Blackbird is an Australia- and New Zealand-focused venture capital fund that backs technology companies from idea stage through beyond IPO. Blackbird's Twitter Score is 12 out of 1000 as of July 2026, ranking #88,382 among 531,432 tracked accounts.
Blackbird was co-founded by Niki Scevak, Rick Baker, and Bill Bartee, with the firm formed in 2012 and its first fund closing announced in early 2013. That debut vehicle raised $30 million, with the majority of its capital sourced from successful technology founders, a structure that reflects the firm's "Founders Helping Founders" philosophy. Early backers of the fund included Mike Cannon-Brookes, Bill Tai, and Dave McClure.
Blackbird invests across every category of technology and maintains a strong connection to the Australian and New Zealand startup ecosystem. Its official portfolio spans more than 130 companies. Among its crypto-relevant holdings, Blackbird invested in CoinJar, which it describes as one of the longest-running cryptocurrency exchanges, as early as 2013, and participated in the seed round for Spice AI, a Web3-focused data and AI infrastructure platform, in 2022. As of August 2025, the firm reported a net IRR of 36.09% across its funds and a total portfolio value of $9.9 billion.
Blackbird's portfolio includes CoinJar and Spice AI. Blackbird has 17,888 followers as of July 2026 on the platform and has published 4,786 posts. Blackbird has been mentioned by 40 accounts, totalling 140 mentions.
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The accounts that follow Blackbird include 60 founders, 18 angel investors, 16 influencers and 21 VCs. Among them are John Wang, Andrew Chen, Jacob, Erika Lee, Patrick OShaughnessy and VCs Congratulating Themselves.