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Sovereign funds, instos raise $217m for Qld space tech developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... round was led by the NRFC (investing $75 million) and Hostplus, with co-investors including the Future Fund, HESTA, Blackbird, Main Sequence, Funds SA, NGS Super, and QIC via its $50 million Brighter Super mandate announced in July 2025. The funding ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... America, and Southeast Asia, the platform said. Other Series F investors include Square Peg, DST Global, Lone Pine Capital, Blackbird, Airtree, Salesforce Ventures and Visa Ventures.

QIC, super funds pour more into Queensland space tech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... Business Investment Fund, and included further investments from Hostplus, HESTA and venture capital firms Main Sequence and Blackbird. Gilmour is building a "diversified space services platform", including producing rockets and satellites, and launch ...

Most trustees pass Canva valuation test: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... year prior that took Canva's valuation to new heights of US$40 billion. Aware Super is currently invested in Canva via Blackbird Ventures. APRA did not mention which super funds are invested in Canva but said that it observed "better practices" by trustees ...

Super funds supercharge semiconductor business

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... investors with us on the journey to revolutionise our digital future." NGS Super's interest in the company is managed by Blackbird Ventures, with operating partner Robyn Denholm saying: "We continue to be impressed by the team at Morse Micro." "From ...

Super funds, sovereign investors back $1bn VC fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
Blackbird Ventures has raised the nation's largest venture capital fund, receiving over $1 billion in committed capital from some of Australia and New Zealand's largest institutions. The fund consists of a $284 million core fund, $668 million follow-on ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... solar panels. The CEFC and Main Sequence Ventures led SunDrive's $21 million Series A round along with Grok Ventures and Blackbird Ventures. The CEFC committed $7 million through its Innovation Fund, managed by Virescent Ventures. SunDrive has patented ...

Super funds back space travel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... backing Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies. US-based Fine Structure Ventures, Australian venture capital firms Blackbird and Main Sequence are among the co-investors with the super funds in the latest round of capital raising. Series C funding ...

Super funds overlook VC potential

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... in the fund's current asset allocation. Some of the venture capital firms Hostplus invests in include Carthona, Blackbird Ventures and Artesian. Warning pointed out that superannuation funds could be earning more through longer-term venture capital ...

Hostplus VC assets to hit $1bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... fund's venture capital strategy is spread across a number of private equity and early stage investment firms, including Blackbird Ventures ($160m), Carthona Capital ($50m), Brandon Capital ($40m), Siguler Guff ($20m) and M.H. Carnegie ($25m). "That makes ...
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