Скачать или смотреть Blackbird's return of $10 billion makes it the largest venture capital in Australia.

having turned $1.3 billion invested since 2013 into a portfolio valued at $10 billion. Blackbird co-founders and partners Rick Baker and Niki Scevak said the firm had more than triple the equity in runaway tech success story Canva than any other investor after paying out $650 million to investors on the back of 10 full or partial exits. Canva was valued at $US40 billion in its last funding round in September having contributed to every raising since its seed funding round. It also holds 14 per cent of workplace safety software firm SafetyCulture and 15 per cent in Culture Amp Niki Scevak and Samantha Wong are all partners at Blackbird Ventures. The co-founders said they were making good progress towards raising a new fund – expected to be Australia’s first to crack the $1 billion mark – and believed that record deals in 2021 were just the beginning of technology becoming the dominant industry sector in Australia. While it has previously disclosed the position of its first 2013 fund and Blackbird holds 15 per cent