Yaama Blackbird Ventures,
Cheers for another invite to Giants.
We’ve now graduated from the University of Being Mentored with a double major in “Pitching Without Payroll” and a minor in “Stretching Runway With Cup Noodles”… Our cap table looks like a family tree with no Aunties. Our impact metrics make accountants blink like kangaroos in headlights.
You encourage us to apply while excluding structures our communities trust… then give us thirty minutes to compress 65,000 years of knowledge systems and a cash-flow forecast into a neat hockey stick.
Respectfully, we can do it… we’ve done harder, but you can do something too…
Our counter-offer: we’ll mentor you.
- Workshop 1: Say “we believe in mob” and also “we invest in mob” without changing colour…
- Workshop 2: Measure returns in jobs on Country, language and pride – not just mythical beasts and exit slides.
- Workshop 3: How to stay black when the chequebook opens.
Bonus electives:
- “Due Diligence That Doesn’t Treat Community Like Risk.”
- “Term Sheets That Don’t Evict Culture.”
- “Reverse Shark Tank,” where we grill you. Bring damper. Bring humility. Bring a pen.
Final assessment: When will venture firms invest at scale in Indigenous businesses?
Because every time we ask, the black bird turns white… your preferred investment type. Preferred photo op. Preferred silence.
We’ll keep building anyway.
If you want in, bring capital and courage.
Just leave the colour-changing at home.
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