Blackbird Fund VI

Australia

Seed

About Blackbird Fund VI

Enterprise software, EdTech, FinTech, consumer tech, AI focused fund

Investment Focus

Location / RegionAustralia

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Consumer Commerce

Digital Education Consumer

Enterprise Software

Fintech

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-career engineers & students betting on hard physical problems

Australian startups

founder community

hardware & hard tech

early-career builders

ecosystem events

cross-disciplinary founders

Bullish Signals

Active community events, AWS partnershipexternal

77,254 LinkedIn followers (up 729)linkedin

Sunrise Aotearoa 2026 confirmed Oct 29linkedin

Expanding to New Zealand regional flagshiplinkedin

Cross-disciplinary speakers: tech, food, wellnesslinkedin

Airwallex Latitude37: $100K equity-free backinglinkedin

Portfolio founder Rory (Propeller) speaking 28 Julylinkedin

Hardware thesis strengthening; student-to-founder pipelinelinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Heavy focus on hard physical problems vs AI/SaaSlinkedin

Founder Do's

Attend Sunrise Aotearoa 2026 (29 Oct, Auckland)

Build side projects while validating hard problems

Engage with Blackbird community events

Attend SunriseAUS / Blackbird flagship events

Explore Airwallex Latitude37 ($100K equity-free)

Founder Don'ts

Wait until idea is perfect; bet on hard problems early

Overlook unglamorous early years of hardware

Underestimate hardware difficulty vs software

Key GPs & Partners

Lauren Capelin

Partner

community-builderecosystem-focusedevent-driven

Michael (Blackbird)

Partner (first name only)

stage-interviewerecosystem-connectorfounder-focused

Lucy (Airwallex)

Portfolio Founder / Ecosystem Partner

founder-backerglobal-builderAI-age advocate

RSM

Rory San Miguel

Portfolio Founder (Propeller)

hardware-builderearly-stage bet-makerhard-tech advocate

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$700M+

Saves0

Website

Key People

Niki Scevak, Rick Baker, Sam Wong, Nick Crocker

Lauren CapelinPartner

Michael (Blackbird)Partner (first name only)

Lucy (Airwallex)Portfolio Founder / Ecosystem Partner

Rory San MiguelPortfolio Founder (Propeller)

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