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Blackbird Ventures
Surry Hills, New South Wales, AustraliaWebsite ↗
Blackbird Ventures is an Australian and New Zealand venture capital firm that provides seed and early-stage funding to ambitious technology startups, aiming to support them from idea to global scale. The firm focuses on backing founders with "wild hearts and the wildest of ideas" to build generational companies.
Last raised
Jan 2026
7 mo ago
Latest fund size
$447.9M
Fund VI
AUM
$2.4B
estimated
Funds raised
Capital this firm has raised, newest first
Fund VI
Jan 2026 · Fund VI
$447.9M
Blackbird Venture Capital Fund V
Nov 2022 · Fund V
$639.8M
Blackbird Venture Capital Fund IV
Aug 2020 · Fund IV
$319.9M
Blackbird Ventures Fund III
Jan 2018 · Fund III
$167.1M
Blackbird Ventures Fund II
Jan 2015 · Fund II
$123.5M
Blackbird Ventures Fund I
Mar 2013 · Fund I
$18.6M
Recent investments
Companies this firm has funded, newest first
| Company | Round | Amount | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseten Technologies | Series F | $1.5B | Jun 2026 | |
| Partly | Series B | — | Jun 2026 | |
| August Robotics | Series B | $30M | May 2026 | |
| MarlooLead | Seed | $10M | Apr 2026 | |
| Kimia | — | — | Apr 2026 | |
| NextWork | Seed | $4.5M | Mar 2026 | |
| Iceberg Quantum | Seed | $6M | Feb 2026 | |
| Elyos EnergyLead | Series A | $13M | Jan 2026 |
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