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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Bumble raised.
Companies Bumble acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Michelle Battersby | First Australian Employee (former) | Startup Daily, Blackbird Ventures, Missing Perspectives, SmartCompany |
| Michelle Kennedy | Exec (former) | Startup Daily |
| Whitney Wolf Herde | Founding Chief Executive Officer | Blackbird Ventures, Missing Perspectives |
Stories naming Bumble. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Citibank and Bumble to Kic and Sunroom; Blackbird partner Nick Crocker recalls backing the company.
Interview with Sunroom co-founder Michelle Battersby on her path from Bumble's first Australian employee and Kic CMO to founding the creator platform, plus investor Nick Crocker on backing the team.
A Blackbird partner argues AI has revived vertical software by turning hard-to-sell customers into product-led buyers, noting the firm recently backed three such startups and recalling Aconex's sale to Oracle.
Also buildxact.com
The co-founders of Sydney venture firm AfterWork Ventures have been recognised on the Forbes Asia young leaders list, alongside other regional founders and investors; the firm earlier reached a $10 million first close on its fund.
Weekly tech wrap: cloud-market trends, Tiger Global's cheques into Stake, Shippit and Carma, new VC funds, several acquisitions, grocery delivery startups Send and Quicko collapsing, and Elaine Stead joining M8 Ventures.
Also Startup Daily
Blackbird profiles Lucy Mort, co-founder and CEO of creator monetisation app Sunroom, covering its origins, her Hinge background, and the seed round's majority-female investor base.
Melbourne link-management startup Linktree has raised a $152 million Series B extension at a claimed $1.8 billion valuation, led again by Index Ventures and Coatue, a year after its $59 million Series B.
Profile of Sunroom, a subscription platform letting women and non-binary creators earn from content, started by two dating-app veterans and backed in a seed round by Blackbird.