Blackbird Ventures

Blackbird Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2012 and headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia, with additional operations in New Zealand. The firm specializes in investing in seed, start-up, and later-stage companies, focusing on sectors such as software, biotechnology, Internet technologies, space tech, robotics, and mobile applications. Blackbird Ventures primarily targets Australian and New Zealand start-up founders, offering investments ranging from $250,000 to $5 million, depending on the developmental stage of the company. The firm is notable for its backing from successful Australian technology entrepreneurs and aims to support globally ambitious businesses by leveraging its extensive network and expertise in the technology landscape.

Richard Baker

Partner

Clare Birch

Associate

Barbara Bry

Chief Operating Officer

Nick Crocker

Partner

Nicholas Crocker

Partner

Phoebe Harrop

Principal

Tom Humphrey

Principal

Silk Kadala

Associate

Nicole Marino

Associate

Max Meyer

Associate

James Palmer

Associate

Neil Senturia

CEO

Michael Tolo

Principal

Mason Yates

Associate

211 past transactions

Eucalyptus

Venture Round in 2023
Eucalyptus is a digital health company based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2019. It operates as a brand engine that facilitates the creation and management of digital consumer healthcare companies. The company provides a telehealth platform that connects patients with healthcare professionals through virtual consultations, pharmacy delivery, and ongoing patient care. By integrating these services, Eucalyptus aims to enhance accessibility and effectiveness in healthcare, allowing professionals to establish and operate their own digital healthcare brands.

Halter

Series C in 2023
Halter creates GPS enabled, solar powered collars for cows. The collar hardware allows farmers to use simple tablet app software to remotely set geographic boundaries for cattle, virtual fences. Farmers use Halter's system to avoid physically herding cows, maximizing farmer time and productivity.

Tracksuit

Seed Round in 2023
Tracksuit has created beautiful, always-on, and radically affordable brand tracking for modern consumer brands. Brand marketers and leaders at consumer brands have access to enterprise-tier brand tracking, specifically built for them, at a price point that works. Teams can easily track awareness, consideration, preference and brand associations from real humans within the wider market, and compare results against competitors.

Sonder

Series B in 2022
One app. One go-to. One support system. Sonder is the trusted wellbeing partner for some of the world’s most innovative organisations as they reimagine how to care and support their people. With a clear purpose of breaking down barriers to help, providing the right support to people at the right time. Acknowledging that there are often multiple factors at play, and wellbeing comprises of cultural, social, environmental and vocational factors, all which play a part in getting to the root cause of issues, and on a path to wellness. The heart of Sonder's solution is a technology-driven platform supported in real time by medical and mental health experts - experts that are available every minute of every day. Their mission is to get the right outcome across any wellbeing or safety issue. Trusted by major corporations, education providers and Government to enhance wellbeing across the world, Sonder is on a mission to create a better world, accepting differences and supportive of others. A world where it's OK to ask for help, for anything, at any time of the day or night. It takes humans to help other humans. That’s why Sonder combines a human first, tech supported approach.

HIVERY

Series B in 2022
HIVERY has consultants and data scientists, to take advantage of an unique AI (artificial intelligence) framework that we call Prescriptive Science™. Prescriptive Science™ provides provision of analysis to support the optimal decision-making. This is often called referred as “Prescriptive Analytics”. However at HIVERY, we have gone one step further and combined Prescriptive Analytics with Human Centered Design (HCD) principles to develop an unique AI framework that solves unique business problems. Prescriptive Science™ aim is to unpack individual business constrains (or rules) that govern a business while at the same time, look at datasets that are the life blood of any business and build solutions that are personalized and “empathic”. This empathy allows HIVERY to understand and design solutions that drives business profitability in ways that humans cannot. Our tools support the automation of decision-making.

Carepatron

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a healthcare workspace platform designed to help healthcare practitioners manage their clients, scheduling and billing from one secure app. The company's platform offers tools for streamlining patient intake, note-taking, documentation, scheduling and billing, enabling healthcare practitioners to focus on providing care to their patients without worrying about administrative tasks.

Edrolo

Series B in 2022
Edrolo is an Australian edtech startup focused on enhancing education through its online platform. It aims to provide students and schools with access to high-quality educational resources, regardless of their location or school affiliation. The platform offers a variety of online learning materials tailored to secondary and high school curricula, as well as resources for competitive exams and assessments. By connecting learners with inspiring teachers and delivering actionable data for school improvement, Edrolo seeks to foster a more equitable educational landscape and empower students to achieve their best.

Strong Compute

Seed Round in 2022
Strong Compute is building the future of Cloud Computing, priced by performance not consumption. Our software and hardware optimizations speed up neural network development 10x-1000x, file transfer 1000x, instance start time 10x. We're starting with AI and are aimed at the $500B cloud market.

Blinq

Seed Round in 2022
Blinq is a mobile application that enhances messaging experiences by providing users with insights and updates about their contacts, including colleagues, business prospects, friends, and family. The app allows users to share their professional identities through digital business cards, which can be easily distributed using QR codes, shortened links on social media, or dynamic email signatures. This functionality enables individuals to connect seamlessly and enrich their relationships without the hassle of managing multiple platforms. By simplifying the sharing of contact details and personal information, Blinq aims to foster deeper connections among users in both personal and professional contexts.

Kinde

Seed Round in 2022
We build beautifully simple dev-acceleration infrastructure software for SaaS teams. Tools to help you build, launch, and get to market faster and with more confidence. So you can do your greatest work.

