This Month In Venture

A billion-dollar fund. Pressure to cash out. AI accelerating. And a new chapter at Apple. Plenty for Gavin Appel and Tobi Skovron to unpack in this month’s This Month in Venture. We cover: • Australian VC: Blackbird’s $1 billion fund, Airtree’s liquidity debate and fresh capital backing the next wave of founders. • Startup reality: Pay.com.au’s US expansion, Expert360’s sale and the very different outcomes behind the headlines. • Founder conviction: Ruslan Kogan’s five-year bet on performance-linked pay. • The AI race: The money, momentum and what it means for businesses trying to keep up. • Apple’s next chapter: New leadership, new products and the eternal question: do we actually need another upgrade? The thread running through it all? Raising money, building value and delivering returns are three different scoreboards. Gavin and Tobi get into what these stories mean for founders, investors and people building businesses every day. Pull up a seat. There’s a lot to talk about. . . Connect With Gavin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinappel/ Connect With Tobi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ Show Links: https://www.ignitionlane.com/ https://cubes.co/