Where does Niki Scevak work?

Niki Scevak is Founder @ Blackbird & Startmate of O3 and Co-Founder at Startmate and Board director at Darwinium and Board director at Ask Nicely and Board director at Skedulo.

What boards does Niki Scevak sit on?

Niki Scevak holds tracked board seats at Ask Nicely, Bugcrowd, Darwinium, Skedulo.

Where did Niki Scevak go to school?

Niki Scevak studied at UNSW (BSc, Economics, Commerce and Computer Science).

Niki Scevak

InvestorFounder

Co-Founder at Startmate · Partner at Blackbird Foundry · Partner at Blackbird Ventures · Board director at Darwinium · Board director at Ask Nicely · +1 more

Sydney, Australia

FoundedO3

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

Jasmine BettesunlockedNiki: together at Startmate (2022)

Niki: together at UNSW

Niki: together at Startmate

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About

Partner who believes the more ambitious you are, the more likely you are to succeed.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintechHardwareSaaSSpace Tech

Board director at Darwinium

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Darwinium's investors · 4

AccompliceBoston · $5M – $25M checks · since 2023 AirTree VenturesSydney · $132K – $16.5M checks · since 2023 Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checks · 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

Board director at Ask Nicely

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Ask Nicely's investors · 6

Angel HQWellington · $5K – $600K checks · since 2021 Arc AngelsAuckland · since 2021 Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checks · 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

Board director at Skedulo

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Skedulo's investors · 4

Blackbird VenturesSydney · $149K – $60M checks · since 2019 M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checks · since 2019 SoftBank Vision FundLondon · since 2019 Triangle Peak PartnersPalo Alto · since 2019

Co-founders at Skedulo

Matt FairhurstFounder

Experience

BlackbirdPartnercurrent2012 — presentSydney
StartmateCo-Foundercurrent2010 — presentGreater Sydney Area
Homethinking.comFounder2005 — 2010
Jupiter ResearchAnalyst1999 — 2005
BookmarkBoxCo-Founder1998 — 1999
Macquarie BankAssistant Stockbroker1998 — 1999

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.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Skedulo

Per SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at Startmate

Akshat Pande

Finance Manager at Startmate Launch Club

Ben Simai

Head of Investments and Product at Startmate Launch Club

Bhavesh Nain

Investment Associate at NextGen Ventures

Disha Jain

Investment Principal at NextGen Ventures

Emma Grife

Head of Founders at Startmate Launch Club

Erika Enberg

Head of People at Main Sequence Ventures

George Robinson

Investor at Startmate

Holly Brooks

Head of Marketing at Startmate Launch Club

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

Who is Niki Scevak?: Partner who believes the more ambitious you are, the more likely you are to succeed.
Where does Niki Scevak work?: Niki Scevak is Founder @ Blackbird & Startmate of O3 and Co-Founder at Startmate and Board director at Darwinium and Board director at Ask Nicely and Board director 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.
What boards does Niki Scevak sit on?: Niki Scevak holds tracked board seats at Ask Nicely, Bugcrowd, Darwinium, Skedulo.
Where did Niki Scevak go to school?: Niki Scevak studied at UNSW (BSc, Economics, Commerce and Computer Science).