About Us

Investing in a Better World!

Blackhawk invests in companies that make a positive impact on the world. We are particularly interested in improving health and wellbeing globally and at scale.

We are active investors in our portfolio companies - guiding their funding, commercial activities, M&A and/or public listing in North America.

Meet the Team

  • Justin Hanka (Executive Chairman & CEO)

    Justin is an experienced investment banking professional with expertise in local and cross border mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions. With over 30 years helping early stage disruptive companies grow and achieve their exit objectives, Justin was previously CEO and senior executive of a number of high growth early stage companies that have achieved exits for founders and investors such as iSelect.com.au (ASX: ISU) which debuted on the ASX with a $480 million market cap, and Helpmechoose sold to Mortgage Choice, now (ASX: REA).

    Justin has industry expertise in the health and pharmaceutical sector and working with fintechs, insurance and ecommerce companies. Justin Co-founded MindBio Therapeutics Corp (CSE:MBIO) and serves as a Director and its Chief Executive Officer, is currently Executive Chairman at Blackhawk Growth Corp (CSE: BLR), Non-Executive Director of EonX (CSE: EONX), Non-Executive Chairman at SPARC AI INC (CSE: SPAI), and previously was non-executive Director of Goldcar, a Europcar company.

    Justin has also been a director of a number of health and pharmaceutical ventures including a probiotics manufacturer, and a board advisor to Australian government funded health commercialization initiatives.

  • Anthony Haberfield (Director)

    Anthony brings 30 years of international experience in developing organisational strategy and executing large transformations in the Financial Services sector across the Asia Pacific region. He brings extensive capability in strategy development, project management, procurement, commercial management, and driving simplification of complex businesses via emerging technology. Anthony holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and an MBA from Deakin University. He is currently a Director on the Strategic Advisory Board for Latrobe Business School and Non Executive Director of SPARC AI Inc (CSE:SPAI).

  • John Dinan (CFO & Director)

    Mr Dinan has held positions as CFO and Company Secretary of listed and unlisted Financial services entities as well as Infrastructure investment groups. He has also been the chair of Australia’s largest superannuation trustee company and also been the Chief risk officer of a major listed trustee company. In this capacity, he ran the Risk and compliance committees and implemented the frameworks that ensured compliance with the many ASIC and APRA Licenses.

    Mr Dinan has also been a member of a number of consortiums that have bided for public offered infrastructure assets, typically heading up the finance and tax streams of the consortiums.

    A Fellow of the Australian CPAs, Mr Dinan resides in Melbourne and is currently the CFO of a private family office as well as the company secretary of a number of entities listed on the Canadian Stock Exchange.