Where does Clare Birch work?

Clare Birch is Senior Associate at Blackbird Ventures.

What check size does Clare Birch write?

Clare Birch typically writes checks of $25K – $5M.

Where did Clare Birch go to school?

Clare Birch studied at University of Sydney (Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Honours), Chemistry (Computational, Quantum)); University of Sydney (Bachelor of Science (Advanced), Chemistry, Mathematics); Nanjing University (Research Exchange, Biochemistry).

Clare Birch

Investor

Senior Associate at Blackbird Ventures

Sydney, Australia

Writes $25K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M

Find your path to Clare

143 people in our graph share verified history with Clare — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Sangeen ZebunlockedClare: together at Thinking Machines Lab (2025–2026)

Clare: together at Thinking Machines Lab

Clare: together at Cotton On Group

×8Clare: together at Nanjing University

Experience

Thinking Machines LabMember of Technical Staffcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Emergence QuantumChief of Staff2024 — 2025Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Department of Industry, Science and ResourcesMember, National Quantum Advisory Committee2022 — 2025Australia
EncourSenior Associate2024Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BlackbirdSenior Investment Associate and "Scientist in Residence"2021 — 2024Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
University of SydneyChemistry Research Assistant and Outreach Team Lead2019 — 2021Greater Sydney Area
University of SydneyStudent Fellow to the Academic Board and the Faculty of Science and its Board2019Sydney, Australia
DeadlySciencePrograms Coordinator2021Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oxford Falls Grammar SchoolLearning Support Assistant/Teachers' Aid2017 — 2018
Cotton On GroupRetail Assistant2016 — 2017Brookvale, Australia
Moneytax Financial CentreReceptionist2015 — 2016

Skills & more

doing thingsmaking stuff

Languages Arabic · English

From Clare's professional profile.

Colleagues at Blackbird Ventures

Adam Lovell

Investment Director at NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance

Alex Apoifis

Operations Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Blackbird Foundry

Alex Gifford

Head of Investment Programs at Blackbird Foundry

Alissa Lucas

Impact Associate at Blackbird Foundry

Anthoney Duong

Head of Investment Legal at Blackbird Foundry

Baoying Tong

Investment Associate at Blackbird Foundry

Barbara Bry

Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Blackbird Ventures

Becca Kennedy

People & Culture Partner at Blackbird Foundry

Network6

Bill Bartee

Managing Partner at Main Sequence Ventures

Kate Glazebrook

Operating Principal at Blackbird Giants

Mason Yates

Principal at Blackbird Ventures

Niki Scevak

Partner at Blackbird Foundry

Samantha Wong

Partner at Blackbird Foundry

Silk Kadala

Principal at Blackbird Foundry

Investors connected to Clare in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Clare Birch?: Senior Associate at Blackbird Ventures
Where does Clare Birch work?: Clare Birch is Senior Associate at Blackbird Ventures.
What check size does Clare Birch write?: Clare Birch typically writes checks of $25K – $5M.
Where did Clare Birch go to school?: Clare Birch studied at University of Sydney (Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Honours), Chemistry (Computational, Quantum)); University of Sydney (Bachelor of Science (Advanced), Chemistry, Mathematics); Nanjing University (Research Exchange, Biochemistry).

Same school

Also attended University of Sydney426

Clay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow Ventures Clare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal Investments Tony NystenPartner at OpenOcean Gustav von SydowInvestor at EQT Ventures Naomi GunasekaranDeputy Chief Financial Officer, Funds - Finance at Magnetar AI Ventures Alex ChetkowskiInvestor at Riverwood Capital

+ 420 more

Also attended Nanjing University38

Will PriceInvestor at Next Frontier Capital Kent MadsenFounding Managing Partner Emeritus & Venture Partner at EPIC VENTURES Zhenan BaoAdvisory Partner at Fusion Rebecca LiVice President at Sky9 Capital Violet TanPartner & COO at UpHonest Capital Lingling JiangPartner at DWF Labs

+ 32 more

Also attended Queenwood School2

Rochelle RitchieMarketing and Communications at Folklore Ventures Antonia (Tia) CollingsFounder at Enaxiom

Shared employers

Also worked at Thinking Machines Lab9

Sangeen ZebInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)PaulInvestor at Square Peg Capital Mo El-BibanyGeneral Partner at Page One Ventures Ziyaad KhayratteePartner at Factorial Funds Lisa HanPartner at Lightspeed Venture Partners James AlcornPartner at Zetta Venture Partners

+ 3 more

Also worked at Emergence Quantum1

Anton JergaCOO and Partner at Serendipity Capital

Also worked at Department of Industry, Science and Resources7

Tamryn BarkerSector Director, Mining & Nature at Founders Factory Mike ZimmermanPartner at Main Sequence Ventures Paul HunyorCo-Founder and Co-CEO at Wollemi Capital Josh GarrattPartner and Co-Founder at Eastend Ventures Doug StuartGTM at Tidal Ventures Bruce EdwardsHead of Division, Net Zero Industries at ARENA (Australian Renewable Energy Agency)

+ 1 more

Also worked at Blackbird67

Mike Cannon-BrookesCo-founder & CEO of Atlassian Daphne ShenChief of Staff at AirTree Ventures Alex RankinInvestor at January Capital Phaedon StoughOperations at Tidal Ventures Rob LiuFounder, Visiting Partner at ITERATIVE Kate GlazebrookOperating Principal at Blackbird Giants

+ 61 more