Startup · $80.5m raised · AI
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Ivo raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Series B · Series A | - |
| Fika Ventures | Series B · Series A | - |
| GD1 | Series B · Series A | - |
| Uncork Capital | Series B · Series A | - |
| Costanoa Venture | Series B | - |
| Icehouse Ventures | Series B | - |
| Costanoa Ventures | Series A | - |
| NFDG | Series A | - |
| Phase One Ventures | Series A | - |
Companies Ivo 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jacob Duligall | Chief Technology Officer · Founder | SmartCompany, Blackbird Ventures |
| Min-Kyu Jung | CEO · Founder | SmartCompany, Blackbird Ventures |
Stories naming Ivo. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Blackbird partner Tom Humphrey argues AI panic overstates the threat to software firms, sketching four stages from bolting on models to training them, and pointing to Canva's acquisitions and Springboards' new model as proof.
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Roundup of four ANZ raises: a Queensland rocket company's nine-figure Series E, a New Zealand legal-AI firm's Series B, a seed round for AI code-security, and a Melbourne construction-software raise.
Roundup of four ANZ raises totalling over $307m: Gilmour Space's Series E, Ivo's Series B, Dam Secure's seed round and SPEC Toolbox's pre-Series A, plus a board appointment at Dam Secure.
Blackbird's post explains why it led Ivo's US$55 million Series B with five co-investors, citing the legal-AI company's product expansion, customer growth, and adoption by major corporates.
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