Samantha Wong
InvestorFounderPartner at Blackbird Ventures · Board director at Foundry Lab
Auckland, New Zealand
Writes $25K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M
FoundedFoundry Lab
About
Samantha Wong combines corporate-lawyer and operator experience—co-founding and leading operations at Startmate accelerator—to design hands-on programs, push founders to think globally from day one, and promote a two-way investor interview.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintechHardwareSaaSSpace Tech
Board director at Foundry Lab
Intro paths
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In turn, Samantha can intro founders to Foundry Lab's investors below.
Foundry Lab's investors · 3
Co-founders at Foundry Lab
DM
David MoodieExecutive Officer, Director
PB
Peter BeckDirector
MC
Mike CollettDirector
Experience
- Blackbird VenturesPartnercurrent2015 — presentAuckland, New Zealand
- Wonder StudiosInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- MarlooInvestor & Board Directorcurrent2024 — present
- VowInvestor & Board Directorcurrent2022 — present
- HalterInvestor & Board Directorcurrent2021 — present
- PartlyInvestor & Board Directorcurrent2020 — present
- Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellow, Class 262021 — 2026
- First AMLInvestor & Board Observer2021 — 2024
- Foundry LabInvestor2021 — 2024
- Harrison.aiInvestor & Board Observer2019 — 2023
- StartmatePartner2016 — 2018Sydney
- CapacityHQCEO & Co-Founder2014 — 2015Sydney
- SurfStitchProduct & Strategy2010 — 2013Hossegor, France
- Minter EllisonLawyer2004 — 2010Greater Sydney Area
Education
- UNSWBachelor of Arts (BA) & Bachelor of Laws (LLB), History2001 — 2005
- Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenMaster of Laws (LLM), Law2006
- General AssemblyProduct Management
- Pymble Ladies College
Skills & more
Languages English · French
From Samantha's professional profile.
Colleagues at Blackbird Ventures
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
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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
Bill Bartee
Managing Partner at Main Sequence Ventures
Network2
Bill Bartee
Managing Partner at Main Sequence Ventures
Clare Birch
Senior Associate at Blackbird Ventures
Investors connected to Samantha in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Samantha Wong work?
- Samantha Wong is Partner at Blackbird Ventures and Founder at Foundry Lab.
- What does Samantha Wong invest in?
- Samantha Wong invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS, Space Tech.
- What check size does Samantha Wong write?
- Samantha Wong typically writes checks of $25K – $5M.
- What companies did Samantha Wong found?
- Samantha Wong founded Foundry Lab.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Wonder Studios1
Also worked at Halter9
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