Joel Connolly

Joel Connolly is Head of Community at Blackbird Ventures, an Australian venture capital fund, and a former talent manager and craft beer festival director. Joel organises and runs Blackbird's annual Sunrise festival which brings together the best founders and ideas in the country. Blackbird has invested in some of Australia's most successful startups, including Autopilot, Canva, Coinjar, Dovetail, Redbubble and SafetyCulture.