Black Nova Venture Capital
VC Fund
Surry Hills, Australia
Black Nova Venture Capital is a VC fund in Surry Hills focused on Software and SaaS. Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.
- Total investments:
- 48
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
- Fund size:
- $17M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Black Nova Venture Capital invests in
Stages Black Nova Venture Capital invests in
Countries Black Nova Venture Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $640k–$3.4M
- Pre-Seed
- $330k–$2.9M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 24 (50%)
- SaaS 11 (23%)
- Information Technology 10 (21%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (17%)
- Internet 4 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 27 (56%)
- Pre-Seed 8 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (10%)
- Series A 4 (8%)
- Funding Round 1 (2%)
Country
- Australia 30 (63%)
- United States 4 (8%)
- New Zealand 2 (4%)
- Philippines 1 (2%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Matthew Browne
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Michael Koukourou
Angel Investor
|
Angel Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Michael Priddis
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| ReFresh is a workplace wellbeing and emotional intelligence platform that helps companies improve emotional health, reduce burnout, and boost performance in real time.It captures anonymous emotional signals from workplace systems, turning them into live dashboards that show team wellbeing, burnout risk, and engagement trends. Leaders get earlywarning signs and clear actions to support their teams before problems escalate. | $1.8M / Seed / Sep 17, 2026 | ||
| Zabidou develops laser-based sensing systems that give machines real-time perception to separate materials and improve sorting efficiency. | $2.5M / Seed / Aug 04, 2026 | ||
| User Management platform seamlessly combining authentication, authorisation and audit via our unique Domain Specific Language. We enable engineers to build user workflows in our language, their way | $977.9K / Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| Cable Energy provides structurally cheaper power for Australian SMEs. | $2.9M / Pre-Seed / May 27, 2026 | ||
| Enaxiom develops sustainable cooling technology that reduces energy and water use for AI data centres & industry. | $1.8M / Seed / May 06, 2026 | ||
| Operata is customer & agent experience management for Cloud Contact Centres.We all love the flexibility and power of cloud contact call centres. But the benefits bring new complexities. The technology has moved your Agents further from your Customers than ever before. And with multiple providers, network layers, security, software, OS andmore. There are more dependencies, less visibility, and next-to-no control. How do you know where to improve? That’s why there’s Operata. It’s for contact center agents, managers and the IT teams that support them. Operata collects quality data, from every agent, for every second of every call , and uses Machine Learning to continually analyse, then uses smart diagnostics to dynamically move calls, switch channels or give agents real time solutions, such as checking their headset or network connectivity, with intelligent visuals, reports, notifications and the data they need to identify and resolve issues quickly, building knowledge to improve analysis over time.It continuously improves the everyday experience for your Agents, and your customers. | $11M / Series A / Feb 09, 2026 | ||
| Using open-source tools, vulnerability databases and large language models, Nullify gives developers actionable findings and fixes for security issues it finds in their workflows. | $12.5M / Seed / Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| CLT Toolbox offers sustainable design of structural materials, using software to clear through the clutter and make design simple. CLT Toolbox is building structural design software to make mass timber as easy as concrete or steel. | $3M / Seed / Jan 15, 2026 | ||
| Breadcrumb is a modern site safety and compliance tool built for the construction industry and used by over a million workers across the globe in the United State, United Kingdom and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.Available on mobile and desktop, Breadcrumb houses vital site safety documentation such as inductions/orientations,attendance, RAMS/SWMS/SSSP, JHAs/PTPs/JSAs, insurances and permits, as well as a complete worker directory linked to every site and the ability to send messages to each signed-in worker. This centralised hub is accessible to everyone who needs it and integrates with Procore in real-time.By streamlining a typically disjointed experience and creating a direct path of communication to the worker, Breadcrumb helps site teams manage projects more efficiently, without losing site of safety. | $4.3M / Convertible Note / Jan 10, 2026 | ||
| Factor uses AI to help power companies create bespoke pricing for large customers with complex needs. | $3M / Seed / Jul 18, 2025 | ||
| See all 48 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Black Nova Venture Capital invest in?
Black Nova Venture Capital invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 48 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Black Nova Venture Capital's check size?
Black Nova Venture Capital typically joins rounds of $640k–$3.4M at Seed and $330k–$2.9M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Black Nova Venture Capital participates in.
How do I contact Black Nova Venture Capital?
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Who are the partners at Black Nova Venture Capital?
The team at Black Nova Venture Capital includes Matthew Browne (Managing Partner), Michael Koukourou (Angel Investor) and Michael Priddis (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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