Phoebe is a Partner in Blackbird’s NZ team with investments in Tracksuit, VeVe and Carepatron. Prior to joining Blackbird, she was a Director in the Growth Equity fund at Generation (Al Gore's Growth Equity Fund).

David is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Blackbird NZ and previously an early employee at Angel List, Carta, and 500 Startups. He then built and led the global education startup + founder community “On Deck” as CEO, raising over $100M from some of the world's top investors

They both hail from New Zealand and have lived/worked in London, San Fransisco, New York and Melbourne.

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