Samantha Wong

Sam is a Partner at Blackbird Ventures, a technology venture capital fund with $230 million funds under management. She is also a Partner at Startmate, Australia’s pre-eminent early-stage technology accelerator. Prior to joining Blackbird, Sam co-founded a Startmate Company, CapacityHQ, a professional services marketplace. Sam started her career as a corporate lawyer at Minter Ellison before career-pivotting to lead Product teams at SurfStitch.com, a multi-national e-commerce startup.