Blackbird.AI Raises $20 Million In Series B Funding For the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, the funds will be used to expand Blackbird.AI's regional footprint and grow its customer base across the region, with Singapore serving as the regional headquarters

By Teena Jose

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

You're reading Entrepreneur Asia Pacific, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media.

Company handout

AI-Driven Narrative and Risk Intelligence Constellation Platform, Blackbird.AI, has raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by cybersecurity investor Ten Eleven Ventures, with follow-on support from existing investors Dorilton Capital, Generation Ventures, StartFast Ventures and Trousdale Ventures. Other investors include Paul Kurtz, chief cybersecurity advisor to Splunk and Richard Clarke, the first "cyber czar" for the U.S. Government. For the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, the funds will be used to expand Blackbird.AI's regional footprint and grow its customer base across the region, with Singapore serving as the regional headquarters.

"Human perception has become the latest frontier in cyberattacks, manifesting as misinformation and narrative manipulation. We aim to help organizations understand and address the potential threats posed by perception manipulation, which often fly under the radar, fostering an environment of trust, safety and integrity, while simultaneously providing them with significant strategic and competitive leverage," said Wasim Khaled, CEO and co-founder, Blackbird.AI.

According to an official statement, the company said that, in addition to driving marketing and customer support efforts, Blackbird.AI will also be ramping up hiring for APAC to ensure they have the right talent to navigate local market dynamics and provide tailored solutions to regional customers. Moreover, Blackbird.AI intends to invest in regional partnerships and integrations to augment their service offerings and create a more comprehensive solution for organizations.

"Online security measures like firewalls and cloud defenses may not be enough to ensure a safe internet. Blackbird.AI offers superior security that goes beyond infrastructure and application security technologies. We are on a mission to serve and protect the global information ecosystem," said Dave Palmer, general partner of Ten Eleven Ventures and former co-founder and chief product officer at Darktrace.

With roots in the defense community since 2019, Blackbird.AI's platform claimed that it brings together security and communications teams to uncover and track the deliberate manipulation of digital narratives, and the explosion of events in which information threats transmute into physical and cyber threats, financial losses and potentially company-killing events to businesses across brand reputation, ESG and supply chain.

Teena Jose

News Desk Reporter with Entrepreneur India

Teena is a post graduate in financial journalism. She has an avid interest in content creation, digital media and fashion.
Business Ideas

70 Small Business Ideas to Start in 2025

We put together a list of the best, most profitable small business ideas for entrepreneurs to pursue in 2025.

Business News

Elon Musk's xAI Claims Its New Grok 3 AI Is Better Than ChatGPT and DeepSeek: 'Seeing the Beginnings of Creativity'

xAI debuted the new AI on Monday, claiming it has 10 times the computational power of Grok 2.

Business Solutions

Get a Lifetime of Powerful PDF Tools That Won't Give You a PDF Headache

Banish frustrating PDF issues forever and just breeze through all of the old problems with editing, formatting, converting, annotating and more.

Business News

'Unprecedented in Our 53-Year History': Southwest Airlines Announces Its First Mass Layoffs Ever

The airline is eliminating 15% of its corporate workforce, including many in senior leadership positions.

Business News

How 'Girls Trip' Producer Will Packer Went From Delivering Newspapers to Producing Billions at the Box Office: 'Everything Is Sales'

In a new interview with Entrepreneur, Packer discusses his book, "Who Better Than You?," which was released on Tuesday.

Business News

Hermès Is Giving All Employees a Bonus Worth About Half a Birkin Bag

Hermès Executive Chairman Axel Dumas said the company was "celebrating an excellent year, in a tougher environment" on its 2024 earnings call.