The dawn of a new Australian space industry — we just invested in nano-satellite startup Fleet

The dawn of a new Australian space industry — we just invested in nano-satellite startup Fleet

Imagine a network of tiny nano-satellites that deliver a global backhaul service for the Internet of Things; a scalable, ubiquitous network…
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Joel Connolly
We‘re investing in Nura — headphones that make music even more personal

We‘re investing in Nura — headphones that make music even more personal

We’ve decided to start sharing more in-depth reasoning on our investments. We hope that by doing so we’ll refine our investment thesis…
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Joel Connolly

How much to be big not small?

Earlier this week I wrote that the Australian venture capital industry is still undersized. Australian venture capital funds have raised…
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Rick Baker
We’re small not big

We’re small not big

We believe the Australian venture capital industry at the beginning of 2017 is undersized not oversized. The amount of dry powder — capital…
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Rick Baker
What Blackbird Is Looking For In 2017

What Blackbird Is Looking For In 2017

This post is for founders looking for investment from Blackbird.
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Nick Crocker
Startmate’s Diversity & Inclusion Efforts

Startmate’s Diversity & Inclusion Efforts

Last year we made a decision to improve Startmate’s gender diversity. Gender is not the only minority group that needs focus, but we also…
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Samantha Wong

Investing in the Misunderstood

aka Where did all the SaaS companies go?
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Niki Scevak
Blackbird’s 2016 by the numbers

Blackbird’s 2016 by the numbers

The closing of a year and beginning of the next is always a good time to sit back and take stock of what you’ve achieved.
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Samantha Wong
Crowdfunding and Branding in the Toilet Paper Game

Crowdfunding and Branding in the Toilet Paper Game

Simon Griffiths AMA Summary — Founder of Who Gives a Crap.
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Joel Connolly

Emergency Rooms Have a Lot in Common With Early Stage Startups

Jodie Auster AMA Summary — former VP People Ops at Thumbtack, Consultant at Bain and Emergency Doctor
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Joel Connolly
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