Cyble

Series A in 2022
Cyble Pty Ltd., established in 2019 and based in Melbourne, Australia, specializes in providing a platform for cyber threat and risk management. The company offers a SaaS solution that leverages machine learning and human analysis to deliver real-time insights into cyber threats within supply chains. By utilizing intelligence gathered from both open and closed sources, including OSINT and dark web monitoring, Cyble enables organizations to assess the security of their suppliers effectively. This platform allows clients to respond swiftly to potential threats and enhances their overall resilience against cyber breaches. Additionally, Cyble provides out-of-the-box threat intelligence capabilities to its subscribers, reinforcing its commitment to enabling organizations to navigate the complexities of cybersecurity.

Sunroom

Seed Round in 2022
Sunroom is an application where women can make money and be free.

Eucalyptus

Series C in 2022
Eucalyptus is a digital health company based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2019. It operates as a brand engine that facilitates the creation and management of digital consumer healthcare companies. The company provides a telehealth platform that connects patients with healthcare professionals through virtual consultations, pharmacy delivery, and ongoing patient care. By integrating these services, Eucalyptus aims to enhance accessibility and effectiveness in healthcare, allowing professionals to establish and operate their own digital healthcare brands.

Dovetail

Series A in 2022
Dovetail Research Pty. Ltd., established in 2016 and located in Surry Hills, Australia, offers a cloud-based platform designed for user research and customer feedback. The platform facilitates the analysis, organization, collaboration, and storage of research data and insights, enabling researchers, analysts, designers, and product managers to manage user research effectively. By centralizing user and customer data, Dovetail allows teams to analyze qualitative information, uncover patterns, and share findings across their organizations, thus enhancing the decision-making process and fostering a deeper understanding of user needs. The company serves a global clientele, addressing the growing demand for streamlined research processes in various industries.

AskNicely

Series B in 2022
AskNicely tracks Net Promoter Score on a daily basis and drives word of mouth referrals for your brand. Conventional survey products are the wrong tool for customer feedback - they take too much effort and provide too few responses which come too late to do something about it. AskNicely solves this with an automated, one click customer experience that gets a 4-6x more responses and has clever tools to put things right for detractors and spread the word of mouth of your promoters.

Inventia Life

Series B in 2021
Inventia Life Science Pty Ltd is an Australian company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Alexandria. It specializes in 3D bioprinting technology, focusing on the development, manufacture, and sale of equipment and reagents for advanced medical research. The company provides a comprehensive 3D bioprinting platform that includes natural and synthetic hydrogel bio-inks, printing protocols tailored for specific applications, and the necessary hardware and software for creating 3D human tissue and organ models. Through its innovative approach to bio-based additive fabrication, Inventia Life aims to transform the medical research sector by enabling the production of cost-effective and standardized 3D cell-based assays, facilitating a range of clinical and research applications.

Harrison.ai

Series B in 2021
Harrison.ai is a clinician-led healthcare AI company using deep learning to improve the odds of IVF success for thousands of patients. The company leverages deep learning to solve the biggest challenges in healthcare and seeks to improve patient outcomes. It empowers physicians and healthcare providers with customized AI-enabled tools that integrate into existing clinical workflows which ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes. Harrison.ai uses the deskside DGX Station for experimentation, research, and development. The company uniquely combines exceptional deep learning expertise with clinical experience to develop and deploy healthcare AI solutions. Harrison.ai’s IVY deep learning model analyzes the full five-day video feed from an embryo scope, helping it surpass the performance of AI tools that provide insights based on still images. Harrison.ai's mission is to continuously innovate and commercialize more efficient and more affordable healthcare products and services to healthcare providers and patients. Harrison.ai was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Barongarook, Victoria, Australia.

Bardee

Seed Round in 2021
Bardee is an agtech that break down food waste, converting it into fertliser and proteins for pet foods and chicken feed.

Fleet Space Technologies

Series B in 2021
Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd designs, builds, and launches satellites for global satellite connectivity to the Internet of things (IoT). It builds a network of tiny satellites to deliver backhaul service for the Internet of Things that gives coverage to devices worldwide. The company serves mining, oil and gas resources, precision agriculture, and transport and logistics sectors. Fleet Space Technologies Pty Ltd was founded in 2015 and is based in Beverley, Australia.

First AML

Series B in 2021
First AML Limited provides customer due diligence (CDD) outsourced services. It provides CDD, identify verification, source of wealth / source of funds, PEP screening, and annual reporting and audit support services. It serves law firms, accounting firms, real estate agents, financial firms and other entities. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Auckland, New Zealand.

Partly

Seed Round in 2021
Partly Group Limited is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company based in Christchurch, New Zealand, established in 2020. The company focuses on transforming the way individuals and businesses engage with vehicle parts. By leveraging innovative technology, Partly aims to streamline the process of sourcing and managing vehicle components, enhancing efficiency and accessibility in the automotive industry. Through its platform, Partly seeks to provide a more intuitive and effective solution for customers, thereby reshaping the interaction landscape in the vehicle parts market.

Canva

Venture Round in 2021
Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. The company is on a mission to simplify the process of graphic design for photographers, illustrators, and designers globally. Canva was established in 2012 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

Vexev

Seed Round in 2021
Vexev is on a mission to introduce innovative imaging diagnostic tools.

EntryLevel

Pre Seed Round in 2021
EntryLevel was set up to help people find meaningful employment.

Forage

Series B in 2021
Forage (formerly InsideSherpa) partners with leading companies to deliver free open-access training courses for candidates. Any candidate can enroll in the company-backed courses to build career skills, visibility, and experience. The platform is running various virtual training courses including with KPMG, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, GE, BCG, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citi, Deloitte, Accenture and others. There are +1 million students in the Forage ecosystem.

Dovetail

Seed Round in 2021
Dovetail Research Pty. Ltd., established in 2016 and located in Surry Hills, Australia, offers a cloud-based platform designed for user research and customer feedback. The platform facilitates the analysis, organization, collaboration, and storage of research data and insights, enabling researchers, analysts, designers, and product managers to manage user research effectively. By centralizing user and customer data, Dovetail allows teams to analyze qualitative information, uncover patterns, and share findings across their organizations, thus enhancing the decision-making process and fostering a deeper understanding of user needs. The company serves a global clientele, addressing the growing demand for streamlined research processes in various industries.

Culture Amp

Series F in 2021
Culture Amp Pty Ltd develops a platform designed to help organizations collect, understand, and act on employee feedback. The platform focuses on capturing employee engagement, experience, and effectiveness, catering to a wide range of companies from startups to Fortune 500 firms globally. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Richmond, Australia, Culture Amp has expanded its presence with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. The company was established to address the challenges that fast-growing organizations face as they evolve, leveraging the team’s extensive experience in enterprise environments to create technology that enhances learning and fosters a positive organizational culture.

PsiQuantum

Series D in 2021
PsiQuantum Corp. is a company focused on the development of a general-purpose silicon photonic quantum computer, which utilizes photons as qubits. Founded in 2015 and based in Palo Alto, California, PsiQuantum's technology represents a distinct approach in the quantum computing sector, setting it apart from other leading methodologies in the industry. The company's aim is to advance quantum computing capabilities by leveraging the unique properties of silicon photonics.

Eucalyptus

Series B in 2021
Eucalyptus is a digital health company based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2019. It operates as a brand engine that facilitates the creation and management of digital consumer healthcare companies. The company provides a telehealth platform that connects patients with healthcare professionals through virtual consultations, pharmacy delivery, and ongoing patient care. By integrating these services, Eucalyptus aims to enhance accessibility and effectiveness in healthcare, allowing professionals to establish and operate their own digital healthcare brands.

Gilmour Space

Series C in 2021
Gilmour Space Technologies Pty Ltd, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Pimpama, Australia, focuses on developing low-cost hybrid rockets specifically designed for the small satellite market. The company aims to provide reliable and affordable launch solutions for satellites weighing up to 400 kg. By utilizing proprietary 3D printed fuel, Gilmour Space enhances control over the combustion process, which allows for tailored performance during launches. The firm is positioned to serve research organizations and various clients seeking dedicated access to low Earth orbit, with commercial launches expected to commence from 2020.

SafetyCulture

Series D in 2021
SafetyCulture Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, Australia, specializes in mobile applications that enhance workplace safety and quality management across various industries, including construction, hospitality, and manufacturing. Founded in 1999 and originally known as Wades Business Solutions Pty Ltd, the company rebranded in 2010. Its flagship application, SafetyCulture iAuditor, launched in 2012, facilitates real-time audits and identifies potential hazards, processing over 300 million audit responses annually. The company also offers Spotlight, a tool that enables collaborative reporting of incidents, hazards, and near-misses. SafetyCulture aims to empower workers to prioritize safety and quality, supporting notable organizations such as Coles and Coca-Cola. The company has expanded its reach with additional offices in Kansas City, Manchester, and Townsville and partners with major tech firms to ensure its solutions are accessible across various mobile devices.

Halter

Series B in 2021
Halter creates GPS enabled, solar powered collars for cows. The collar hardware allows farmers to use simple tablet app software to remotely set geographic boundaries for cattle, virtual fences. Farmers use Halter's system to avoid physically herding cows, maximizing farmer time and productivity.

Canva

Venture Round in 2021
Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. The company is on a mission to simplify the process of graphic design for photographers, illustrators, and designers globally. Canva was established in 2012 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

Cyble

Seed Round in 2021
Cyble Pty Ltd., established in 2019 and based in Melbourne, Australia, specializes in providing a platform for cyber threat and risk management. The company offers a SaaS solution that leverages machine learning and human analysis to deliver real-time insights into cyber threats within supply chains. By utilizing intelligence gathered from both open and closed sources, including OSINT and dark web monitoring, Cyble enables organizations to assess the security of their suppliers effectively. This platform allows clients to respond swiftly to potential threats and enhances their overall resilience against cyber breaches. Additionally, Cyble provides out-of-the-box threat intelligence capabilities to its subscribers, reinforcing its commitment to enabling organizations to navigate the complexities of cybersecurity.

Baraja

Series B in 2021
Baraja is a 3D machine vision systems manufacturer. It has invented a new type of LiDAR called Spectrum-Scan which delivers the highest performance available to address the challenge of self-driving cars. Baraja is a rapidly growing start-up, with a revolutionary LiDAR for self-driving vehicles. The company is based in Sydney, Australia, with offices in China and the USA. It is quickly expanding worldwide, hiring through Europe and Asia, closely collaborating with car manufacturers to iterate and refine its vision of what LiDAR needs to be.

Lexer

Series B in 2021
Lexer helps brands and retailers genuinely understand and engage with customers. Our Customer Data Platform powers Marketing, Sales and Service solutions. Lexer's services include: >> Collect, integrate and enrich zero, first, second and third party customer data >> Understand your customers through search, segmentation, comparison and analysis >> Engage with your customers online or offline in paid, owned and earned media >> Measure the impact of your sales, service and marketing activities over time >> Manage your integrations, configurations and team settings >> Professional services to help you execute

Vow

Seed Round in 2021
Vow Foods is a company that specializes in producing cultivated exotic meat through lab-based methods. By utilizing animal cells rather than traditional livestock, Vow aims to create sustainable and ethical meat alternatives. The process involves harvesting animal cells via biopsy and growing them in a nutrient-rich medium, which allows for the development of a diverse range of meat products. This innovative approach not only provides consumers, restaurants, and chefs with nutritious and flavorful options but also reduces reliance on natural resources typically used in conventional meat production.

Morse Micro

Series A in 2020
Morse Micro PTY. LTD. is an Australian company specializing in the design and development of wireless chip technology, particularly focused on Wi-Fi solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT). Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Eveleigh, Australia, the company offers Wi-Fi HaLow, a low-power wireless technology that enables connections up to one kilometer, making it suitable for a variety of applications including home automation, industrial process control, logistics, surveillance systems, and asset management. The company was established by a team of Wi-Fi innovators and is backed by a strong portfolio of intellectual property and patents, facilitating extensive connectivity across the IoT ecosystem. Morse Micro also has offices in China and the United States, enhancing its global reach and capabilities in the wireless technology market.

Forte

Seed Round in 2020
Forte, founded in 2018 and based in New York, offers innovative vocational training services that allow individuals to access education and healthcare at little to no cost. The company's unique model, developed by Dr. Nat Ware, involves financing these services through investors who cover the expenses upfront. Individuals benefit by receiving training or healthcare services without any immediate financial burden; instead, they repay the costs indirectly through a portion of their future tax contributions. This structure enables governments to enhance their workforce and address skill gaps without upfront costs, as they only share future tax revenue that results from the increased employment and income of trained individuals. By aligning the interests of individuals, investors, and governments, Forte creates a mutually beneficial system that fosters social impact alongside financial returns.

SafetyCulture

Series C in 2020
SafetyCulture Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, Australia, specializes in mobile applications that enhance workplace safety and quality management across various industries, including construction, hospitality, and manufacturing. Founded in 1999 and originally known as Wades Business Solutions Pty Ltd, the company rebranded in 2010. Its flagship application, SafetyCulture iAuditor, launched in 2012, facilitates real-time audits and identifies potential hazards, processing over 300 million audit responses annually. The company also offers Spotlight, a tool that enables collaborative reporting of incidents, hazards, and near-misses. SafetyCulture aims to empower workers to prioritize safety and quality, supporting notable organizations such as Coles and Coca-Cola. The company has expanded its reach with additional offices in Kansas City, Manchester, and Townsville and partners with major tech firms to ensure its solutions are accessible across various mobile devices.

Sundrive Solar

Series A in 2020
Sundrive Solar is a solar technology start-up. SunDrive is creating unique solutions to reduce the cost of high-efficiency solar cells, whilst enhancing their performance and sustainability by utilizing more abundant materials.

August Robotics

Series A in 2020
August Robotics Pty. Ltd. is a robotics and artificial intelligence company based in Melbourne, Australia, with additional offices in Shenzhen, China, and Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on designing and manufacturing application-specific robots that automate workflows primarily in the business-to-business sector. August Robotics specializes in creating robots that assist exhibition companies in optimizing the setup of trade shows, thereby streamlining processes and enhancing operational efficiency. The company distributes its products across Western Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific, aiming to improve labor-intensive tasks through collaboration between robots and humans, ultimately benefiting both employees and businesses.

See-Mode Technologies

Series A in 2020
See-Mode empowers doctors to predict strokes and save lives. With no additional test, See-Mode provides the critical information required for stroke prediction that is missing from current clinical tools. This is achieved by combining medical image analysis, artificial intelligence, and computational fluid dynamics. Strokes are the 2nd cause of death and 1st cause of disability on earth, and See-Mode is determined to fundamentally change this.

Partly

Seed Round in 2020
Partly Group Limited is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company based in Christchurch, New Zealand, established in 2020. The company focuses on transforming the way individuals and businesses engage with vehicle parts. By leveraging innovative technology, Partly aims to streamline the process of sourcing and managing vehicle components, enhancing efficiency and accessibility in the automotive industry. Through its platform, Partly seeks to provide a more intuitive and effective solution for customers, thereby reshaping the interaction landscape in the vehicle parts market.

XY Sense

Seed Round in 2020
XY Sense is a technology startup based in Melbourne, founded in 2016 by Alex Birch and Luke Murray. The company specializes in developing advanced workplace sensors that utilize artificial intelligence to capture real-time occupancy and movement data within office environments. These sensors are designed with privacy in mind, ensuring the protection of individuals' information while providing highly accurate workplace utilization analytics, achieving precision within 30 centimeters. XY Sense's sensors operate passively and boast the longest range available on the market. The accompanying analytics platform is tailored for property teams, enabling them to monitor, plan, and optimize workspace usage effectively. By simplifying workplace analytics, XY Sense aims to enhance the overall experience and functionality of work environments.

Propeller Aero

Series B in 2020
Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use, Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.

Aō Air

Venture Round in 2020
Aō Air is working to enable those in polluted megacities from Beijing to London to take back the streets. Our patented technology is independently validated to be up to 50x better than leading masks on the market.

VAPAR

Seed Round in 2020
VAPAR Pty. Ltd., established in 2017 and headquartered in Sydney, Australia, specializes in developing a cloud platform that automates condition assessments from pipe CCTV footage. The company's engineering software focuses on pipe asset management, facilitating the repair and maintenance of water pipes through automated fault detection and infrastructure mapping. By integrating artificial intelligence and geographic information systems, VAPAR's technology streamlines the data transfer process and standardizes decision-making, providing objective assessments that enhance efficiency and reduce costs for clients in their maintenance operations.

Canva

Venture Round in 2020
Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. The company is on a mission to simplify the process of graphic design for photographers, illustrators, and designers globally. Canva was established in 2012 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

Eucalyptus

Series A in 2020
Eucalyptus is a digital health company based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 2019. It operates as a brand engine that facilitates the creation and management of digital consumer healthcare companies. The company provides a telehealth platform that connects patients with healthcare professionals through virtual consultations, pharmacy delivery, and ongoing patient care. By integrating these services, Eucalyptus aims to enhance accessibility and effectiveness in healthcare, allowing professionals to establish and operate their own digital healthcare brands.

SafetyCulture

Series C in 2020
SafetyCulture Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, Australia, specializes in mobile applications that enhance workplace safety and quality management across various industries, including construction, hospitality, and manufacturing. Founded in 1999 and originally known as Wades Business Solutions Pty Ltd, the company rebranded in 2010. Its flagship application, SafetyCulture iAuditor, launched in 2012, facilitates real-time audits and identifies potential hazards, processing over 300 million audit responses annually. The company also offers Spotlight, a tool that enables collaborative reporting of incidents, hazards, and near-misses. SafetyCulture aims to empower workers to prioritize safety and quality, supporting notable organizations such as Coles and Coca-Cola. The company has expanded its reach with additional offices in Kansas City, Manchester, and Townsville and partners with major tech firms to ensure its solutions are accessible across various mobile devices.

Halter

Series B in 2020
Halter creates GPS enabled, solar powered collars for cows. The collar hardware allows farmers to use simple tablet app software to remotely set geographic boundaries for cattle, virtual fences. Farmers use Halter's system to avoid physically herding cows, maximizing farmer time and productivity.

HIVERY

Series A in 2020
HIVERY has consultants and data scientists, to take advantage of an unique AI (artificial intelligence) framework that we call Prescriptive Science™. Prescriptive Science™ provides provision of analysis to support the optimal decision-making. This is often called referred as “Prescriptive Analytics”. However at HIVERY, we have gone one step further and combined Prescriptive Analytics with Human Centered Design (HCD) principles to develop an unique AI framework that solves unique business problems. Prescriptive Science™ aim is to unpack individual business constrains (or rules) that govern a business while at the same time, look at datasets that are the life blood of any business and build solutions that are personalized and “empathic”. This empathy allows HIVERY to understand and design solutions that drives business profitability in ways that humans cannot. Our tools support the automation of decision-making.

Ovira

Seed Round in 2020
Ovira Pty Ltd is a Melbourne-based company that focuses on providing a drug-free solution for period pain. Established in 2019, it has developed a medical device that uses transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) technology to alleviate menstrual discomfort. The device features two compression pads that are applied over the nerve roots connected to the uterus, delivering low-level electric pulses to block pain signals. This approach offers immediate relief without any negative side effects, addressing the discomfort and isolation often experienced by women during their menstrual cycle. As a direct-to-consumer platform, Ovira aims to improve women's health and well-being through innovative pain management solutions.

Process Street

Series A in 2020
Process Street is a SaaS platform that lets non-technical teams create powerful, no code workflows. It provides an easy way to document, track, automate, and optimize human-centric processes. Process Street was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Dovetail

Seed Round in 2020
Dovetail Research Pty. Ltd., established in 2016 and located in Surry Hills, Australia, offers a cloud-based platform designed for user research and customer feedback. The platform facilitates the analysis, organization, collaboration, and storage of research data and insights, enabling researchers, analysts, designers, and product managers to manage user research effectively. By centralizing user and customer data, Dovetail allows teams to analyze qualitative information, uncover patterns, and share findings across their organizations, thus enhancing the decision-making process and fostering a deeper understanding of user needs. The company serves a global clientele, addressing the growing demand for streamlined research processes in various industries.

Roborigger

Series A in 2020
Roborigger Pty Ltd offers automated load lifting system. The company’s products include autorotating units; hooks, cameras, and accessories; specialized spreader and lift frames; and IoT application. The company provides its products on rent. Roborigger Pty Ltd was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in West Perth, Australia.

Harrison.ai

Series A in 2019
Harrison.ai is a clinician-led healthcare AI company using deep learning to improve the odds of IVF success for thousands of patients. The company leverages deep learning to solve the biggest challenges in healthcare and seeks to improve patient outcomes. It empowers physicians and healthcare providers with customized AI-enabled tools that integrate into existing clinical workflows which ultimately lead to improved patient outcomes. Harrison.ai uses the deskside DGX Station for experimentation, research, and development. The company uniquely combines exceptional deep learning expertise with clinical experience to develop and deploy healthcare AI solutions. Harrison.ai’s IVY deep learning model analyzes the full five-day video feed from an embryo scope, helping it surpass the performance of AI tools that provide insights based on still images. Harrison.ai's mission is to continuously innovate and commercialize more efficient and more affordable healthcare products and services to healthcare providers and patients. Harrison.ai was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Barongarook, Victoria, Australia.

Vow

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Vow Foods is a company that specializes in producing cultivated exotic meat through lab-based methods. By utilizing animal cells rather than traditional livestock, Vow aims to create sustainable and ethical meat alternatives. The process involves harvesting animal cells via biopsy and growing them in a nutrient-rich medium, which allows for the development of a diverse range of meat products. This innovative approach not only provides consumers, restaurants, and chefs with nutritious and flavorful options but also reduces reliance on natural resources typically used in conventional meat production.

Canva

Series E in 2019
Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. The company is on a mission to simplify the process of graphic design for photographers, illustrators, and designers globally. Canva was established in 2012 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

Culture Amp

Series E in 2019
Culture Amp Pty Ltd develops a platform designed to help organizations collect, understand, and act on employee feedback. The platform focuses on capturing employee engagement, experience, and effectiveness, catering to a wide range of companies from startups to Fortune 500 firms globally. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Richmond, Australia, Culture Amp has expanded its presence with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. The company was established to address the challenges that fast-growing organizations face as they evolve, leveraging the team’s extensive experience in enterprise environments to create technology that enhances learning and fosters a positive organizational culture.

Dgraph Labs

Series A in 2019
Dgraph Labs, Inc. develops and operates a graph database. The company provides low latency solution to serve real time user queries over terabytes of structured data. It offers Slash Enterprise, a fully-managed, serverless solution for enterprises managing workloads with terabytes of data in production that runs on dedicated, multi-zone clusters with availability deployed on AWS, Azure, or GCP. Dgraph Labs, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Cortical Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Cortical Labs is a biological computing startup based in Melbourne, Australia, that is pioneering the integration of living neurons into computer chips. This innovative approach aims to revolutionize traditional silicon computing by creating biological computing chips that offer fluid intelligence and enhanced power efficiency. The company's technology has the potential to benefit various sectors, including digital spaces, robotics, science, and personal care, by enabling the development of advanced autonomous systems for next-generation data centers. Backed by Blackbird Ventures, Cortical Labs is positioned to reshape the landscape of computing through its unique biological approach.

Morse Micro

Series A in 2019
Morse Micro PTY. LTD. is an Australian company specializing in the design and development of wireless chip technology, particularly focused on Wi-Fi solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT). Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Eveleigh, Australia, the company offers Wi-Fi HaLow, a low-power wireless technology that enables connections up to one kilometer, making it suitable for a variety of applications including home automation, industrial process control, logistics, surveillance systems, and asset management. The company was established by a team of Wi-Fi innovators and is backed by a strong portfolio of intellectual property and patents, facilitating extensive connectivity across the IoT ecosystem. Morse Micro also has offices in China and the United States, enhancing its global reach and capabilities in the wireless technology market.

Canva

Series D in 2019
Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. The company is on a mission to simplify the process of graphic design for photographers, illustrators, and designers globally. Canva was established in 2012 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

AskNicely

Series A in 2019
AskNicely tracks Net Promoter Score on a daily basis and drives word of mouth referrals for your brand. Conventional survey products are the wrong tool for customer feedback - they take too much effort and provide too few responses which come too late to do something about it. AskNicely solves this with an automated, one click customer experience that gets a 4-6x more responses and has clever tools to put things right for detractors and spread the word of mouth of your promoters.

IncoDocs

Seed Round in 2019
IncoDocs is secure export documentation software, built for modern small and medium businesses. IncoDocs provides a secure, faster way to work. Users securely store and reuse contacts and products to complete documents faster. All document templates are aligned to UNLK standards to ensure global trade compliance. IncoDocs provides file storage and smart search capabilities to get true visibility into Global Trade operations. The company was founded in 2016 by a team from the import/export industry. IncoDocs is trusted by companies in over 120 countries.

Skedulo

Series B in 2019
Skedulo Pty Ltd provides enterprise workforce management solutions designed to enhance the efficiency of mobile workforce operations. Its flagship platform enables organizations to manage, schedule, dispatch, and track field resources effectively. The Skedulo solution integrates seamlessly with systems like Salesforce and ServiceNow, allowing for improved job matching, scheduling, and resource allocation through features such as availability management and mapping routes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Skedulo also has offices in Australia, Asia, and the United Kingdom. The company has successfully supported over 150 organizations in managing more than 5 million appointments globally.

See-Mode Technologies

Seed Round in 2019
See-Mode empowers doctors to predict strokes and save lives. With no additional test, See-Mode provides the critical information required for stroke prediction that is missing from current clinical tools. This is achieved by combining medical image analysis, artificial intelligence, and computational fluid dynamics. Strokes are the 2nd cause of death and 1st cause of disability on earth, and See-Mode is determined to fundamentally change this.

Baraja

Series A in 2019
Baraja is a 3D machine vision systems manufacturer. It has invented a new type of LiDAR called Spectrum-Scan which delivers the highest performance available to address the challenge of self-driving cars. Baraja is a rapidly growing start-up, with a revolutionary LiDAR for self-driving vehicles. The company is based in Sydney, Australia, with offices in China and the USA. It is quickly expanding worldwide, hiring through Europe and Asia, closely collaborating with car manufacturers to iterate and refine its vision of what LiDAR needs to be.

Sunfed Meats

Series A in 2018
Sunfed Limited develops plant-based meat analogues from vegetable proteins. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Auckland, New Zealand.

nura

Series A in 2018
The nuraphone is a new headphone that integrates unique technology to automatically measure your hearing (from the outer ear all the way to the brain) and adapt music perfectly to you. In order for headphones to deliver the right sound, they must be matched to the listener. Nuraphones even recognize you when you put them on.

Applied

Seed Round in 2018
Applied is a recruitment platform that gives you world leading behavioural science to remove bias and improve predictive validity in hiring. Hiring is one of the most important things any company does, yet the hiring process traditionally relies on weak performance indicators like CVs, and processes that allow bias to sway crucial decisions, wasting competitive advantage.

Gilmour Space

Series B in 2018
Gilmour Space Technologies Pty Ltd, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Pimpama, Australia, focuses on developing low-cost hybrid rockets specifically designed for the small satellite market. The company aims to provide reliable and affordable launch solutions for satellites weighing up to 400 kg. By utilizing proprietary 3D printed fuel, Gilmour Space enhances control over the combustion process, which allows for tailored performance during launches. The firm is positioned to serve research organizations and various clients seeking dedicated access to low Earth orbit, with commercial launches expected to commence from 2020.

EARTH AI

Seed Round in 2018
Earth AI Pty Ltd. develops artificial intelligence (AI) based software that locates areas of mineralization in greenfield and remote areas with no pre-existing geological data. The company gives geologists location suggestions for mineral exposure and auto generates precise geological maps from satellite, geophysical, and geochemical datasets. Earth AI Pty Ltd. was founded in 2016 and is based in Parramatta, Australia.

Sundrive Solar

Seed Round in 2018
Sundrive Solar is a solar technology start-up. SunDrive is creating unique solutions to reduce the cost of high-efficiency solar cells, whilst enhancing their performance and sustainability by utilizing more abundant materials.

Culture Amp

Series D in 2018
Culture Amp Pty Ltd develops a platform designed to help organizations collect, understand, and act on employee feedback. The platform focuses on capturing employee engagement, experience, and effectiveness, catering to a wide range of companies from startups to Fortune 500 firms globally. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Richmond, Australia, Culture Amp has expanded its presence with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. The company was established to address the challenges that fast-growing organizations face as they evolve, leveraging the team’s extensive experience in enterprise environments to create technology that enhances learning and fosters a positive organizational culture.

Mindset Health

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Mindset Health Pty Ltd is a digital therapeutics company based in Melbourne, Australia, founded in 2017. The company develops an application designed to enhance mental health through psychotherapy and hypnotherapy. Its services focus on managing chronic health conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety, while also addressing issues like depression, sleep quality, and stress reduction. The application employs techniques aimed at creating neural changes in the brain and offers tools to complement cognitive behavioral therapy, enabling users to improve their overall mental well-being without the need for significant lifestyle changes.

Karbon

Venture Round in 2018
Karbon provides an enterprise workstream collaboration platform that allows a team to contribute more productively to an organization’s mission, with shared, streamlined workflows, automated tasks, and standardized processes. It provides visibility across an entire firm, unites teams with a single place to work together and standardize processes and consolidate client information in one place. Karbon was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Sausalito, California.

Process Street

Seed Round in 2018
Process Street is a SaaS platform that lets non-technical teams create powerful, no code workflows. It provides an easy way to document, track, automate, and optimize human-centric processes. Process Street was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

August Robotics

Seed Round in 2018
August Robotics Pty. Ltd. is a robotics and artificial intelligence company based in Melbourne, Australia, with additional offices in Shenzhen, China, and Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on designing and manufacturing application-specific robots that automate workflows primarily in the business-to-business sector. August Robotics specializes in creating robots that assist exhibition companies in optimizing the setup of trade shows, thereby streamlining processes and enhancing operational efficiency. The company distributes its products across Western Europe, North America, and the Asia Pacific, aiming to improve labor-intensive tasks through collaboration between robots and humans, ultimately benefiting both employees and businesses.

Propeller Aero

Series A in 2018
Propeller is a global leader in drone-mapping and analytics solutions that give worksites the power to measure and manage themselves. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with a North American office in Denver, USA, Propeller’s innovative hardware and software products solve real problems for real people. With visual tools everyone can use, Propeller is helping teams on thousands of worksites track, inspect, and report on job progress and productivity safely and accurately. Founded in 2014 by Francis Vierboom and Rory San Miguel, Propeller serves construction, aggregates, mining, and waste management industries globally.

Swoop Aero

Venture Round in 2018
Swoop Aero Pty Ltd, founded in 2017 and based in Melbourne, Australia, specializes in autonomous air transport as a service. The company is recognized for its expertise in building and operating air transportation networks, particularly in challenging environments. Swoop Aero distinguishes itself by gaining practical knowledge through real-world experience rather than theoretical study, positioning itself as a leader in the development of autonomous air transport solutions.

SafetyCulture

Series C in 2018
SafetyCulture Pty Ltd, based in Sydney, Australia, specializes in mobile applications that enhance workplace safety and quality management across various industries, including construction, hospitality, and manufacturing. Founded in 1999 and originally known as Wades Business Solutions Pty Ltd, the company rebranded in 2010. Its flagship application, SafetyCulture iAuditor, launched in 2012, facilitates real-time audits and identifies potential hazards, processing over 300 million audit responses annually. The company also offers Spotlight, a tool that enables collaborative reporting of incidents, hazards, and near-misses. SafetyCulture aims to empower workers to prioritize safety and quality, supporting notable organizations such as Coles and Coca-Cola. The company has expanded its reach with additional offices in Kansas City, Manchester, and Townsville and partners with major tech firms to ensure its solutions are accessible across various mobile devices.

