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Who invested in Blue Nile?
Blue Nile's investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures, Vulcan Capital, Integral Capital Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, and 1 more on record.
2001
$42MSeries B$7.0MSeries C
United States · Series C startup
Who invested in Blue Nile
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$49Mraised across 2 rounds since 2000, from 2 sources
$42MSeries B$7.0MSeries C
- Latest round
- Series C, $7.0MJul 2001
- Biggest round
- $42MSeries B · Apr 2000
- Investors
- 6
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Series B, $42M Apr 2000
- Biggest round
- $42M Series B · Apr 2000
- Between rounds
- 15 months from the last two
The rounds
- Jul 2001Series C$7.0M2 new4 returning
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Bessemer Venture Partners
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Trinity Ventures
Vulcan Capital- Integral Capital Partners
Reported by seattlepi.nwsource.com
- Apr 2000Series B$42M4 new
Reported by seattlepi.nwsource.com
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Everyone who backed them
Integral Capital PartnersGrowth equity2rounds
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Also claim to have backed them
This firm lists Blue Nile as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about Blue Nile
How much has Blue Nile raised?
Blue Nile has raised $49M across 2 rounds since 2000.
When did Blue Nile last raise?
Blue Nile's most recent round was a Series C of $7.0M in Jul 2001.
What was Blue Nile's biggest round?
Blue Nile's largest round on record is $42M (Series B), in Apr 2000.
Who backed Blue Nile first?
Blue Nile's first round on record, in Apr 2000, was backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Trinity Ventures and Vulcan Capital and 1 others.
What stage is Blue Nile at?
Blue Nile's latest named round is a Series C, in Jul 2001.
Where is Blue Nile based?
Blue Nile is based in the United States.
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