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Bluestein & Associates

Founders Andrew Bluestein

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Total investments 29
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 24
Rounds per year 2.07
Lead investments 1
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.08
Exits 1
Key employees 2
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Food and Beverage
  • Biotechnology
  • E-Commerce
  • Food Processing
  • Medical
Summary

Bluestein & Associates is the famous VC, which was founded in 2009. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described VC is located in the Chicago.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Bluestein & Associates, startups are often financed by StartersHub, Social Starts, SOSV. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Harvard Business School Angels Chicago, HPA, Trust Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by CEAS Investments, Hyde Park Venture Partners, Harvard Business School Angels Chicago.

The fund is constantly included in less than 2 deals per year. The high activity for fund was in 2019. Deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

Besides, a startup needs to be aged 1 and less years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are E-Commerce, Supply Chain Management. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline ShipBob, FourKites, Monument The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 4 of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Jellatech

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Life Science
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$3M22 Aug 2023 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

BiomeSense

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$3M05 Feb 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Free From Market

E-Commerce
Health Care
Hospital
$2M26 Jan 2023 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Crafty

Event Management
Events
Food and Beverage
Human Resources
Information Technology
$10M26 Apr 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

New Culture

Food and Beverage
$25M22 Nov 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Filtricine

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
03 Aug 2021 San Jose, California, United States

Jellatech

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Life Science
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$2M19 Apr 2021 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Torch

Transportation
$3M15 Apr 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cultured Decadence

Beauty
Biotechnology
Health Care
Information Technology
$1M09 Apr 2021 Madison, Wisconsin, United States

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Total investments 29
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 2.07
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 1
Follow on index 0.08
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.77

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Jellatech

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Life Science
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$3M22 Aug 2023 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

BiomeSense

Biotechnology
Life Science
Medical
$3M05 Feb 2023 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Free From Market

E-Commerce
Health Care
Hospital
$2M26 Jan 2023 Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Crafty

Event Management
Events
Food and Beverage
Human Resources
Information Technology
$10M26 Apr 2022 Chicago, Illinois, United States

New Culture

Food and Beverage
$25M22 Nov 2021 San Francisco, California, United States

Filtricine

Biotechnology
Health Care
Life Science
Medical
03 Aug 2021 San Jose, California, United States

Jellatech

Biotechnology
Food and Beverage
Life Science
Medical
Pharmaceutical
$2M19 Apr 2021 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Torch

Transportation
$3M15 Apr 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cultured Decadence

Beauty
Biotechnology
Health Care
Information Technology
$1M09 Apr 2021 Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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