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Blackbird backs New Zealand Airbnb hopeful with Big Apple dreams
Blackbird Ventures has backed a little-known New Zealand subletting platform Kiki, as the startup tries to take a bite of the Big Apple.
Sources said the Australian venture capital investor ploughed $US4.5 million ($7 million) into Kiki’s seed round (formerly EasyRent) via its New Zealand and Australia 2022 funds.
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