# Black Nova Venture Capital

> Black Nova Venture Capital is a VC fund backing Software and SaaS. See 47 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Surry Hills, Australia
- Total investments: 47
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last fund: Sep 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-nova-vc/
- Website: https://blacknova.vc

Black Nova Venture Capital is a VC fund in Surry Hills focused on Software and SaaS. Championing the next generation of B2B technology startups.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $640k–$3.4M |
| Pre-Seed | $330k–$2.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 20 | 43% |
| SaaS | 9 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 15% |
| Internet | 4 | 9% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 9% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 25 | 53% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 13% |
| Series A | 4 | 9% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 27 | 57% |
| United States | 4 | 9% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 4% |
| Philippines | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Koukourou | Angel Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-koukourou |
| Michael Priddis | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-priddis |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zabidou | 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 |  |
| Prefactor | 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 | Cable Energy provides structurally cheaper power for Australian SMEs. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Enaxiom | Enaxiom develops sustainable cooling technology that reduces energy and water use for AI data centres & industry. | $1.8M | Seed | May 06, 2026 |  |
| Operata | 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 |  |
| Nullify | 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 |  |
| SPEC Toolbox | 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 | 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 | Factor uses AI to help power companies create bespoke pricing for large customers with complex needs. | $3M | Seed | Jul 18, 2025 |  |
| LOGIDOX | Logidox is document automation made specifically for the Supply Chain & Logistics industry! From shipping/customs docs to pallet transfers to proof of delivery dockets and freight invoices - critical financial workflows tied to the movement of goods often rely on paper-based documents, disconnected systems, and manual data entry — leadingto inefficiencies, errors, unsustainable workloads, and rising costs...... we solve this by automatically extracting and organising unstructured data into machine-useable formats for end-to-end processing. | $1.2M | Seed | Jul 15, 2025 |  |

10 of 47 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Black Nova Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-nova-group) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Investible](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investible) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Flying Fox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flying-fox) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Tidal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tidalvc) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [AfterWork Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afterwork-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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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 47 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?

Public channels for Black Nova Venture Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Black Nova Venture Capital?

The team at Black Nova Venture Capital includes Michael Koukourou (Angel Investor) and Michael Priddis (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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