Blackbird Ventures

Blackbird Ventures was founded in 2012 by Niki Scevak and Rick Baker; their initial fund was worth AU$30 million.^[5][6]

In November 2022, Blackbird raised the largest Australian venture capital fund worth A$1 billion.^[7][8]

Their 5th fund included investments from superannuation funds including AustralianSuper, Hostplus, HESTA, Aware Super, and also Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Australian Government Future Fund.^[9]

Blackbird Ventures provides capital and advisory services to seed-stage startups and growth-stage companies. Its investments include Canva, Airwallex, Zoox, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp, Redactive AI, and VeVe.^{[10][11][12][13][14]}