In Livewire's final podcast for 2017, Livewire's Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tom McKay, sits down with Niki Scevak, Partner and Co-founder of Blackbird Ventures, one of Australia's most successful VC firms. With a keen interest in public markets, and the teachings of Munger and Buffett, Niki provides a unique perspective... Show More
In the latest episode of the Morgans Startup Series, I spoke with Niki Scevak, Founder of Blackbird Ventures. Blackbird is a venture capital fund that has invested in nearly 30 companies since inception only four years ago. The company recently announced a new $200m fund to help emerging companies grow.... Show More
Rick Baker, the Co-Founder of Australian Venture Capital firm Blackbird says that investors have got to seek out genuine product-market-fit when trying to value technology companies with no revenues. “Number of users and growth is obviously really important and then it keeps coming back to engagement. We really look hard... Show More
Rick Baker, the co-founder of Blackbird Ventures says that they look for a number of key characteristics in startup investments but the key thing they’re looking for are businesses that are “global on day one.” We think the learnings from attacking the global market from the beginning are very different... Show More
Rick Baker, Co-Founder at Blackbird Ventures says that there are both good and bad startups listing on the ASX and investors need to be able to distinguish between the two. “The good type is a company that’s got around $10m in revenue (or more), is probably breakeven, profitable or very... Show More