# Blue Pillar funding: rounds and investors

> Blue Pillar has raised $36M across 5 rounds since 2010. Investors include Allos Ventures, EnerTech Capital and Maryland Venture Fund.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/blue-pillar (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Blue Pillar*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 9 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$36M** raised across 5 rounds since 2010, from 5 sources

**$1.0M** Series A **$7.0M** Series B **$3.7M** Debt **$14M** Venture **$10M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $10M Jan 2017
- **Biggest round:** $14M Venture · Mar 2015
- **Investors:** 9

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

**$1.0M** Series A

**$7.0M** Series B

**$3.7M** Debt

**$14M** Venture

**$10M** Round

- **First round:** Series A, $1.0M
- **Biggest round:** $14M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 22 months

## The rounds

- **Jan 2017** Round **$10M** *3 new* *1 returning* [EnerTech Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enertech-capital) [Elevate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate) [Arsenal Growth Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-growth-equity) [GXP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gxp) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $10M sold, first sale Dec 2016
- **Mar 2015** Venture **$14M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) [Maryland Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maryland-venture-fund) [EnerTech Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enertech-capital) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $11M sold, first sale Feb 2015
- **Jun 2014** Debt **$3.7M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.7M sold, first sale Jun 2014
- **May 2012** Series B **$7.0M** *4 new* [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) [OnPoint Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/onpoint-technologies) [Arsenal Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners) Reported by bluepillar.com SEC filing: $6.9M sold, first sale Apr 2012
- **Jul 2010** Series A **$1.0M** No investor was named in the report. From a historical funding record SEC filing: $1.0M sold, first sale Jun 2010

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 3 on the team.

- **Brad J Witter** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Jeff J Pontius** Executive Officer i
- **Thomas J Willie** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Dennis J Odell* *Doug J Davis* *John J McIlwraith* *Paul J Straub* *Scott J Ungerer*

## 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.

**Series A** 2010 **Series B** 2012 **Debt** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Round** 2017 [Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) [EnerTech Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enertech-capital) [Maryland Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maryland-venture-fund) [Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) [OnPoint Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/onpoint-technologies) [Arsenal Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners) [Elevate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate) [Arsenal Growth Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-growth-equity) [GXP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gxp)

## Everyone who backed them

[Allos Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/allos-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[EnerTech Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/enertech-capital) Corporate VC **2** rounds

[Maryland Venture Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maryland-venture-fund) VC firm **1** round

[Claremont Creek Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/claremont-creek-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[OnPoint Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/fund/onpoint-technologies) VC firm **1** round

[Arsenal Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Elevate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate) Private equity **1** round

[Arsenal Growth Equity](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arsenal-growth-equity) Private equity **1** round

[GXP](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gxp) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Blue Pillar as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Capital Midwest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capital-midwest-fund) VC firm Per its own site

[Elevate Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elevate-ventures-2) Angel network Per its own site

[Pivotal Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pivotal-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Blue Pillar

### Who invested in Blue Pillar?

Blue Pillar's investors include Allos Ventures, EnerTech Capital, Maryland Venture Fund, Claremont Creek Ventures and OnPoint Technologies, and 4 more on record.

### How much has Blue Pillar raised?

Blue Pillar has raised $36M across 5 rounds since 2010.

### When did Blue Pillar last raise?

Blue Pillar's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $10M in Jan 2017.

### What was Blue Pillar's biggest round?

Blue Pillar's largest round on record is $14M (Venture), in Mar 2015.

### Who backed Blue Pillar first?

Blue Pillar's first round on record, in May 2012, was backed by Allos Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures and OnPoint Technologies and 1 others.

### What stage is Blue Pillar at?

Blue Pillar's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Jan 2017.

### Where is Blue Pillar based?

Blue Pillar is based in the United States.

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