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Investor portfolio, from our funding record
Recorded in our rows as: Blackbird.
Counted rounds
8
Led
5
3 as participant
Companies
2
Disclosed round value
$329M
8 of 8 rounds disclosed; whole rounds, not this investor's share
First deal
2017-04-11
Fleet Space Technologies
Latest deal
2026-01-20
Gilmour Space
Blackbird Ventures appears on 8 counted private space funding rounds in our records, into 2 companies: recorded as lead on 5 and as a participant on 3.
The earliest is Fleet Space Technologies on 11 April 2017; the latest is Gilmour Space on 20 January 2026.
8 of the 8 rounds disclosed a size, together $329M. That is the size of the rounds Blackbird Ventures took part in, not the amount Blackbird Ventures invested: we hold no per-investor allocations and do not estimate them.
The investor most often on the same counted rounds as Blackbird Ventures is Horizons Ventures, on 3 rounds.
Private funding rounds into space companies that name Blackbird Ventures as lead or participant, newest first, each with its source. Round size is the whole round; a blank size was never disclosed and is not estimated.
| Date | Company | Stage | Role | Round size | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmour SpaceRecorded as Series E | Series D and later | ParticipantAs recorded: Blackbird | $146M | StartupDaily (opens the source for this round) | |
| Fleet Space TechnologiesRecorded as Series D | Series D and later | Participant | $95.4M | Startup Daily (opens the source for this round) | |
| Fleet Space Technologies | Series C | Lead | $32.9M | Startup Daily (opens the source for this round) | |
| Fleet Space Technologies | Series B | Lead | $26.4M | Fleet Space Technologies (press release via SpaceNews) (opens the source for this round) | |
| Fleet Space TechnologiesRecorded as Series A (2019) | Series A | Participant | $7.4M | Startup Daily (opens the source for this round) | |
| Gilmour Space | Series B | Lead | $13.7M | Startup Daily (opens the source for this round) | |
| Gilmour Space | Series A | Lead | $3.7M | Startup Daily (opens the source for this round) | |
| Fleet Space TechnologiesRecorded as Series A (2017) | Series A | Lead | $3.8M | Startup Daily (opens the source for this round) |
| Stage | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Series A | 3 |
| Series B | 2 |
| Series C | 1 |
| Series D and later | 2 |
| Sector | Rounds |
|---|---|
| Satellite | 5 |
| Launch | 3 |
| Year | Rounds |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 |
Investors named on the same counted rounds, by the number of rounds shared.
Showing the 10 most frequent of 19 co-investors. The full list is part of a SpaceNexus Research seat.
Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security. Full disclaimer
| 2023 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2 |