Black Nova Venture Capital

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VCMatch tracks Black Nova Venture Capital as an investor focused on Enterprise SaaS, Vertical SaaS, and Cybersecurity companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, Australia and B2 B Australian Technology Companies markets, and $100k check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

Check Size

$100k

Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

Enterprise SaaS, Vertical SaaS, Cybersecurity

Geography

Australia and B2B Australian technology companies

Investment Thesis

Black Nova is a founder-focused VC firm that invests in ambitious founding teams solving acute problems in B2B SaaS. They exist to ‘champion the next generation of B2B technology startups’ and believe in developing long, enduring relationships that extend beyond exits. The firm emphasizes rolling up their sleeves to become an extension of portfolio company teams while also giving founders space to focus on building. Their support is enabled by capital, not the other way around.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Black Nova Venture Capital is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in Enterprise SaaS, Vertical SaaS, Cybersecurity, and Healthtech, especially across Australia and B2B Australian technology companies, with public check-size signals around $100k.

Focus statement

We invest predominantly in Australian and B2B SaaS companies at pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages. We are a thematic fund focused on B2B SaaS companies with specialization that goes deep in specific areas to the benefit of portfolio companies.

Value Add

Founder-led team with firsthand startup experience - 'The Black Nova team is made up of founders, investors, experts and executives who have all been through the startup journey'
Bias towards 'boring is better' - preference for solving acute problems with deep domain expertise
Comfort investing in pre-revenue businesses and writing first checks for ambitious founders
Fast decision-making process - aim to complete process from first meeting to money in bank in 6-8 weeks maximum
Extensive network of 15+ Venture Partners with deep expertise across product, sales, operations, security, and international expansion
Transparent and balanced approach - 'they worked transparently and quickly with us and were balanced in their approach to agreeing terms and cheque size'