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Firing Up the Sales Engine
Talks about turbulent economic conditions, S&P 500 downturn and conservatism in business strategies
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Tom Humphrey
Partner at Blackbird
Sydney, New South Wales
Overview
Tom Humphrey is a Partner at Blackbird Ventures in Sydney, New South Wales, with a background in corporate finance, private equity, and venture capital. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has successfully invested in companies like Sitemate and Cyble, demonstrating a strong track record in identifying and supporting promising startups.
With experience at Access Ventures and previous roles as COO at Kanopy and OurDeal.com.au, Tom has honed his skills in mergers, strategy, and financial analysis, contributing to his success in investing in a diverse range of sectors such as Health IT, E-commerce, and AI.
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
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Partner
2019 - 2020
Access is an active early stage tech venture capital firm based in Colorado focused on seed and Series A investments.
Access Venture Partners is Colorado-based venture capital firm investing in innovative early-stage technology companies.
COO
2011 - 2018
Video streaming platform for academic and public libraries. Went through 2 financing rounds and exited to KKR.
Kanopy is a operator of online video streaming platform intended to democratize meaningful film and television.
COO
2010 - 2011
Ecommerce platform. Over 12 months, we built a team of 85 FTE and exited to a News Corp / Channel Ten JV.
Strategy Analyst (Secondment)
2009 - 2010
CIMIC (fka Leighton Holdings) is the largest construction / contract services / contract mining company in Asia Pac. I worked in the strategy team on secondment as the sole analyst, reporting to the Head of Strategy. I was responsible for assessment of M&A opportunities and key strategic initiatives and formulated Board and shareholder reports.
Associate
2007 - 2010
Management consultant in the strategy practice. 2007-2008 - Consultant, 2008-2009 - Senior Consultant, 2010 - Associate (project manager). I was formally "seconded" during my time there to two ASX 100 companies - Fortescue Metals and Leighton Holdings.
PwC Strategy& is a global management consulting firm, helping the world's top businesses, governments, and other institutions.
Paralegal / Summer Clerk
2005 - 2006
Paralegal
2004 - 2005
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
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Indistinguishable from Magic: A River of Inquiry into AI
Talks about AI advancements, Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI
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Indistinguishable from Magic: Mapping the Emerging AI Market
Talks about AI market map, AI infrastructure stack and AI application layer
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Indistinguishable from Magic: The 7 Sources of Moat in AI
Talks about AI market, AI companies and competitive moat