{ "data": null, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackbird-ventures/", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackbird-ventures/index.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackbird-ventures/index.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackbird-ventures/index.min.md" }, "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://www.blackbird.vc\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **Airwallex**, Series F, May 2025, through Blackbird\n - [Airwallex Spend and Issuing](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/airwallex.md), graded B, 68.3/100\n - Source: https://www.airwallex.com/global/newsroom/airwallex-raises-usd300-million-at-a-usd6-2-billion-valuation-to-build-the-future-of-global-banking\n- **Baseten**, Series E, January 2026, Growth round, June 2026\n - [Baseten](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/baseten.md), graded B, 66.7/100\n - [elephant-1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elephant-1.md), graded D, 47.6/100\n - [mammoth-1](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mammoth-1.md), graded D, 47.7/100\n - Source: https://www.baseten.co/blog/series-e/\n- **Canva**, through Blackbird\n - [Canva REST APIs + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/canva.md), graded B, 65.3/100\n - Source: https://www.blackbird.vc/portfolio\n- **Celeris (Marqo Inc)**\n - [Celeris-1 Decision](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/celeris-1-decision.md), graded D, 49.5/100\n - Source: https://celeris.ai/about\n- **Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)**, through Blackbird\n - [Leonardo.Ai API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leonardo-ai.md), graded F, 37.7/100\n - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/29/canva-acquires-leonardo-ai-to-boost-its-generative-ai-efforts/\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Decision models, 3\n- Spend management \u0026 procurement, 1\n- GPU \u0026 serverless compute, 1\n- Programmatic asset production, 1\n- Image generation, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Jack Zhang](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jack-zhang/), Airwallex\n- [Lucy Yueting Liu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/lucy-yueting-liu/), Airwallex\n- [Jacob Dai](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jacob-dai/), Airwallex\n- [Max L.](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/max-l/), Airwallex\n- [Ki Lok Wong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ki-lok-wong/), Airwallex\n- [Tuhin Srivastava](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tuhin-srivastava/), Baseten\n- [Amir Haghighat](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/amir-haghighat/), Baseten\n- [Phil Howes](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/phil-howes/), Baseten\n- [Pankaj Gupta](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/pankaj-gupta/), Baseten\n- [Tom Hamer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/tom-hamer/), Celeris (Marqo Inc)\n- [Jesse Clark](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jesse-clark/), Celeris (Marqo Inc)\n- [JJ Fiasson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jj-fiasson/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Peter Runham](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/peter-runham/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Jachin Bhasme](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jachin-bhasme/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Sami Ede](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sami-ede/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Chris Gillis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-gillis/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Ethan Smith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ethan-smith/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Blackbird Ventures invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Airwallex, Baseten, Canva, Celeris (Marqo Inc) and Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary) backed by Blackbird Ventures.\n\n### How are Blackbird Ventures's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Airwallex Spend and Issuing (B, 68.3), Baseten (B, 66.7), elephant-1 (D, 47.6), mammoth-1 (D, 47.7), Canva REST APIs + MCP (B, 65.3), Celeris-1 Decision (D, 49.5) and Leonardo.Ai API (F, 37.7).\n\nInvestors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. 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