Company
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Carta raised.
Companies Carta 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 |
|---|---|---|
| David Booth | Blackbird Ventures | |
| Nolan Church | Chief People Officer (former) | TechCrunch Venture |
Stories naming Carta. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Analysis of Lightspeed Venture Partners' 2026 close of three funds totalling nine billion dollars, its backer base, AI allocation, portfolio outcomes and comparisons with other big venture firms.
Precision fermentation company Cauldron Ferm wins the regional startup category at Startup Daily's tech awards for the second straight year; the profile recalls its Series A, government grants and Mackay biomanufacturing plant.
Also Startup Daily
Weekly roundup covering several startup acquisitions, a clutch of venture rounds across AI and other sectors, a Clay employee share sale, and Marathon Venture Capital's new fund close.
Blackbird has hired On Deck co-founder David Booth for its New Zealand investing team in an EIR role; the post recounts his career and On Deck's roughly $100 million raise.
TechCrunch roundup: FTX fallout hits Nestcoin and SoftBank's stake, while Quix, Joepegs, Vow, Faraday Future and Butter raise, plus items on Twitter, VLC, DoorDash, Hulu, Google and Apple.
Also AgFunderNews
Blackbird's investment note explains why it co-led Checkmate's US$5 million seed round, describing the shopping tool's product, its e-commerce thesis, and the Perth-raised founding team behind the startup.
UK payments firm GoCardless raised A$437 million in Series G funding led by Permira, with BlackRock Private Equity Partners joining, valuing it at A$2.9 billion as it readies its Australian platform for PayTo's launch.