Niki Scevak
Partner at Blackbird
Niki Scevak
Partner at Blackbird
Greater Sydney Area
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2012 - Current
Co-founder of Blackbird, a venture fund that exists to supercharge Australia's and New Zealand's most ambitious founders.
Co-Founder
2010
A founder community helping the next generation succeed.
Founder
2005 - 2010
Homethinking.com helps home owners find a Realtor by showing what each agent has sold in the past and what customers have said about the job they did.
Analyst
1999 - 2005
As an Analyst with Jupiter Research, Niki Scevak covers marketing and media with a focus on forecast modeling of the online advertising and paid search markets. He joined Jupiter Research's Data Research Group in 2004. From 1999-2003, Scevak was based in Sydney, Australia, where he led Jupiter Research's coverage of emerging media and telecommunications, and managing INT Media Group's stable of technology newsletters and events. Scevak has been quoted in major media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Australian Financial Review, Business Review Weekly and other trade media. His published work is used as coursework material for the Institute of Charted Accountants and he has lectured on post-graduate marketing at the University of Technology Sydney. He lives in New York City.
Co-Founder
1998 - 1999
Co-founder of the BookmarkBox, an online service that let users manage and share their bookmarks online and public users search upon those sites that users chose to be public. Raised private round of financing, responsible for marketing and business development of the company, which was acquired by Blink, a New York based competitor after the firm raised $12m in venture capital.
Assistant Stockbroker
1998 - 1999
Assistant to stockbroking desk within Macquarie, concentrating on optimizing and providing support for the public equity portfolios of high net worth individuals. Discussed research and firm recommendations with clients, provided transaction support and general administrative work.