BV
Blackbird Ventures
Venture Capital · Founded 2012 · Sydney, Australia
Blackbird Ventures’ biggest current holdings.
The most valuable companies Blackbird Ventures still holds — unicorns and thoroughbreds it has backed, ordered by Dealroom’s latest valuation. Companies that have been acquired or gone public are in Exits instead. Where a cap table names Blackbird Ventures directly, the stake and its estimated value are shown too.
-
1
Canva
13.5%
$42.0B
$5.7B
-
2
BaseTen
—
$13.0B
—
-
3
Airwallex
—
$11.0B
—
-
4
PsiQuantum
—
$7.0B
—
-
5
Halter
—
$2.0B
—
-
6
SafetyCulture
18%
$1.6B
$291M
-
7
Culture Amp
12.5%
$1.5B
$188M
-
8
Bugcrowd
10.5%
$1.0B
$105M
Estimated value = Blackbird Ventures’ disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. Blackbird Ventures also appears inside investor groups in Airwallex, PsiQuantum, where a standalone stake isn’t disclosed. See the underlying cap tables on Dealroom →
Blackbird Ventures’ biggest exits.
Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Blackbird Ventures’ transaction record.
Where Blackbird Ventures’ portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 145 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
-
Australia87
-
USA44
-
New Zealand25
-
UK6
-
Azerbaijan1
-
Hong Kong1
-
Singapore1
-
Enterprise Software43
-
Health22
-
Energy16
-
Fintech14
-
Marketing11
-
Security9
-
Education8
-
Robotics8
-
Legal7
-
Media7
-
Real Estate7
-
Transportation7
-
Seed104
-
Series A28
-
Series B+15
-
Early Growth92
-
Breakout Stage53
-
Late Growth20
-
Mature1
Inside Blackbird Ventures’ portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 145 tracked.
PsBaAi
Zo
SoCaHaSaCu
GiBu
Ha
Sk
Mo
Fl
Eu
On
He
Ka
Iv
As
Ha
Do
Mi
Ba
Pr
So
Vo
Lo
In
Pr
EA
Tr
Cy
Su
Au
HI
Ra
Fo
Le
Sy
Or
Le
Ch
Da
Ed
Bl
Fi
Si
Sh
Re
Dg
Sw
Nu
In
Sk
Ca
Ma
Mi
LIWhere Blackbird Ventures’ portfolio founders come from.
198 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.
-
Australia104
-
United States51
-
New Zealand16
-
United Kingdom11
-
Ireland3
-
Singapore3
-
Canada1
-
China1
-
France1
-
India1
-
University of New South Wales14
-
University of Sydney12
-
Monash University10
-
University of Technology Sydney10
-
The University of Auckland8
-
University of Melbourne8
-
University of Cambridge5
-
University of Wollongong5
-
INSEAD Business School4
-
London Business School4
-
NAB - National Australia Bank5
-
The Warren Centre5
-
Amazon4
-
ANZ4
-
Deliveroo4
-
Deloitte4
-
Goldman Sachs4
-
Xero4
-
Australian National University3
-
Boston Consulting Group3
Similar investors.
Peers the API surfaces as most similar by portfolio shape, with Dealroom investor rank and portfolio scale.
Key people at Blackbird Ventures.
