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What does BlueRun Ventures invest in?
BlueRun Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintech, Digital Health and Enterprise Software.
BlueRun Ventures highlights
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11 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 57% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 51 rounds, median $4.8M
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23 exits from the portfolio
What they do
How We Invest. At BRV™, we’re building a community of entrepreneurs who are pushing their industries forward.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- Pre-seedSeedSeries A
- Sectors
- FintechDigital HealthEnterprise Software
- Based in
- Menlo Park, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first217 appearances
- 2026
10 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- Jun
- Mar
- Mar
- Mar
- Feb
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- 2025
5 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Jul
- May
- May
- 2024
10 rounds
- Dec
- NovAiroboticsGrant$1.0MWith 4 others
- Oct
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Apr
- Jan
- 2023
4 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- Mar
- Feb
- 2022
6 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- May
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- 2021
5 rounds
- Nov
- Nov
- Jul
- Apr
- Apr
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named
JAJohn Arthur MalloyManaging MemberiForm ADV
JRJonathan Robert EbingerManaging MemberiForm ADV
We also hold 26 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$550Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- BRV Management Co, L.L.C.
- SEC number
- CRD 160704
Who backs their funds
1 LP on record in BlueRun Ventures's funds
- Committed
- $74M
- Funds
- 3
- Vintages
- 2005 to 2014
The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: the pension's own report, latest Jun 2025.
- California State Teachers Retirement System3 funds$74M
Fund Vintage Committed Blue Run Ventures V 2014 $19M Blue Run Ventures IV 2008 $24M Blue Run Ventures 2005 $31M
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed23 in all
NexPlanarBought by Cabot Microelectronics CorporationUndisclosedDec 2015
AppRedeemBought by Perk.comUndisclosedSept 2015
Location LabsBought by AVG Technologies$220MSept 2014
Topsy LabsBought by Apple$200MDec 2013
PPTVBought by Suning$400MSept 2013
VaroliiBought by LifeLock$43MAug 2013
ThumbBought by Ypulse, Inc.UndisclosedJun 2013
FoodspottingBought by OpenTable$10MJan 2013
ZmandaBought by CarboniteUndisclosedOct 2012
SiliconBlue TechnologiesBought by Lattice Semiconductor$62MDec 2011
Atrua TechnologiesBought by AuthenTec$600MJul 2009
VusionBought by Clarendon FoundationUndisclosedJun 2009
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.