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What makes a tech company attractive for HNW investors?

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... of the cost, he said. When you do find a private tech company that ticks the boxes, when is the best time to invest? Blackbird Ventures - which invested in Canva, the graphic design start-up which hit unicorn status earlier this year (billion dollar ...

Super funds embrace crowdsourced cybersecurity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
... online systems. Hostplus committed more than $5 million to the platform, in addition to a further $2 million invested via Blackbird Ventures. First State Super has not disclosed the amount it invested. Commenting on the investment, Hostplus said Bugcrowd ...

Venture capital firm plants $1.8m seed for Honee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2018
... placed significant seed funding in an AI-driven beauty platform showing ambition and drive to expand internationally. Blackbird Ventures, alongside Melbourne and Sydney angel investors, led the $1.8 million seed funding for Honee. The investment comes ...

Hostplus commits further to Australian VC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... This follows a long line of venture capital investments made by Hostplus, including commitments to Brandon Capital, Blackbird Ventures and Square Peg Capital. Speaking to the investment from Hostplus, Artesian managing partner Jeremy Colless said Hostplus ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... innovation sectors. Helping this are super funds like First State Super who engage with venture capital managers such as like Blackbird, Airtree and SquarePeg in new ways. Ferris said the super funds are being able to write cheques of a size that make ...

Hostplus tripling venture capital exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
... technology, including: M.H. Carnegie & Co (general and medical technology), Brandon Capital Partners (biotech), and Blackbird Ventures (software).

NAB appoints MD for innovation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... simpler." NAB has also made two other Ventures appointments: 7Software founder Melissa Widner as general partner and BlackBird Ventures founder Bill Bartee in an investment advisory role. Commenting on the appointments, NAB Labs executive general manager ...

Blue Sky to raise $200m for new VC fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... Australia increased to $368 million last financial year and since July alone, a further $400 million has been announced with Blackbird Ventures and SEEK co-founder Paul Bassat each raising $200 million funds. But early stage VC still receives the lion's ...

First State Super hitches cart to Turnbull innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... expects to deploy about $250 million for technology innovation in the next few years, already committing $120 million to Blackbird Ventures in September. The new partnership was launched at fintech hub Stone and Chalk with guests including Prime Minister ...

Tech boom drives super to VC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
... as an asset class. In September, First State Super and Hostplus invested $110 million and $35 million respectively in Blackbird Ventures' new VC fund, which aims to finance around 10 Australian internet start-ups per year in exchange for a 10-20% equity ...