 (New Zealand Act).
Personal Information means information (and in Australia includes an opinion), whether true or not and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual who is identified or reasonably identifiable.
The types of personal information we may collect about you includes:
When you invest in, or apply to invest in, one of our funds
When you pitch your company to us for investment and/or we invest in your company
When you participate in, or apply for, one of our startup community programs
When you apply for employment with us, volunteer, or mentor with us, are part of our talent network or or provide us with services as a contractor
When you visit our website
Sensitive Information is a sub-set of personal information that is given a higher level of protection under the Australian Act. Sensitive information means information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional associations or memberships, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation or practices, criminal records, health information or biometric information.
Unless otherwise permitted by law, we will not collect sensitive information about you without first obtaining your consent.
We collect personal information in a variety of ways, including:
Directly: We collect personal information which you directly provide to us, including when you apply to invest in one of our funds or for us to invest in your company, when you apply to participate in one of our programs, where you purchase tickets to an event we are hosting, where you apply to work with us, through the 'contact us' form on our website or when you request our assistance via email, or over the telephone.
Indirectly: We may collect personal information which you indirectly provide to us while interacting with us, such as when you use our website, in emails, or over the telephone.
From third parties: We collect information from third parties, such as:
We only collect, hold, use and disclose sensitive information for the following purposes:
We may collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for the following purposes:
When you invest in, or apply to invest in, one of our funds
When you pitch your company to us for investment and/or we invest in your company
When you participate in, or apply for, one of our startup community programs
When you apply for employment with us, volunteer or mentor with us, are part of our talent network or provide us with services as a contractor
When you visit our website or otherwise interact with us
We may disclose your personal information to:
Your personal information may be transferred outside of the country in which you are located. If you are based in Australia, unless we seek and receive your consent to an overseas disclosure of your personal information, we will only disclose your personal information to countries with laws which protect your personal information in a way which is substantially similar to the Australian Privacy Principles and/or we will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to require that overseas recipients protect your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles.
If you are based in New Zealand, before disclosing any personal information to an overseas recipient, we will comply with Information Privacy Principle 12 and only disclose the information if:
Your choice: Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you provide personal information to us, you understand we will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.You do not have to provide personal information to us, however, if you do not it may affect our ability to provide our Services to you and your use of our Services.
Information from third parties: If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.
Anonymity: Where practicable we will give you the option of not identifying yourself or using a pseudonym in your dealings with us.
Access: You may request access to the personal information we hold about you, or request that we change the personal information, by contacting us in the manner outlined below. An administrative fee may be payable for the provision of such information. Please note, in some situations, we may be legally permitted to withhold access to your personal information. If we cannot provide you with to your information as requested, you will be notified as soon as reasonably possible, and we will provide you with the reasons for our refusal and any mechanism available to complain about the refusal. If we can provide access to your information in another form that still meets your needs, then we will take reasonable steps to give you such access.
Correction: If you believe that any information, we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact us using the details below. We will take reasonable steps to promptly correct any information found to be inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading. Please note, in some situations, we may be legally permitted to not correct your personal information. If we cannot correct your information, we will advise you as soon as reasonably possible and provide you with the reasons for our refusal and any mechanism available to complain about the refusal.
Restrict and unsubscribe: You may also request that we restrict the use of your personal information for direct marking purposes by contacting us using the contact details below. Alternatively, to unsubscribe from our email database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications) you may use the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.
Your right of complaint: If you wish to make a complaint, you may do so by providing your written complaint to any one of our contact details as noted below. Where possible, the complaint should include enough information to help us resolve it. We will respond to promptly investigate your complaint and respond in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take in response to your complaint.If you are not satisfied with our response to a complaint and you are inAustralia, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, and if you are in New Zealand, you may contact the Office of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner.
We may use cookies on our website from time to time. Cookies are text files placed in your computer & browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information. However, they do allow third parties, such as Google and Facebook, to cause our advertisements to appear on your social media and online media feeds as part of our retargeting campaigns. If you choose to provide our website with personal information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
We are committed to ensuring that the personal information we collect is secure. We hold your personal information:
While we are committed to security, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that is transmitted to or by us over the Internet. The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk.
Our websites may contain links to other party’s websites. We do not have any control over those websites, and we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any personal information which you provide whilst visiting those websites. Those websites are not governed by thisPrivacy Policy
We may, at any time and at our discretion, vary this Privacy Policy by publishing the amended Privacy Policy on our website. We recommend you check our website regularly to ensure you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
For any questions or notices, please contact our Privacy Officer at: