BlackWood Ventures

BlackWood is a network and technology-driven early stage venture capital fund and community of investors sharing a passion for driving advancements in Fintech, Cleantech, and Web 3.0/AI — while earning a solid risk-adjusted return. BlackWood is more than a traditional VC; it is a platform for supercharging innovation. We are committed to being the best partners and catalysts for revolutionary companies and pioneering entrepreneurs.

Abbas Kazmi

Co-Founding Partner

15 past transactions

Particula

Seed Round in 2025
Particula is a leading provider of analytics and quality assessment for digital assets, reducing due diligence times and mitigating operational risks for financial leaders. The platform offers advanced risk ratings and comprehensive analyses across technical, economic, environmental, and compliance dimensions. This ensures that investors gain instant security, enhanced market access, and clearer insights. With aggregated on- and off-chain data from diverse sources, Particula transforms investment strategies and streamlines operations.

Sirius Technologies

Seed Round in 2025
Sirius Technologies is a sustainability management tool focused on assisting metals and mining companies with their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. Founded in 2022 and based in Amsterdam, the company utilizes its core feature, the Sustainability Twin™, to aggregate all relevant sustainability data into a single, accessible profile. The AI-driven platform provides quick responses to stakeholder inquiries and ensures compliance with regulations such as CBAM and CSRD by streamlining ESG data collection and management. Additionally, Sirius facilitates trend analysis and competitive benchmarking, thereby enhancing sustainability leadership among its clients. The platform also incorporates features like automated workflows and customized dashboards, which support clients in onboarding supplier data and achieving their sustainability objectives across the entire supply chain.

Kapu

Seed Round in 2025
Kapu operates as a B2C Ecommerce start-up.

Tangible

Venture Round in 2024
Tangible is a platform to facilitate the structuring, modeling, and management of asset-backed financial transactions.

IVM Markets

Seed Round in 2024
IVM MARKETS INC (USA) IS AN AI DRIVEN STRUCTURED PRODUCTS SOFTWARE TO HELP WITH IDEA GENERATION AND PRODUCT OPTIMIZATION Let our AI curate your thematic index / stock list and the resulting most optimal basket and trade idea out of thousands in seconds. The resulting best ideas send for final auction with multi issuer platforms (which are also clients of IVM). Re-trading the same basket or product over and over without optimizing for changing markets is like driving blindfolded on a winding ice road. A more optimal idea with higher upside and higher protection is always there to be found with the right tools.

illuminem

Seed Round in 2024
illuminem is the world's leading source of sustainability & energy information boasting over 1.2 million readers. It uses proprietary algorithms and AI to offer the most relevant news from 350+ sources into over 70+ proprietary categories. Through illuminem Voices, illuminem involves and publishes articles from over 700+ of the most influential sustainability leaders of our time. Illumiem has also created the first ESG Global Alliance.

Sidekick

Seed Round in 2024
Sidekick is a wealth management firm that specializes in providing investment management services to the mass affluent customer segment. The company operates an investment platform that offers actively managed baskets of public equities and alternative investments, including stocks and cryptocurrency. In addition to investment options, Sidekick allows clients to borrow against their portfolios, enhancing their financial flexibility. The firm's investment team regularly updates customers on portfolio performance and shares educational content to help enhance their investment knowledge. By offering these services, Sidekick aims to democratize access to wealth-building products that were previously available primarily to high-net-worth individuals.

ZTLment

Pre Seed Round in 2024
ZTLment offers fintech tools to help businesses and B2B platforms unlock cash flows and save costs. ZTLment is an enterprise-grade software solution designed for B2B SaaS companies to automate financial processes, improve liquidity and build trust in business transactions. Digital marketplaces and cloud-based B2B platforms that use ZTLment can provide business workflows that instantly and automatically transfer money and value between buyers, sellers, and financiers.

Sirius Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Sirius Technologies is a sustainability management tool focused on assisting metals and mining companies with their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data. Founded in 2022 and based in Amsterdam, the company utilizes its core feature, the Sustainability Twin™, to aggregate all relevant sustainability data into a single, accessible profile. The AI-driven platform provides quick responses to stakeholder inquiries and ensures compliance with regulations such as CBAM and CSRD by streamlining ESG data collection and management. Additionally, Sirius facilitates trend analysis and competitive benchmarking, thereby enhancing sustainability leadership among its clients. The platform also incorporates features like automated workflows and customized dashboards, which support clients in onboarding supplier data and achieving their sustainability objectives across the entire supply chain.

Hybr

Seed Round in 2023
Hybr is a student-letting platform. They offer all types of accommodation options for all types of students and budgets. It also helps students find houses, house shares, and any relevant services they need.

Trips

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Trips provide content creators with the tools they need to achieve financial stability by protecting their intellectual property and converting their copyrights into valuable assets.

FINGREEN AI

Pre Seed Round in 2023
FINGREEN AI specializes in providing an AI-powered software-as-a-service solution focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data analytics and reporting for private assets. The company has developed a data intelligence technology that delivers transparent, customized modules designed to meet specific sustainability requirements. Utilizing explainable artificial intelligence, FINGREEN AI enables clients to access automated ESG analytics, data estimations, compliance alignment, and non-regulatory reporting, thereby enhancing their ability to manage and report on sustainability initiatives effectively.

Oditi fka PROSPECT 100

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Oditi fka PROSPECT 100 is building the digital space for co-creation, democratizing the creative industries

SNAFU Records

Venture Round in 2023
SNAFU Records AB is a music company based in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2018. The company specializes in utilizing algorithms to analyze data from major music platforms such as Spotify and YouTube. By scanning this data, SNAFU Records identifies artists and songs that exhibit significant potential and stand out in the competitive music landscape. This innovative approach allows the company to discover emerging talent and promote unique musical works effectively.

Qaptis

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Qaptis is focused on addressing climate change challenges within the transportation industry by developing innovative energy technology. The company's primary solution involves capturing carbon dioxide emissions directly at the source from vehicle fleets. This technology allows for the storage of carbon dioxide in liquid form onboard the vehicles, enabling efficient recycling processes. By implementing Qaptis' solutions, clients can convert their carbon dioxide-emitting fleets into carbon dioxide-free operations, contributing to a greener future.
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