Where does Niki Scevak work?

Niki Scevak is Partner at Blackbird Foundry and Founder at Darwinium and Founder at Ask Nicely and Founder at Skedulo.

What companies did Niki Scevak found?

Niki Scevak founded O3, Ask Nicely, Darwinium, Skedulo.

Niki Scevak

InvestorFounder

Partner at Blackbird Foundry · Partner at Blackbird Ventures · Board director at Darwinium · Board director at Ask Nicely · Board director at Skedulo

Sydney, Australia

FoundedO3 Ask Nicely Darwinium Skedulo

About

Niki Scevak built his career by persistently meeting hundreds of investors to raise his fund and specializes in backing wild‑heart founders at the zero‑to‑one stage with strange, ambitious ideas.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintechHardwareSaaSSpace Tech

Board director at Darwinium

Intro paths

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In turn, Niki can intro founders to Darwinium's investors below.

Darwinium's investors · 3

AirTree VenturesSydney · $132K – $16.5M checks Blackbird VenturesSydney · since 2026 US Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks

Co-founders at Darwinium

Alisdair FaulknerCo-founder, CEO

Ananth GundabattulaCo-founder, Head of Data / Architecture

Ben DaveyCo-founder, VP Products

Caleb MooreCo-founder, CTO

Colin GoldieCo-founder, VP Engineering

Peng LeongExecutive Officer

Board director at Ask Nicely

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In turn, Niki can intro founders to Ask Nicely's investors below.

Ask Nicely's investors · 6

Angel HQWellington · $5K – $600K checks · since 2021 Arc AngelsAuckland · since 2021 Blackbird VenturesSydney · since 2021 Five Elms CapitalKansas City · $15M – $150M checks · since 2021 Icehouse VenturesAuckland · $120K – $2.4M checks · since 2021 NZ Growth Capital PartnersAuckland · since 2021

Co-founders at Ask Nicely

Aaron WardExecutive Officer, Director

Tony WardChief Executive Officer

Reagan NicklChief Commercial Officer

Sharon BabkesChief Financial Officer

Brian FravelVP of Marketing

Jolene SmithVP of People and Culture

Vlad PashchenkoVP of Product and Engineering

Alex BurkholderVP of Revenue & Operations

Board director at Skedulo

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In turn, Niki can intro founders to Skedulo's investors below.

Skedulo's investors · 4

Blackbird VenturesSydney · since 2019 M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019 SoftBank Vision FundLondon Triangle Peak PartnersPalo Alto · since 2019

Co-founders at Skedulo

MATT FAIRHURSTExecutive Officer, Director

Matt FairhurstFounder

Experience

BlackbirdPartnercurrent2012 — presentSydney
StartmateCo-Foundercurrent2010 — presentSydney, Australia
Homethinking.comFounder2005 — 2010
Jupiter ResearchAnalyst1999 — 2005
BookmarkBoxCo-Founder1998 — 1999
Macquarie BankAssistant Stockbroker1998 — 1999

Education

UNSWBSc, Economics, Commerce and Computer Science1997 — 2001

Deals · 3

DarwiniumBoard seat

via Blackbird Ventures · filed Feb 2026 · $8.5M raise

Ask NicelyBoard seat

via Blackbird Ventures · filed Dec 2021 · $20M raise

BugcrowdBoard seat

via Blackbird Ventures · filed Mar 2018 · $26M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Blackbird Foundry

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

Becca Kennedy

People & Culture Partner at Blackbird Foundry

Carlene Kemp

Chief People Officer at Blackbird Foundry

Catt Vongpraseuth

Senior Operations Associate at Blackbird Foundry

Network2

Alan Jones

Director at Catalysr

Clare Birch

Senior Associate at Blackbird Ventures

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does Niki Scevak work?: Niki Scevak is Partner at Blackbird Foundry and Founder at Darwinium and Founder at Ask Nicely and Founder at Skedulo.
What does Niki Scevak invest in?: Niki Scevak invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS, Space Tech.
What companies did Niki Scevak found?: Niki Scevak founded O3, Ask Nicely, Darwinium, Skedulo.