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Mason Yates
Principal at Blackbird
Australia
Overview
Mason Yates is a Principal at Blackbird, with a background in business, data, and financial analysis. With experience as an Investment Analyst and Data Analyst, Mason has progressed to a leadership role at Blackbird, where he focuses on investing in tech startups in sectors like AutoTech, Space, and Digital Health.
Highlights of Mason's career include his roles as a Board Member at Bugcrowd and a Partner at Startmate, demonstrating his expertise in venture capital and startup mentoring.
Work Experience
Principal
2024 - Current
Associate
2021 - 2024
Investment Analyst
2021 - 2021
Data Analyst
2018 - 2021
Board Member
2023 - 2024
Bugcrowd is a cybersecurity company that operates as a platform for crowdsourced security testing.
Raised $230,650,000.00 from Silicon Valley Bank.
Partner
2021 - 2022
Mentor
2018 - 2021
Mentor
2020 - 2021
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Product Analyst
2016 - 2018
Zip Co Limited provides consumers, merchants and businesses around the world access to transparent, flexible and interest-free credit.
Internship - Data Analyst
2016 - 2016