Funding announcement
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Startup · $5.4m raised
Black.ai
Melbourne, VIC
Funding history
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Series A : $5,400,000
Investors
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Black.ai raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Jelix Ventures | Series A | - |
| Right Click Capital | Series A | - |
On a portfolio page
Investors whose own portfolio pages list Black.ai, even though we haven't found any coverage of the round yet.
| Investor | Listed on |
|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | its portfolio page ↗ |
What Black.ai bought
Companies Black.ai acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
People
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Karthik Rajgopal | Director of Research | Startup Daily, biztechlawyers.com |
| Keaton Okkonen | CEO · Founder | Blackbird Ventures portfolio, Startup Daily, biztechlawyers.com |
| Phoebe Collier | Operations Lead | Startup Daily |
| Sebastien Collier | CTO | Startup Daily, biztechlawyers.com |
Coverage
Stories naming Black.ai. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
29 deals
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