BlueRun Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1998. The firm was established by John Malloy and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States. It was previously the venture capital arm of Nokia, before becoming an independent entity in 2005.
Investments
BlueRun Ventures has made 212 investments, 71 lead investments, and 31 exits. Notable investments made by the firm include: Verve, Waze, PayPal, Radius Intelligence, Foodspotting, PPTV, Ganji, Meilishuo, Varolii, PayStand, Milian Technology, Kitman Labs, Baikemy.com, Drum, Nuclei System Technology, and Lixiang.
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People
Jay Jamison
Employee
Jeff Tannenbaum
Investor
John Malloy
Founder
Jonathan Ebinger
Employee
Pete Buhl
Employee
Rob Trice
Employee
Tianyu (Terry) Zhu
Employee
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