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Bluestein Ventures
Venture capital · Chicago, IL, United States · North America
Bluestein Ventures is a family-backed venture firm founded in 2014 that invests in early-stage founders. It focuses on companies where food, health, and technology converge, and describes itself as an active, hands-on investor.
Invests inFood & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsconsumerfoodhealthwellnessfrontier techdigital innovation
Your fit with Bluestein Ventures
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Or find every investor that fitsBluestein Ventures lists 34 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Food & Agriculture (43%), Healthcare & Biotech (27%) and E-commerce & Marketplaces (9%). 94% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Hyde Park Venture Partners, Tonic Ventures and Acre Venture Partners.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Bluestein Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Bluestein Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 34. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 33% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 72th | 34 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 74th | 9% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 77th | 43% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Food & Agriculture | 43% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 27% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 6% |
| Consumer | 7% | 3% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 5% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 2% | 7% |
| Human Resources | 2% | 1% |
| Enterprise Software | 2% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Hyde Park Venture Partners | 3 |
| Tonic Ventures | 3 |
| Acre Venture Partners | 2 |
| Bain Capital Ventures | 2 |
| Collaborative Fund | 2 |
| FTW Ventures | 2 |
| IndieBio | 2 |
| Interplay | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers3397%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Hyde Park Venture Partners
Compare Bluestein Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Bluestein Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 2 Mar 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 9 Jul 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Bluestein Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Bluestein Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
34 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALTR develops technology for precision alcohol reduction in beverages, starting with wine. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Jul 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Attane Health delivers personalized groceries, educational support, and essential data to help people successfully manage chronic health conditions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AuX Labs produces milk proteins using fermentation for use in dairy functional foods. | Food & Agriculture | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| BiomeSense develops and uses technology for generating and analyzing microbiome data to unlock personalized medicine potential | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bizzy Coffee produces and sells organic cold brew coffee products. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Chowly provides a platform for restaurants to manage their online presence, marketing, and sales | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Crafty provides office pantry services, including delivery and management of food, beverages, and supplies. | Food & AgricultureFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | |||
| Doughy sells cookie dough products online and in stores. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Mezcla produces and sells protein bars and treats. | Food & Agriculture | Mar 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Factor75 delivers fully prepared meals to customers | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Filtricine develops novel food products for cancer care | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Floura sells fiber bars in various flavors. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Flykitt sells kits and provides plans to help travelers prevent jet lag and travel fatigue | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FourKites provides a platform for supply chain orchestration using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Grovara operates a global wholesale marketplace for various products, including food, health and personal care items, and home goods. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Hireology provides tailored applicant tracking system software solutions | Human ResourcesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Jellatech produces human proteins, such as collagen type I, using a human cell platform in bioreactors. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Lembas is a B2B peptide ingredient company that discovers and tests food-derived peptides for healthy and effective weight management. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- bluesteinventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 9 Jul 2025
- Companies checked
- 34
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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