PH
Phoebe Harrop
Partner at Blackbird
New Zealand
Overview
Phoebe Harrop is a General Partner at Blackbird Ventures in New Zealand, with a background in corporate law and extensive experience in strategic planning and commercial litigation. She has made notable investments in companies like Tracksuit (Series A) and SafeStack (Seed), focusing on sectors such as Food and Beverage, Digital Health, and FinTech.
Throughout her career, Phoebe has excelled in providing legal advice, engaging in public speaking, and contributing to the growth of various startups through her role as a mentor and coach at Startmate.
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Blackbird exists to supercharge New Zealand and Australia's most ambitious founders 🚀 I spend my days backing wild hearts: founders, doing their life's work, building world-changing businesses from Aotearoa. 🥝 If you, or someone you know, is working on something fresh and different, hit me up! 👀
Mentor
2021
Coach
2020 - 2022
Director, Growth Equity
2018 - 2021
Investing $50-150m in mission driven, growth stage companies that are accelerating the transition to a more sustainable economy. Indicative investments include Asana, Convoy, Sophia Genetics, Nature's Fynd, Toast, Remitly, amongst others
Fellow
2018 - 2018
Technoserve work with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses and industries.
Raised $3,500,000.00 from Walmart.org.
Consultant
2014 - 2017
Lecturer
2014 - 2014
LW110 - Law and Society
Summer clerk
2012 - 2013
Education
LLB(Hons)/BA
2009 - 2013
BA (Spanish)
2012 - 2012