Blackbird Ventures

Blackbird Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2012 and headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia, with an additional office in New Zealand. The firm specializes in investments across various stages, including seed, series A, and later-stage companies, with a focus on sectors such as Internet, software, space technology, robotics, and mobile. Blackbird Ventures primarily supports Australian and New Zealand start-up founders, regardless of their location, and typically invests amounts ranging from $0.25 million to $5 million, depending on the company's development stage. The firm aims to foster globally-oriented Internet businesses and is backed by some of Australia’s most successful technology entrepreneurs, who contribute both financial resources and mentorship to help start-ups achieve their ambitions.

Alex Apoifis

Partner and COO

Clare Birch

Investment Associate

Oliver Bruce

Principal

Nick Crocker

General Partner

Robyn Denholm

Operating Partner, Investments

Phoebe Harrop

Partner, Investments

Tom Humphrey

Partner, Investments

Silk Kadala

Associate

Max Meyer

Associate

James Palmer

Associate

Tip Piumsomboon

Principal

Samantha Wong

General Partner

Mason Yates

Portfolio Analyst

Past deals in Meeting Software

Carepatron

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Carepatron is a healthcare management software. The company's services include billing, coding, clinical notes, documentation, healthcare compliance, health records, medical dictation, online payments, practice management, a patient portal, and scheduling.

Canva

Venture Round in 2021
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Canva

Venture Round in 2021
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Canva

Venture Round in 2020
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Canva

Series E in 2019
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Canva

Series D in 2019
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Skedulo

Series B in 2019
Skedulo Pty Ltd provides enterprise workforce management solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of mobile workforce operations. Its flagship platform enables organizations to manage, schedule, dispatch, and track field resources effectively. The Skedulo solution integrates seamlessly with systems like Salesforce and ServiceNow, allowing for improved job matching, scheduling, and resource allocation through features such as availability management and mapping routes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Skedulo also has offices in Australia, Asia, and the United Kingdom. The company has successfully supported over 150 organizations in managing more than 5 million appointments globally.

Karbon

Venture Round in 2018
Karbon Inc., based in Sausalito, California, develops a collaborative practice management platform designed specifically for accounting firms. Founded in 2015, the platform enhances productivity by enabling teams to work together more effectively through streamlined workflows, automated tasks, and standardized processes. It consolidates client information into a single location, providing visibility across the firm and improving overall workflow management. Karbon's software allows users to automate common tasks, schedule data collection, and facilitate remote work, ultimately helping accounting firms to increase efficiency and scale their operations.

Canva

Series C in 2018
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Skedulo

Series A in 2016
Skedulo Pty Ltd provides enterprise workforce management solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of mobile workforce operations. Its flagship platform enables organizations to manage, schedule, dispatch, and track field resources effectively. The Skedulo solution integrates seamlessly with systems like Salesforce and ServiceNow, allowing for improved job matching, scheduling, and resource allocation through features such as availability management and mapping routes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Skedulo also has offices in Australia, Asia, and the United Kingdom. The company has successfully supported over 150 organizations in managing more than 5 million appointments globally.

Canva

Series B in 2016
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Skedulo

Convertible Note in 2016
Skedulo Pty Ltd provides enterprise workforce management solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of mobile workforce operations. Its flagship platform enables organizations to manage, schedule, dispatch, and track field resources effectively. The Skedulo solution integrates seamlessly with systems like Salesforce and ServiceNow, allowing for improved job matching, scheduling, and resource allocation through features such as availability management and mapping routes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Skedulo also has offices in Australia, Asia, and the United Kingdom. The company has successfully supported over 150 organizations in managing more than 5 million appointments globally.

Karbon

Seed Round in 2015
Karbon Inc., based in Sausalito, California, develops a collaborative practice management platform designed specifically for accounting firms. Founded in 2015, the platform enhances productivity by enabling teams to work together more effectively through streamlined workflows, automated tasks, and standardized processes. It consolidates client information into a single location, providing visibility across the firm and improving overall workflow management. Karbon's software allows users to automate common tasks, schedule data collection, and facilitate remote work, ultimately helping accounting firms to increase efficiency and scale their operations.

Canva

Series A in 2015
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Canva

Series A in 2015
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

RoomRanger

Seed Round in 2015
RoomRanger is a cloud-based hotel management platform designed to enhance hotel operations and improve guest experiences. The platform offers an automated system that streamlines various aspects of hotel management, including booking, payment processing, housekeeping, marketing, and accounting. With its comprehensive reporting features, RoomRanger enables hotel operators to effectively monitor budgets and operations, as well as analyze guest feedback. By facilitating personalized service and optimizing operational efficiency, RoomRanger aims to help hotels increase their revenue and deliver memorable experiences to their guests.

