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The Blue Venture Fund
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Blurb
The Blue Venture Fund is a strategic investment vehicle that aims to foster innovation within the healthcare system.
HQ Location
Chicago (United States)
Founded
2008
Employees
11 - 50
Total funding raised
Not available
Last Funding Event
Not available
Smart insights
- Catherine Msc (Chief People Officer) worked at Lilium as Head of People Business Partnering for 1.5 years (2021 - 2022)
- Val Miftakhov (Founder & CEO) worked at Google in various roles, including Head of R&D, Google for Work Incubation, for a total of 4 years (2012 - 2016)
- 6m headcount growth: 25%
- 1Y headcount growth: 94%
- Headcount-to-last-round ratio: 5.3 employees/$M
The Blue Venture Fund is a unique collaboration between Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) companies, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, and Sandbox to which thirty-five BCBS companies have committed over $890 million across four funds. The Blue Venture Fund invests in promising emerging companies of strategic relevance to Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield companies and provides the portfolio with access to BCBS companies to deploy innovation at scale. Sandbox is an independent company that provides healthcare-related investment management exclusively for the Blue Venture Fund.