Sempo

Pre Seed Round in 2018
At Sempo there’s a simple, but radical idea that we find particularly inspiring: one of the best ways to help vulnerable communities is to just give them money, no strings attached. Cash Transfers bring dignity to affected people, and solve a fundamental problem with humanitarian relief - too often, we spend millions of dollars on the wrong kind of aid: In Iraq, 70% of Syrian refugees have sold the aid they were given, in order to buy what they actually need. We're on a mission to help all aid organisations, from grassroots to international, to increase their usage of cash transfers as a tool to alleviate suffering, provide dignity and ultimately increase long-term self-sufficiency.

MOVUS

Series A in 2018
MOVUS Holdings Pty. Ltd. develops and manufactures FITMACHINE, a data collection and communications device. It provides a sensor based industrial machinery monitoring device to monitor equipment health of industrial rotating machinery, collect and send sensor data to cloud, and analyze machine health to water and utilities, oil and gas, energy, mining, light rail, manufacturing, agriculture, and building and facilities sectors. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Indooroopilly, Australia.

Bugcrowd

Series C in 2018
Bugcrowd Inc. operates a web-based platform that connects companies with a global community of security researchers to identify and address critical software vulnerabilities. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a range of security testing solutions for web, mobile, source code, and client-side applications. Through its platform, organizations can efficiently conduct both private and public bounty programs, allowing them to test their applications and reward researchers for valid vulnerabilities. Bugcrowd serves various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, retail, automotive, technology, government, and security. The company has established strategic partnerships, including one with VVDN Technologies, and has additional offices in London and Surry Hills, Australia.

black.ai

Seed Round in 2018
black.ai is an automation platform company based in Fitzroy, Australia, established in 2017. It focuses on enhancing autonomous decision-making and robotic service delivery in supermarket and industrial settings. The company offers a distributed perception stack that enables users to train agent behavior more efficiently. By providing plug-and-play 3D computer vision capabilities, black.ai allows for the rapid development of both singular and swarm robotic systems, ensuring that these bots can effectively understand and navigate their environments from the outset. This approach streamlines the process of developing intelligent robotic solutions, making it easier for businesses to implement automation in their operations.

Honee

Seed Round in 2018
Honee is a discovery and booking platform focused on wellness, beauty, and fitness services in Melbourne. The platform connects customers seeking these services with top providers, facilitating the transformation of new clients into regular patrons. Honee offers an online end-to-end booking service that provides users with accurate and current information on availability, pricing, and facilities. This streamlined approach allows users to easily book appointments at their preferred times, enhancing the overall customer experience while promoting local salons and fitness centers.

Leo Aerospace

Seed Round in 2018
Leo Aerospace is building a dedicated delivery service for microsatellites. Their mission is to make it as easy to put a satellite into space as it is to ship a package across the country. To achieve this, they’re developing a suite of services to launch on-demand to any low earth orbit. Their systems require zero fixed ground infrastructure and provide high launch frequency. After a successful launch-test campaign at the end of 2018, they are poised to service defense and civil customers with their platform in 2020.

Canva

Series C in 2018
Canva is a graphic design software solutions provider that helps users to design presentations, social media graphics, and more with various layouts, images, photo filters, icons and shapes, and fonts. The platform combines a drag-and-drop design tool with a stock library of photographs, illustrations, and imagery. The company is on a mission to simplify the process of graphic design for photographers, illustrators, and designers globally. Canva was established in 2012 and is based in Sydney, Australia.

Dgraph Labs

Seed Round in 2017
Dgraph Labs, Inc. develops and operates a graph database. The company provides low latency solution to serve real time user queries over terabytes of structured data. It offers Slash Enterprise, a fully-managed, serverless solution for enterprises managing workloads with terabytes of data in production that runs on dedicated, multi-zone clusters with availability deployed on AWS, Azure, or GCP. Dgraph Labs, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Mentorloop

Seed Round in 2017
Mentorloop Pty Ltd. operates an online platform designed to connect mentors with mentees, facilitating meaningful relationships through a user-friendly interface. Founded in 2014 and based in Richmond, Australia, the platform enables users to engage interactively while providing tools for tracking relationship progress and optimizing mentoring programs. By simplifying the mentoring process, Mentorloop addresses the growing importance of mentorship in the modern workplace, where it plays a vital role in talent development and succession planning. The company's mission is to make mentoring accessible and mainstream, allowing individuals to connect with mentors anytime and anywhere, thereby enhancing professional growth and organizational success.

Morse Micro

Seed Round in 2017
Morse Micro PTY. LTD. is an Australian company specializing in the design and development of wireless chip technology, particularly focused on Wi-Fi solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT). Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Eveleigh, Australia, the company offers Wi-Fi HaLow, a low-power wireless technology that enables connections up to one kilometer, making it suitable for a variety of applications including home automation, industrial process control, logistics, surveillance systems, and asset management. The company was established by a team of Wi-Fi innovators and is backed by a strong portfolio of intellectual property and patents, facilitating extensive connectivity across the IoT ecosystem. Morse Micro also has offices in China and the United States, enhancing its global reach and capabilities in the wireless technology market.

Accelo

Series A in 2017
Accelo, the pioneer of Service Operations Automation (ServOps), streamlines operations from prospect through to payment through their integrated, cloud-based platform. Thousands of businesses use Accelo to run their critical client service delivery, boosting revenue and productivity and doubling profit margins.