Founder, Sunroom
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Founder | Sunroom | Blackbird Ventures (1 Sep 2025), Blackbird Ventures (27 Feb 2025), Missing Perspectives (8 Jan 2025), Blackbird Ventures (20 Nov 2024), Missing Perspectives (13 Nov 2024), Missing Perspectives (23 Oct 2024), Blackbird Ventures portfolio, SmartCompany |
| First Australian Employee (former) | Bumble | Startup Daily, Blackbird Ventures, Missing Perspectives, SmartCompany |
| Chief Marketing Officer (former) | Kic | Blackbird Ventures, Missing Perspectives |
| Citibank | Blackbird Ventures, Missing Perspectives |
Stories naming Michelle Battersby. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Blackbird shares results from its third year tracking how many women-led teams reach its investment committee, reporting FY25 gains in backing female founders, a market comparison with Cut Through Venture, and new sourcing partnerships.
Three founder mothers, behind Sunroom, Sense of Self and More Good Days, describe balancing startups with parenting; More Good Days' Neala Fulia recalls her first raise overshooting expectations, with Blackbird backing.
Feature on three founder-mothers — Berwick, Battersby and Fulia — balancing startups and babies; Fulia's first round closed a million dollars above plan, with Blackbird among her investors.
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.
Interview with Sunroom co-founder Lucy Mort on founder life and product lessons, recalling three funding rounds totalling $10.4 million from backers including Blackbird and Red Swan Ventures.
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.
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.