My primary role is to find and invest in great tech startups and then help them as much as I can.
Prior to Blackbird I ran the venture portfolio at MLC and invested over half a billion dollars into venture capital. Before this I co-founded two software companies, Right Party Connect (sold to Adeptra) and IDC Global. I grew up in Sydney and went to UNSW and Sydney University, before spending some time in the UK and Silicon Valley. I'm now very happy to be back in Australia at a time when the startup ecosystem is really gathering momentum.
Canva, Safety Culture, Baraja, Gilmour Space, Zova, Shoes of Prey, Movus, August Robotics, Whispli, dGraph, Proxy.
I love new software platforms that truly change the ways people do things that they do every day. I love sales models that allow small teams to attack global markets right from the beginning, and I also love robotics, sensors and space.
We are excited to be leading the AU $33.5M Series B round in Lexer.
Blackbird is proud to have invested in Fable’s seed round, working with co-founders, Michael Fox, Jim Fuller and Chris McLoghlin.
Blackbird is looking for a high-performing, detail-oriented accountant with an eye for process improvement.
Blackbird is hiring a Chief of Staff, Portfolio Analyst and a People Lead.
Blackbird has invested $1M into Ovira, a direct-to-consumer company addressing the discomfort and isolation of period pain.
Blackbird is looking to hire a Business Operations generalist to ensure we provide a world-class investment experience to our portfolio companies and investors.
Blackbird is looking for a quantitative connoisseur of high business performance to help us make great investment decisions.
We explore what flip ups are, why you would want to do one and what some of the mistakes founders make while doing them.
As we grow our funds and portfolio at Blackbird, we’re building out our operations team.
Blackbird partner Rick Baker believes the Australian VC industry is undersized.
The great founders we’ve worked with all have a version of the future mapped out in their heads in high definition and vivid colour.
The Australian venture capital industry at the beginning of 2017 is undersized.
It’s four and a half years since we embarked on the Blackbird Ventures journey. We’re proud of what the Blackbird logo has come to stand for, and now being a team of six, we decided to sit down and layout our mission and values.
There is a fundamental paradox in the startup world: A lot more founders try to raise money than successfully do
Blackbird is searching for an Associate to focus on growth investments in the Blackbird portfolio.
We’re hiring a Head of Investor Relations to build upon our treasured relationships with institutional and individual LPs.
Blackbird co-founder and Partner Rick Baker shares how to diagnose slow sales in your startup, and solutions for overcoming sales challenges.
With eight years of hindsight, our most successful SaaS companies share these key characteristics.
