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Blackbird Ventures

Venture Capital · Founded 2012 · Sydney, Australia

#258 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 2% of investors worldwide

Venture Capital Fund focused on ambitious internet and software businesses, including consumer and social internet applications, ecommerce, mobile applications and enterprise and cloud software

145 Portfolio companies+62% in 5 years
11 Unicorns
3 Decacorns
261 Investments
Aug 2026 Last investment
02 · Biggest holdings

Blackbird Ventures’ biggest current holdings.

Blackbird Ventures is a named shareholder in 4 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $6.3B in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 4 biggest are below, each sized by that estimate.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 CanvaMedia · Decacorn 13.5% $42.0B $5.7B
  2. 2 SafetyCultureEnterprise Software · Unicorn 18% $1.6B $291M
  3. 3 Culture AmpJobs Recruitment · Unicorn 12.5% $1.5B $188M
  4. 4 BugcrowdSecurity · Unicorn 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 shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Portfolio analysis

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.

By countryCount
  1. Australia87
  2. USA44
  3. New Zealand25
  4. UK6
  5. Azerbaijan1
  6. Hong Kong1
  7. Singapore1
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software43
  2. Health22
  3. Energy16
  4. Fintech14
  5. Marketing11
  6. Security9
  7. Education8
  8. Robotics8
  9. Legal7
  10. Media7
  11. Real Estate7
  12. Transportation7
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed104
  2. Series A28
  3. Series B+15
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth92
  2. Breakout Stage53
  3. Late Growth20
  4. Mature1
04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Blackbird Ventures’ portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 145 tracked.

PsiQuantum
Semiconductors · Unicorn
$7.0B
BaseTen
Enterprise Software · Decacorn
$13B
Airwallex
Fintech · Decacorn
$11B
Zoox
Robotics · Unicorn
$1.2B
Sonder
Travel · Unicorn
$1.2B
Canva
Media · Decacorn
$42B
Halter
Food · Unicorn
$2.0B
SafetyCulture
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$1.6B
Culture Amp
Jobs Recruitment · Unicorn
$1.5B
Gilmour Space Technologies
Space
$562M
Bugcrowd
Security · Unicorn
$1.0B
Harrison.ai
Health
$461M
Skedulo
Jobs Recruitment
$400M
Morse Micro
Semiconductors
$700M
Fleet Space
Space
$525M
Eucalyptus
Health · Unicorn
$1.1B
OnCusp Therapeutics
Health
$400M
Heidi
Health
$465M
Karbon
Enterprise Software
$264M
Ivo
Legal
$355M
AskNicely
Marketing
$128M
HappyCo
Real Estate
$187M
Dovetail
Enterprise Software
$700M
Mint Innovation
Energy
$194M
Baraja
Transportation
$160M
Proxy
Security
$168M
Sonder
Health
$104M
Vow
Food
$197M
Lorikeet
Enterprise Software
$140M
Inventia Life Science
Health
$11M
Propeller Aerobotics
Real Estate
$89M
EARTH AI
Enterprise Software
$80M
Tracksuit
Marketing
$109M
Cyble
Security
$120M
SunDrive
Energy
$65M
August Robotics
Robotics
$120M
HIVERY
Enterprise Software
$120M
Ravio
Fintech
$48M
Forage
Education
$100M
Lexer
Marketing
$102M
Syenta
Semiconductors
$104M
Ortto
Marketing
$48M
Leonardo
Gaming
$250M
Checkmate
Marketing
$75M
Darwinium
Security
$72M
Edrolo
Education
$104M
Blinq
Event Tech
$129M
First AML
Legal
$84M
Sitemate
Real Estate
$71M
Shoes of Prey
Fashion
$62M
Redbubble
Fashion
$28M
Dgraph Labs
Security
$24M
Swoop Aero
Robotics
$41M
Nura
Music
$54M
Instant
Fintech
$100M
SkyDrop
Robotics
$64M
Carted
USA
$34M
Marqo
Enterprise Software
$50M
Mindset Health
Health
$52M
LIFX
Home Living
$51M
05 · Portfolio founders

Where 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.

LocationCount
  1. Australia104
  2. United States51
  3. New Zealand16
  4. United Kingdom11
  5. Ireland3
  6. Singapore3
  7. Canada1
  8. China1
  9. France1
  10. India1
UniversityCount
  1. University of New South Wales14
  2. University of Sydney12
  3. Monash University10
  4. University of Technology Sydney10
  5. The University of Auckland8
  6. University of Melbourne8
  7. University of Cambridge5
  8. University of Wollongong5
  9. INSEAD Business School4
  10. London Business School4
Previous companyCount
  1. NAB - National Australia Bank5
  2. The Warren Centre5
  3. Amazon4
  4. ANZ4
  5. Deliveroo4
  6. Deloitte4
  7. Goldman Sachs4
  8. Xero4
  9. Australian National University3
  10. Boston Consulting Group3