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Blue Startups

Founders Chenoa Farnsworth Henk Rogers Maya Rogers

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Total investments 129
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$206K
Portfolio companies 105
Rounds per year 10.75
Lead investments 2
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.19
Exits 3
Key employees Soon
Stages of investment
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Apps
  • SaaS
  • Information Technology
  • Mobile
Summary

In 2012 was created Blue Startups, which is appeared as VC. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Honolulu.

The fund was created by Chenoa Farnsworth, Henk Rogers, Maya Rogers.

This Blue Startups works on 28 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 19 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is generally included in 7-12 deals every year. The top activity for fund was in 2014.

The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Social Media, SaaS. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Volta Charging, dataPlor, Vantage Sports.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Blue Startups, startups are often financed by Kickstarter, Boost VC, Acceleprise. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are thinQbate, ff Venture Capital, Wharton Alumni Angels. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by QueensBridge Venture Partners, 500 Startups, Acceleprise.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Taltrics

13 Oct 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

BiteSlice

$160K16 Apr 2023 -

Hohonu

Sensor
Software
Water
$1M04 Apr 2023 -

Quibble

SaaS
Software
01 Apr 2023 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, United States

Quibble

SaaS
Software
01 Nov 2022 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, United States

Celitech

B2B
Internet
Mobile
SaaS
Telecommunications
Travel
Wireless
$1M17 Aug 2022 Santa Clarita, California, United States

Sensay

Artificial Intelligence
E-Learning
Information Technology
Language Learning
01 Jul 2022 -

mappy

Analytics
Big Data
Data Visualization
Geospatial
Mobile Apps
$1M28 Feb 2022 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Vanta Leages

07 Sep 2021 -
News
TurnoverBnB Raises $4.5M in Series A Funding

– TurnoverBnB, a Honolulu-based platform for Short Term Rental operators, raised $4.5M in Series A funding.
– The round was led by Ret Ventures with participation from Hawaii-based accelerator Blue Startups.
– The new investment will be used to expand the company’s reach internationally in Europe and Australia.

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Total investments 129
Average round size 206K
Rounds per year 10.75
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 2
Follow on index 0.19
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.16

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Taltrics

13 Oct 2023 San Francisco, California, United States

BiteSlice

$160K16 Apr 2023 -

Hohonu

Sensor
Software
Water
$1M04 Apr 2023 -

Quibble

SaaS
Software
01 Apr 2023 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, United States

Quibble

SaaS
Software
01 Nov 2022 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, United States

Celitech

B2B
Internet
Mobile
SaaS
Telecommunications
Travel
Wireless
$1M17 Aug 2022 Santa Clarita, California, United States

Sensay

Artificial Intelligence
E-Learning
Information Technology
Language Learning
01 Jul 2022 -

mappy

Analytics
Big Data
Data Visualization
Geospatial
Mobile Apps
$1M28 Feb 2022 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Vanta Leages

07 Sep 2021 -
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