Samantha Wong

Partner at Blackbird Ventures · Joined 2015

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Biography

Samantha Wong is a Partner at Blackbird. Her Blackbird profile states that she was a lawyer, then a product manager, then a Startmate company founder, and that she joined Blackbird as Head of Operations in 2015 before moving to investments in 2017. It states that she led the drafting of a Model Code of Conduct for the Australian venture community and launched a Women in VC Internship program, and names food technology, synthetic biology, longevity and healthcare as her interests. She is the named author of Blackbird's post announcing the firm's sixth fund and is quoted as Partner in the firm's 25 August 2026 media release. No board seat is recorded. Blackbird's investment announcement posts, twenty-four of which were read on 7 September 2026, name the authoring investor but contain no sentence appointing anyone to a portfolio company board, and no portfolio company board page naming this person was found.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

MarlooHalterWonder Studios

Career Timeline

2015
Joined Blackbird as Head of Operations, per her Blackbird profile.
2017
Moved from operations to investments at Blackbird, per her Blackbird profile.
2025
Co-authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on Wonder Studios' Series A, published 3 November 2025.
2026
Co-authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on Halter's US$220 million Series E, published 25 March 2026.
2026
Authored Blackbird's announcement of Marloo's $10M Series Seed extension, published 29 April 2026.
2026
Authored Blackbird's 25 August 2026 post on the firm's sixth fund and is quoted as Partner in the accompanying media release.

Sources & References

Blackbird - Samantha Wong profile ↗Blackbird - Team ↗Blackbird - Announcing Marloo's $10M Series Seed (29 April 2026) ↗Blackbird - Investment Notes: Halter Series E (25 March 2026) ↗Blackbird - Investment Notes: Wonder Studios (3 November 2025) ↗Blackbird - A billion reasons to invest right at the very beginning (25 August 2026) ↗