Current Affiliates

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  1. Rick Baker

    Partner, CEO and Co-Founder at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Co-founder, Partner and Chief Executive Officer

      2012 – Present

    2. MLC

      Investment manager

      Past – 2012

  2. Samantha Wong

    General Partner at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      General Partner

      2017 – Present

    2. CapacityHQ

      Co-founder and CEO

      2014 – 2015

    3. SurfStitch

      Product and Strategy

      2010 – 2013

  3. Harry Uffindell

    Chief People Officer at Manifest OS

    1. Manifest OS

      Chief People Officer

      2026-09 – Present

    2. Alumni Ventures

      Venture Scout

      2023-01 – Present

    3. TEN13

      Venture Scout

      2022-01 – Present

  4. Phoebe Harrop Meadows

    Partner at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Partner

      2023-02-21 – Present

    2. Startmate

      Coach and Mentor

      2021-01 – Present

    3. Generation Investment Management

      Director, Growth Equity

      2018-03 – 2021-02

  5. Georgia Robertson

    Investment Associate at Blackbird

    1. Blackbird

      Investment Associate

      2024-05 – Present

    2. Humanitix

      Board Director

      2021-07 – Present

    3. Fundamentally

      Consultant

      2023-07 – 2023-12

  6. James Palmer

    Principal at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Principal

      2024-10 – Present

    2. NZ Growth Capital Partners

      Investment Manager

      2020-02 – 2021-12

    3. Todd Corporation

      Senior Analyst, Strategy and Corporate Development

      2019-06 – 2020-02

  7. Tom Humphrey

    Partner at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Partner

      Present

  8. Niki Scevak

    Partner at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Partner

      Present

  10. Samantha Wong

    Partner at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Partner

      Present

  11. Silk

    Principal at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Principal

      Present

  12. Max Meyer

    Principal at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Principal

      Present

  13. Michael Tolo

    Partner at Blackbird Ventures

    1. Blackbird Ventures

      Partner

      Present

  14. Janet Zhong

    Applied physics PhD researcher at Stanford

    1. Bolus

      Full-Stack Engineer

      2023-01 – Present

    2. Stanford

      Graduate Research Assistant and Applied Physics PhD researcher

      2021-01 – Present

    3. Apple

      Intern, optimization and optics for displays

      Present

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