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Blackbird Ventures — 2021 Investments

12 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Ask Nicelyasknicely.comin𝕏Dec 2021

AskNicely provides a customer experience management platform that helps service businesses capture customer feedback and motivate teams to take action on insights.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSPortland, US

Aaron Ward(Founder)inTony Ward(Chief Executive Officer)inReagan Nickl(Chief Commercial Officer)inSharon Babkes(Chief Financial Officer)inBrian Fravel(VP of Marketing)inJolene Smith(VP of People and Culture)in

Board seatNiki Scevak· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAngel HQArc AngelsEnterprise AngelsIcehouse VenturesNZ Growth Capital PartnersFive Elms Capital+1 more

Cartedcarted.comApr 2021

Surry Hills, Nsw

Holly Cardew(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Angell(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMichael Tolo(Director)in

Co-investorsTen13

First AMLfirstaml.cominSeries B · Nov 2021 · $30M

First AML is an anti-money laundering platform that combines AML, KYC, and KYB tools with AI and global data sources to help firms onboard and verify customers.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS

Bion Behdin(Founder)Chris Caigou(Founder)Milan Cooper(Founder)

Co-investorsArc AngelsCreative HQ — The IncubatorHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLCIcehouse VenturesBedrock+1 more

FL0fl0.comin𝕏Seed · Jul 2021 · $4M

fl0 offers an AI-driven revenue platform that detects real-time buyer intent signals to identify high-intent prospects and automate engagement and outreach.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales Tech

Dale Brett(Founder)inRani Adam(Founder)

Co-investorsSkip CapitalRainfall Ventures

Foragetheforage.comin𝕏Series B · Aug 2021 · $25MAcquired

Forage provides free job simulations designed by leading employers to help students build real-world skills and prepare for careers.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Pasha Rayan(Founder)inThomas Brunskill(Founder)inJulius Arden(Senior Engineer)Anna Prell(Chief of Staff)Olga Eippert(Head of People)Yasmin Monfared(Director of Experience Design)

Co-investorsFundersClubGaingelsH2 VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersTitanium VenturesUNSW Founders 10x+9 more

Halterhalterhq.comSeries B · Apr 2021 · $23M

Halter develops GPS-based collars and monitoring towers for livestock management on farms.

AgTechHardwareIoTWaikato, NZ

Craig Piggott(CEO & Founder)inMax Olson(Co-founder and first CTO)in

Co-investorsArc AngelsBessemer Venture PartnersBond Capital ManagementDCVC (Data Collective)Gen CapitalIcehouse Ventures+5 more

Inventiainventia.lifeinDec 2021 · $35M

Inventia Life Science provides RASTRUM Workflow Paths, tools for generating reproducible 3D cell models for research and drug discovery.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical Devices

Co-investorsAirTree VenturesIn-Q-TelMain Sequence VenturesTenmileThe Innovation SpaceVU Venture Partners+1 more

Lexerlexer.ioin𝕏Series B · Feb 2021 · $26M

Lexer builds a Customer Data & Experience Platform that helps brands and retailers use customer data to improve customer experiences and drive incremental sales.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechRetail TechMelbourne, AU

Chris Brewer(Founder)inAaron Wallis(Founder)inDavid Whittle(Founder)inDavid Chinn(Founder)inDave Whittle(Founder)

Co-investorsJanuary CapitalFive V CapitalKing River Capital

Partlypartly.cominSeed · Oct 2021 · $3M

Partly develops AI-based parts data infrastructure used by enterprises in the global vehicle repair industry.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMobility & TransportationSaaS

Mark Song(Founder)inEvan Jia(Founder)Levi Fawcett(Founder)Nathan Taylor(Founder)Tony Austin(Founder)

Co-investorsActivant CapitalAirTree VenturesOctopus VenturesSquare Peg CapitalTen13DST Global+1 more

Pending AIpending.aiJan 2021

Pending AI develops a drug discovery and development platform using quantum mechanics and artificial intelligence to enable pharmaceutical companies to develop medicines for any disease.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechBoston, US

Mark P. Waller(Founder)in

Co-investorsMain Sequence Ventures

Quantum Brilliancequantumbrilliance.comin𝕏Seed · Aug 2021 · $10M

Quantum Brilliance develops integrated quantum microchips based on diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers for sensing and computing applications.

Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingSemiconductorsStuttgart, DE

Marcus Doherty(Founder)inMark Luo(Founder)inAndrew Horsley(Founder)

Co-investorsBreakthrough VictoriaCP VenturesIn-Q-TelInterValley VenturesInvestible Climate Tech FundMain Sequence Ventures+6 more

Quintessence Labsquintessencelabs.comin𝕏Series B · Oct 2021 · $19M

QuintessenceLabs builds quantum cybersecurity products, including key and policy management, crypto-agility tooling, quantum key distribution, and quantum random number generation to help enterprises adopt post-quantum resistant encryption.

CybersecurityDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareQuantum ComputingCanberra, AU

Thomas Symul(Founder)inAndreas BaumhofinMark CrowleyinVikram Sharma(Founder and CEO)

Co-investorsChevron Technology VenturesIn-Q-TelInterValley VenturesMain Sequence Ventures

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.