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.
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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Funded Companies
A real-time health data network in California that focuses on improving people's health and quality of life through data liquidity.
Banjo is a Redwood City, California-based company founded by Damien Patton.
Jackpocket is an a mobile application that allows users to play state lottery games on their phone.
Kabbage is a financial technology and data company offering loans for small businesses.
Coupa is a California-based business service management technology company and platform, offering supply chain insight and procurement services.
A software company offering a blockchain and cloud technology platform for business to business payments.
Zivity is a company founded by Cyan Banister, Scott and Cyan Banister and Jeffrey Wescott.
Zmanda is a Sunnyvale, California-based software company.
Verve Wireless is a company founded by Jaron Schaechter, Felix Heberle and Jürgen Fey.
Airobotics is an Israel-based company founded by Ran Krauss.
FreeAgent CRM is a customer relationship management company founded in 2016 by Dave Stephens.
Associated investment funds
People
Jay Jamison
Employee
Jeff Tannenbaum
Investor
John Malloy
Founder
Jonathan Ebinger
Employee
Pete Buhl
Employee
Rob Trice
Employee
Tianyu (Terry) Zhu
Employee