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Team Change
Jessica Tulp joined Blackbird's investing team, bringing experience from the Amsterdam and New Zealand startup ecosystem. Jessica Tulp joins investing team
Added recently
Participated in NextWork's US$4.45M seed round for cloud infrastructure learning platform. Exit
Portfolio company Ortto was acquired by Canva to boost its marketing automation and AI capabilities. Ortto
Essay
Tom Humphrey published essay arguing AI creates 'SaiS' (AI-enabled SaaS) rather than killing SaaS, outlining four evolutionary stages companies navigate. Goodbye, SaaS. Welcome, SaiS.
3 investments · SEP 2025 – APR 2026 Show all Investment
Invested in Kimia's seed round as part of active Fund VI deployment. Kimia
Investment
Participated in Gilmour Space's A$217M Series E; company achieved unicorn status and completed first orbital rocket launch attempt in July 2025. Gilmour Space Technologies
Investment
Led Marloo's $10M Series Seed; AI operating system for financial advisers with 45% month-on-month growth across Australia, New Zealand and the UK. Marloo
New Fund
Blackbird secured A$700M in first close for its sixth flagship fund, continuing deployment after the record A$1.03B Fund 5 (2022). Blackbird Fund VI — A$700M first close
News
Blackbird's portfolio reached record $9.9B value with 36.09% net IRR across all invested capital, 8 unicorns and 40 centaurs. Blackbird portfolio reaches record $9.9B — 36% net IRR
Milestone
Halter raised $100M at $1B valuation (Series D), becoming a unicorn; subsequently raised $220M Series E at $2B valuation. Halter