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Accelerate Blue Fund
Venture capital · Ann Arbor, MI, United States · North America
The Accelerate Blue Fund invests in startups built on University of Michigan–licensed technologies at the earliest stages of company formation. It provides patient capital, mentoring and intellectual property guidance through Innovation Partnerships, and operates as an evergreen venture fund supported by philanthropy and grants.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsuniversity spinoutsdeep techlife sciencessoftwareadvanced manufacturingenergy
Your fit with Accelerate Blue Fund
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Or find every investor that fitsAccelerate Blue Fund lists 39 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (37%), AI & Machine Learning (23%) and Education (12%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Michigan Rise, ID Ventures and eLab Ventures.
No funding round on record names Accelerate Blue Fund yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Accelerate Blue Fund's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 39. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 37% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Education | 12% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 11% | 7% |
| Cybersecurity | 9% | 4% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 8% |
| Food & Agriculture | 2% | 3% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 2% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Michigan Rise | 7 |
| ID Ventures | 5 |
| eLab Ventures | 3 |
| Imagine H2O | 2 |
| Invest Michigan | 2 |
| Michigan Capital Network | 2 |
| Alpha Bridge Ventures | 1 |
| Antom | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 77th | 39 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 68th | 37% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3897%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company13%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Accelerate Blue Fund head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
39 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AirStrip unlocks siloed clinical data and transforms it into contextually rich information to surface life-saving decisions that need to be made now. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AngioInsight assists clinicians in evaluating angiographic images, including features associated with stenosis, physiology, and microvascular function. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
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| BlueConduit delivers predictive modeling tools that empower water systems to manage risk and make data-driven decisions for water distribution assets. | AI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Brightwater Tools transforms liquid waste to resource | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| CubeWorks develops and provides real-time tracking and monitoring solutions for supply chain management, particularly for temperature-sensitive products. | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Decimal Code provides automated medical coding solutions using artificial intelligence | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| EnrollNow streamlines research workflows by managing participant screening, enrollment, and study management in one platform. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Media Shield uses cutting-edge deep learning to instantly verify whether videos or audio are real or fake. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Fourth State is developing a modular plasma reactor for sustainable water purification | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| General Orbit provides advanced positioning hardware and intelligent sensor fusion for navigation where traditional signals are unavailable or unreliable | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Genevi treats urinary incontinence by targeting the urethra, the true cause of the condition, rather than just the symptoms. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Mountain Pass provides a faculty information solution for higher education institutions and medical schools | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| GripFusion develops a product called Forceball that captures data on the point of contact between a baseball and a player's hand | Healthcare & BiotechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| H2P designs and develops highly efficient thermophotovoltaic panels that produce electricity from high-temperature energy sources | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| INHERET evaluates family health histories and offers personalized risk reduction strategies for hereditary cancers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Intero Biosystems develops miniature organs for preclinical testing | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Lumetec harnesses AI-driven insights to deliver situational awareness needed to protect fiber optic cables | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- acceleratebluefund.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 39
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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