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Black Nova Venture Capital
Venture capital · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Asia Pacific
Black Nova Venture Capital is a founder-focused venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS technology companies. It backs founders at the beginning of their journey, from pre-seed through Series A, with a focus on Australian technology companies.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsb2b saasenterprise softwareaustraliafounder-focusedearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsBlack Nova Venture Capital lists 41 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 83% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Healthcare & Biotech (11%) and Cybersecurity (11%). 75% of its companies are based in Australia. It invests most often alongside Antler, Investible and Airtree.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Black Nova Venture Capital, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Black Nova Venture Capital's whole history. Rounds on record name 6 companies; its own site lists 41. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 83% |
| Series A | 17% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 78th | 41 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 84th | 83% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 70th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 21th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 11% | 15% |
| Cybersecurity | 11% | 4% |
| Space & Defense | 10% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 10% | 8% |
| Human Resources | 5% | 1% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Antler | 9 |
| Investible | 4 |
| Airtree | 3 |
| Archangel Ventures | 3 |
| Flying Fox Ventures | 3 |
| AfterWork Ventures | 2 |
| Metagrove Ventures | 2 |
| Startmate | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4098%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company12%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Black Nova Venture Capital head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Black Nova Venture Capital| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 26 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 5 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 5 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 17 Jan 2026 | Seed Led |
Round details for Black Nova Venture Capital
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Black Nova Venture Capital's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
41 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a messaging app for teams, particularly frontline and deskless teams, as an alternative to personal WhatsApp groups. | Enterprise SoftwareCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Alcova coordinates work between people and agents | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Altai is a global casting platform connecting actors, agents, casting professionals and clients. | Enterprise SoftwareEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Arlula automates how Earth observation data is discovered, tasked, sold, delivered, and governed – reliably and at scale with your existing systems. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Auggie provides parenting advice, expert-led groups, and community support for parents. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avertro provides a platform for cyber resilience and AI governance, offering tools for risk quantification, threat modeling, and compliance assurance. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Breadcrumb provides construction safety and productivity software for the jobsite | ConsumerIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Brieft provides a workspace for creators and their editors to manage video production from brief to publication | Media & EntertainmentSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Cable provides electricity and battery management services to businesses and residents | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | May 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| CipherStash provides queryable encryption for Postgres databases, allowing data to stay encrypted while being used by applications | CybersecurityDeveloper Tools | Portfolio page | ||
| Enaxiom develops a regenerative dual-purpose cooling system for data centres | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Evidentli's AI-powered platform automates semantic and structural harmonization of healthcare data | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Factor brings workflows, context, governance, and people processes into one shared system | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Functionly provides interactive org design software to visualize and design organizational structures | Enterprise SoftwareHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| GovConnex provides a political intelligence platform for government relations | Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Hudled tracks, manages, and optimises a company's software stack. | Space & DefenseSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Kismet provides NDIS plan management and healthcare services, including booking speech therapists and occupational therapists. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Lodgicl provides an intelligence layer for the insurance supply chain, helping with estimate intelligence and claim processing | FintechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Mintable is an NFT platform that has been operating since 2018. | Crypto & Web3E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Notiv develops an AI-powered meeting recorder and notetaker for teams | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 10 Nov 2026- Site
- blacknova.vc
- Last read
- 10 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 17 Jan 2026
- Companies checked
- 41
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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