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Blackbird Activity

Every public signal F4 has attached to this firm, with sources and cross-entity links.

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New Fund

Blackbird announced its sixth fund raising $1.05B (AUD), split across an early-stage fund and a growth fund. It is the largest fund ever raised in the ANZ ecosystem. New international LPs include Adams Street Partners, Schroders, and Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

Blackbird

Blackbird Blackbird

blackbird.vcAUG 25, 2026

AUG 25, 2026

Investment

Blackbird led the Seed round into Superstat, a Melbourne-founded startup turning iPhone footage of amateur basketball games into box scores, shot charts and highlight reels. Joined by Startmate and strategic angels.

Superstat

Superstat Blackbird

blackbird.vcJUL 29, 2026

JUL 29, 2026

Milestone

Blackbird portfolio company Tracksuit acquired Hall (another Blackbird portfolio company), adding AI visibility to Tracksuit's brand tracking platform for 1,000+ consumer brands.

Tracksuit

TracksuitBlackbird

blackbird.vcJUL 21, 2026

JUL 21, 2026

Investment

Blackbird deepened its partnership with Baseten in their $1.5B Series F, described as Blackbird's largest investment ever. Round led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction, and Spark Capital. Baseten is an AI inference infrastructure platform.

Baseten

Baseten Blackbird

blackbird.vcJUN 23, 2026

JUN 23, 2026

Exit

Blackbird portfolio company Eucalyptus exited to Hims & Hers earlier this year. Blackbird was the earliest investor, buying 15% in the seed round and growing to 26% ownership.

Eucalyptus

EucalyptusBlackbird

blackbird.vcJUN 1, 2026

investors.hims.com

JUN 1, 2026

Essay

Tom Humphrey published a thesis essay on the 'SaaSpocalypse' and the four stages of SaiS (Software as Intelligence Service), arguing the best companies saw this AI-driven transformation coming.

Blackbird

Blackbird Blackbird

blackbird.vcJUN 1, 2026

JUN 1, 2026

Team Change

Jessica Tulp joined Blackbird's investing team, bringing experience from the Amsterdam and New Zealand startup ecosystem.

Jessica Tulp joins investing team

Blackbird

blackbird.vc

Added recently

Investment

Participated in NextWork's US$4.45M seed round for cloud infrastructure learning platform.

NextWork

NextWork Blackbird

blackbird.vc

Added recently

Exit

Portfolio company Ortto was acquired by Canva to boost its marketing automation and AI capabilities.

Ortto

Ortto Blackbird

techcrunch.comAPR 8, 2026

APR 8, 2026

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.

Blackbird

blackbird.vcAPR 2026

APR 2026

4 investments· SEP 2025 – APR 2026Show all

Investment

Invested in Kimia's seed round as part of active Fund VI deployment.

Kimia

Kimia Blackbird

tracxn.comAPR 2026

APR 2026

Investment

Blackbird led a US$7M Seed round into Adora, a product journey mapping platform for software companies, alongside Skip Capital, Designer Fund, Garuda Ventures, and Co Ventures.

Adora

Adora Blackbird

blackbird.vcFEB 11, 2026

FEB 11, 2026

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

Gilmour Space TechnologiesBlackbird

blackbird.vcJAN 20, 2026

JAN 20, 2026

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

Marloo Blackbird

blackbird.vcSEP 2025

SEP 2025

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