Startup · $1.8m raised
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Excellent raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Carden | Pre-seed | - |
| Mahesh Muralidhar | Pre-seed | - |
| Leighton Roberts | Pre-seed | - |
| K1W1 | Pre-seed | - |
| Justine Smyth | Pre-seed | - |
| Icehouse Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| Brooke Roberts | Pre-seed | - |
| Blackbird Ventures | Pre-seed | - |
| Adam Clark | Pre-seed | - |
Companies Excellent 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jenny Busing | Co-founder and co-CEO | Blackbird Ventures portfolio (30 Nov 2022), Blackbird Ventures portfolio (13 Sep 2022), Startup Daily |
| Samantha Gadd | CEO · Founder | Blackbird Ventures portfolio (30 Nov 2022), Blackbird Ventures portfolio (13 Sep 2022), Startup Daily |
Stories naming Excellent. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Blackbird interviews Jenny Busing, co-founder and co-CEO of employee experience firm Excellent, covering her dance career, mentorship lessons, the EX Revolution manifesto launching in December, and her philosophy that work should not be a drag.
Blackbird's investment note announces it led Excellent's pre-seed round, profiling the employee-experience design learning platform and its founders: Sam Gadd, formerly of Humankind and Kin, and Jenny, ex-Drumfit.
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