Self Funded — An Index of Australian Venture & Techv0.1 · last sync 2026-05-11
$cat ./funds/blackbird-ventures.md

Blackbird Ventures

Sydney · est. 2012

Blackbird is one of Australia's largest venture capital firms, backing ambitious Australian and New Zealand founders from inception through growth.

Website
Stages
Pre Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
Fund size
Partners
Niki Scevak, Rick Baker, Samantha Wong, Tom Humphrey
Founded
2012
HQ
Sydney
$ls ./funds/blackbird-ventures/portfolio

Notable investments

  • Canva
  • SafetyCulture
  • Culture Amp
  • Eucalyptus
  • Zoox
$git log --reverse --pretty=short ./funds/blackbird-ventures.md

Timeline

verified · public sources
  1. 2012
    Blackbird Ventures founded in Sydney.
    verified · blackbird.vc
  2. Sep 2022
    Closes Fund V at A$1B, Australia and NZ's largest single VC fund close.
    verified · AFR
  3. Jun 2025
    Re-ups in Halter Series D at US$1B valuation; NZ agritech reaches unicorn status.
    verified · Blackbird
  4. Aug 2025
    Returns A$200M+ to LPs from secondary sales of Canva stock.
    verified · Capital Brief