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Exciting opportunity to join Blackbird - Australia's largest venture capital fund, investing in the region's most ambitious start-ups
Overview
Salary
£140000
Location
Sydney or Melbourne, Australia
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Expires
Expires at anytime
Blackbird is a leading venture capital firm in Australia and New Zealand, committed to supporting highly ambitious founders in the region. With over $9.9B worth in portfolio, Blackbird continues to inspire and foster innovation through its investments across a multitude of dynamic and groundbreaking companies.
Role Summary:
- Play a key role in investment decisions, selecting pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds for the Core fund.
- Ensure the Follow-on Fund is exposed to world-class Australian and Kiwi companies at growth stage.
- Use your unbounded curiosity and deep commitment to founders to serve as a custodian of the Blackbird mission.
Role Requirements:
- Deep commitment and passion for working with technology startups.
- Humility, expressed ambition, founder empathy, and investment thinking.
- No direct investing experience required but ability to build strong relationships is essential.
Benefits:
- Flexible working options and generous parental leave.
- Learning & development budget, wellbeing support and unplugged weekends.
- Employees receive a share of Blackbird’s success in funds raised while at the firm.
About Blackbird Blackbird is Australia's biggest venture capital fund whose mission is to supercharge Australia and New Zealand’s most ambitious founders. We do this by raising venture capital funds, investing into the best startup companies and helping them succeed. Our portfolio is worth over $9.9B, and includes more than 130 companies across Australia and New Zealand, from Canva and CultureAmp to rising stars like Halter, Partly, Heidi, Gilmour Space, Eucalyptus, Fleet and Tracksuit. We are inspired by investment firms such as Berkshire Hathaway and Bridgewater Associates. Like the companies we back, we want to build a business that lasts for decades and produces excellent returns for our investors. Most of all, we want to support our region’s most talented founders build category-defining technology companies.
The role Blackbird is hiring an investor to find and invest in Australia and Aotearoa’s most ambitious founders, right at the very beginning. We are looking for someone with a passion for uncovering the technologies and founders that will define our future. Someone with unbounded curiosity and a mindset of enlightened hospitality for the founders that they serve, who is excited to become a custodian of the Blackbird Mission, Values and Operating Principles. Your job will be to invest our current Core fund in pre-seed, seed and Series A rounds. In addition, you will be responsible for ensuring our Follow-on Fund gets exposure to all world-class Australian and Kiwi companies at growth stage.
Job requirements We don’t require direct investing experience; however, a genuine passion for working with the founders of technology startups is essential, along with a deep commitment to cultivating the skills required to become a generational investor at Blackbird. Skills such as humility, expressed ambition, founder empathy, investment thinking, and the ability to build relationships are crucial.
Benefits We offer flexible working options, generous parental leave, a learning & development budget, wellbeing support, unplugged weekends, and a share of Blackbird’s success. All Blackbird employees receive carry in funds raised while they are at the firm.
