Startup · $100m raised
a community and platform that, six years’ later, has gone on to create and empower a thousands-strong network of the world's most ambitious startup founders
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round On Deck raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Founders Fund | undisclosed | - |
| Tiger Global | undisclosed | - |
Companies On Deck 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 | Chairman (former) · Founder | Startup Daily, Blackbird Ventures |
| Jerry Yohananov | CFO (former) | Startup Daily (22 Mar 2023), Startup Daily (8 Mar 2023) |
Stories naming On Deck. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
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.
Build Club and AWS are launching a six-week Sydney accelerator for 15 technical founders in AI, offering credits, mentoring and a US tour, with two founders already chosen.
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.
Sydney payments company Till Payments secured a $70 million Series D led by Silva Fortune weeks after cutting 120 staff, with new board members joining and a US listing planned.
Also Australian FinTech·SmartCompany·Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·Forbes Australia
Presentation startup Chronicle, based in Sydney and San Francisco, announced a $7.5 million seed round led by Accel and Square Peg, with angels from several major tech companies participating.
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.