From the founders who have built world-changing companies to the 861,000 people working in the Australian tech industry, there is magic happening everywhere.
Congrats Blackbird - for being a key cog in this ecosystem
Onward 🚀🚀🚀
As of 30 September 2021, Blackbird has invested in close to 90 companies, 25% of which are worth over $100M and 6 worth over $1B.
They have turned the fund’s investors’ first $29M into over $1.3B billion, a net return of 47x.
And there’s still lots of growth to come says Niki Skevak
“We first invested $250k in Canva when it was an idea in the heads of Mel, Cliff and Cam. We have invested $270M since, and hope to invest even more than that in the future.”
In 2012 Blackbird’s first fund went on to invest in the first and follow-on rounds of companies like Canva, Culture Amp, Zoox, SafetyCulture, Propeller and Skedulo.
The amazing founders and teams have been backed preseed - It’s about building a relationship of trust and belief from preseed!
In 2021 Blackbird has had over 500 founders participate in the Giants program, many leading to investments by Blackbird and Startmate.
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