Dave Berner: Ledger

Stories naming Dave Berner. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.

Role	Organisation	Sources
Founder	Parachute	Startup Daily, SmartCompany
VP of Engineering · Founder	Kinde	Blackbird Ventures, Startup Daily

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24 Aussie startups that raised $91 million this week

Roundup of the week's Australian startup funding: fresh raises for five companies, Startmate's Summer '26 accelerator intake of 19 startups, and Affinda's acquisition of Pathfindr.

SmartCompany 20 Feb 2026 Affinda Alloovium Appetise Ascenda Brainwaves Breaker Cascayd CheckGen CrossCourtAI Deeligence FlowGo Fluent Commerce Guin IBnkVault Lockii Neuralindex Parachute Superstat Talentsheet Tendor Thermal Dawn Vixia Wiingman Zabidou Anthropic Aussie Angels Canva Co Ventures Defence Science and Technology Agency Singapore Ellerston Capital JD Sports LaunchVic L’Oréal LVMH MYOB Pathfindr Perplexity REA Group Rheinmetall Defence Australia Rocket Lab Shopify Startmate Toll United States Special Operations Command Zed Law Arrowroot Capital Bain Capital Bessemer Venture Partners Brand Fund Icehouse Ventures K1W1 Main Sequence Ventures NZVC OIF Ventures Rampersand Andrew Poesaste Ashok Jacob Cheryl Mack Greg Ellis Maxine Minter Paul Little Dr Ben Toner Dave Berner Graham Jackson Matthew Buffa Michael Irwin Peter Phanouvong Phoebe Pincus Reed Li Ryan Zahrai Tim Toner Vanja Videnovic Vivienne Chan

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Spotlight On: Ross Chaldecott, Kinde

Blackbird interviews Kinde co-founder Ross Chaldecott on lessons from Shopify, Atlassian and Campaign Monitor, Kinde's mission, its authentication product, and the large seed round behind its compound platform build.

Blackbird Ventures portfolio 28 Jun 2023 Atlassian Auth0 Blackbird Ventures Campaign Monitor Kinde Shopify Dave Berner Mason Yates Ross Chaldecott

Dave Berner

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24 Aussie startups that raised $91 million this week

Spotlight On: Ross Chaldecott, Kinde