We are obsessed with the idea of encouraging tens of thousands of Australians and Kiwis to take the leap into the world of startups each year through programs like Giants, our mentoring product that’s made over 2000 mentoring matches and counting, or our love letter to founders, The Sunrise festival.
From building Day 0 relationships with fellow early-stage founders in our Welcome Club to dedicated small-group dinners, founder retreats and products to help you build a generational company, community is the beating heart of Blackbird.
Beyond all else, we exist to give you courage. If we back you, we believe in you, and we believe you can reach your wildest ambition. This starts from day one and continues on day ten thousand; we invested in Mel, Cliff and Cam at Canva back when their vision for democratised design was just an idea, and have invested in every round since.
We believe that giant leaps forward are made by a passionate few, so we invest in founders, not sectors or stages. Our companies are united only by their ambition to tackle the world’s greatest problems, led by founders who are doing their life’s work.