Skedulo

Seed Round in 2014
Skedulo Pty Ltd provides enterprise workforce management solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of mobile workforce operations. Its flagship platform enables organizations to manage, schedule, dispatch, and track field resources effectively. The Skedulo solution integrates seamlessly with systems like Salesforce and ServiceNow, allowing for improved job matching, scheduling, and resource allocation through features such as availability management and mapping routes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Skedulo also has offices in Australia, Asia, and the United Kingdom. The company has successfully supported over 150 organizations in managing more than 5 million appointments globally.

Canva

Seed Round in 2014
Canva, Inc. is a graphic design software provider that offers an online platform enabling users to create presentations, social media graphics, and other visual content. The platform features a user-friendly drag-and-drop design tool, along with a vast library of layouts, images, photo filters, icons, shapes, and fonts. Canva's products include web-based applications and an iPad version, as well as a plug-in called Canva Button that allows third-party websites to integrate design capabilities for their users. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Canva serves a global audience including photographers, illustrators, and designers, and also provides support services to enhance user experience.

Foogi

Seed Round in 2014
Foogi instantly finds the ideal time for everybody when scheduling meetings. Foogi's technology suggests the best time based on everyone’s: • availabilities • interests • likes • meeting preferences (when and where you like to meet) • travel times • meeting locations • time zones The power dynamics of the meeting (i.e. who is being chased or who is chasing) is accounted for and adjusts options accordingly. Foogi connects to all calendar technologies (Outlook, Google calendar, iCloud) and works across companies.

Composure

Seed Round in 2014
Composure lets you write email without losing your flow. Here's how: - As you write email, Composure gives you the phrases and sentences that you need, based on the text you're writing. - We understand the intent of the email you're writing. We find the facts and documents you need to complete your email, right in your email client. Your data isn't just in one place. It's all over the cloud, in Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, Trello. Composure is built for the cloud. We pull in your documents from these and more cloud services, so you never have to search across your cloud again.

Sessions

Seed Round in 2013
Sessions is developing a suite of behavior change programs blending the highest standards of design and user experience with the rigor of evidence-based clinical practice. Leveraging technology allows Sessions to deliver higher quality programs with better outcomes at lower cost. Leveraging technology allows Sessions to deliver higher quality programs with better outcomes at lower cost.

7pm anywhere

Seed Round in 2013
7pm Anywhere Pty Ltd. is an Australian company that operates a dating platform designed for singles to connect and interact. Founded in 2012, the platform aims to make online dating an enjoyable experience for its users. By facilitating meaningful connections, it provides a space for individuals seeking relationships to engage in a relaxed and entertaining manner.

BugHerd

Venture Round in 2012
BugHerd is a visual feedback tool designed to simplify the process of collecting website feedback and tracking bugs. It enables users to provide feedback directly on a webpage through a browser extension, functioning similarly to sticky notes. With a straightforward point-and-click interface, users can send contextual information, including screenshots and technical details, to their development teams. This data is organized and managed via a project and task management kanban board, allowing for efficient tracking and resolution of issues. BugHerd offers a 14-day trial for new customers, with monthly subscriptions starting at $29. Founded in 2011 by Alan Downie and Matt Milosavljevic, BugHerd aims to streamline the communication between web designers and developers.

Moojive

Seed Round in 2012
Moojive is a mobile app that extends your Facebook event experience. It makes it easy to share your location for group events. Moojive saves you the hassle of calling or texting to find your friends when heading out. The company is part of the second batch of tech start-ups funded by the Startmate.

Setkick

Seed Round in 2012
Setkick provides a set of production management tools for film and television. These tools include network, communication, and job finding capabilities that helps users after their projects are over. It enables users to use web browsers to access projects, access Setkick from anywhere, invite others to view and collaborate with them, drag and drop scenes into instant collaborators, import PDF scripts, manage cast, crew, contact information, profile images, and more, view interactive maps of sets and studios, and generate print-ready PDF callsheets and distribute them. Setkick was founded by Matt Drake and Brian Gaffney in January 2011 and is based in Sydney Australia.

BugHerd

Seed Round in 2011
BugHerd is a visual feedback tool designed to simplify the process of collecting website feedback and tracking bugs. It enables users to provide feedback directly on a webpage through a browser extension, functioning similarly to sticky notes. With a straightforward point-and-click interface, users can send contextual information, including screenshots and technical details, to their development teams. This data is organized and managed via a project and task management kanban board, allowing for efficient tracking and resolution of issues. BugHerd offers a 14-day trial for new customers, with monthly subscriptions starting at $29. Founded in 2011 by Alan Downie and Matt Milosavljevic, BugHerd aims to streamline the communication between web designers and developers.
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