Tom Humphrey is a Partner at Blackbird, based in Sydney. Blackbird's post of 1 December 2020 announced that he had joined the firm's investment team as a Principal. His Blackbird profile states that he spent eight years operating before investing: he joined OurDeal, a Sydney direct-to-consumer ecommerce company that exited to News Corp, then moved to the United States in 2011 to launch Kanopy, a B2B video streaming company, with his sister, where he was Chief Operating Officer and which exited to private equity; he also spent about two years as a venture capital analyst at Access Ventures. He is the named author or co-author of Blackbird's investment announcements for Marqo, Lorikeet, Springboards and Alloy. 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
OurDeal - early employee at a Sydney direct-to-consumer ecommerce company, exited to News Corp
Kanopy - co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of a B2B video streaming company, launched 2011 in the United States
Access Ventures - venture capital analyst, approximately two years
Notable Investments
Alloy TechnologiesSpringboardsLorikeetMarqo
Career Timeline
2011
Moved to the United States and launched Kanopy, a B2B video streaming company, with his sister.
2020
Joined the Blackbird investment team as a Principal, based in Sydney, per Blackbird's post of 1 December 2020.
2021
Returned to Australia after ten years in the United States, per his Blackbird profile.
2023
Co-authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on Marqo's seed round, published 6 September 2023.
2025
Co-authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on Lorikeet's US$9M round, published 5 February 2025.
2025
Authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on Springboards' $5M round, published 25 February 2025.
2025
Co-authored Blackbird's Investment Notes on Alloy Technologies' $4.5M pre-seed round, published 24 September 2025.