CEO · Founder, Propeller Aero · angel in 2 deals
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO (former) · Founder | Propeller Aero | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
| CEO (former) · Founder | Propeller | Startmate, Startup Daily (16 Nov 2023), Startup Daily (14 Nov 2022), Blackbird Ventures portfolio, Startup Daily (1 Aug 2022) |
| Intern (former) | Taggle | Startup Daily |
Every published round Rory San Miguel took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vexev | undisclosed | 14 Nov 2022 | $8.5m | Participant | Startup Daily (8 Aug 2026), Startup Daily (14 Nov 2022), SmartCompany | |
| Sitemate | Seed | 10 Aug 2022 | $5.2m | Participant | Forbes Australia (23 Dec 2024), Forbes Australia (20 Aug 2024), SmartCompany (17 Nov 2023), Startup Daily (16 Nov 2023), Startup Daily (7 Sep 2022), Startup Daily (6 Sep 2022), Blackbird Ventures portfolio, SmartCompany (11 Aug 2022), Startup Daily (1 Aug 2022) |
Companies Rory San Miguel has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
Fund closes reported for Rory San Miguel, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Rory San Miguel has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Rory San Miguel did.
Stories naming Rory San Miguel. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Propeller Aero's chief executive Rory San Miguel has won the Pearcey Foundation's 2025 NSW entrepreneur award; the profile traces his path from UNSW clubs and Flirtey to the drone surveying company.
Startmate reflects on a decade of backing founders, profiling breakout alumni across its cohorts and describing how its mentors reinvest in newer startups, alongside its fund model and returns.
Construction software startup Sitemate has secured $7.5 million in pre-Series A funding, led by Marbruck Investments with Blackbird and Artesian participating, and intends to double headcount during 2024.
Blackbird's investment notes explain why it led Sitemate's seed round, tracing the built-world software startup from its 2017 Startmate cohort and pre-seed backing to its collaboration products.
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