Founded in 2016, JetBlue Technology Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of JetBlue Airways based in San Carlos, California. The firm invests in, incubates and partners with early-stage startups that operate in the field of travel, hospitality and technology.
As well as capital, JetBlue Technology Ventures works to offer its portfolio companies guidance, connections in their larger network, provide proof-of-concept opportunities and incubate startups in their offices.
JetBlue Technology Ventures' investments include Stride, Unicoaero, Slice, Lumo, CoinFlip, Joby Aviation, Gladly, 30secondstofly, Flyr, Mozio, and ZUNUM Aero.
Timeline
Funded Companies
ClimaCell is a Boston-based weather intelligence platform for automated weather predictions.
Shape Security is a Mountain View, California-based company.
Mozio is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2011 by David Litwak, Joseph Metzinger and Emre Mangir.
A company offering a platform for booking 4-5 star hotels that allows customers to only pay for the time they need.
Filament(IoT) is a Reno, Nevada-based internet of things company founded in 2012 by Allison Clift-Jennings, Sally Carson and Jeremie Miller.
Skyhour is a gift card company founded by Pedro Balas, Fernando Câmara and David Nogueira.
People
Alex Kaufman
Investment Principal
Amy Burr
Managing Director, Operations and Partnerships
Ashely Lowes
Senior Communications and Marketing Manager
Bonny Simi
President
Christina Heggie
Employee
Gabrielle Maguire
Operating Principal
Gidi Fisher
Program Manager, Innovation
Jim Lockheed
Investment Associate
Laura Barker
Marketing and Communications Specialist
Matt Miller
Investment Analyst
Morton Lin
Senior Analyst, Operations
Parker Odrich
Employee
Raj Singh
Managing Director, Investments
Ryan Chou
Investment Associate
Tania
Employee
Zach Winn
Investment Analyst