Investing Profile

Vaughn Blake(285)

bluebearcap.comLos Angeles, California

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23 Investors

Connected to Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Ryan Wang (Solaris Venture Partners), and 20 other investors on Signal.

Networks Vaughn is a member of

NextGen Venture Partners Network

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Current Investing Position

Blue Bear Capital Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$2.0M

Investments On Record

Vaughn Blake is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Diverse Investors Los Angeles / Southern California

Vaughn Blake's Investments On Record (10)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Warp	Series AJun 2025$10M	$170M
Co-investors: Erik Nordlander (GV (Google Ventures)), Topher Conway (SV Angel), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Tim Smith (BEE Partners), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Ally Warson (UP.Partners), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Jonathan Wasserstrum (Unwritten Capital), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Amjad Masad, Balaji Srinivasan, Marc Benioff, Sam Altman, Dylan Field, Drew Houston, Arash Ferdowsi
Delos Insurance	Series AOct 2024$9M SeedSep 2023$7M	$21M
Co-investors: Lewis Jones (Seraphim Space), Matt Perlman (IA Capital Group)
Chargetrip	Series AMar 2023$11M SeedSep 2021	$11M
Hydrosat	Series AMar 2023$15M	$35M
Co-investors: Paul Meier (Cultivation Capital), Alain Rodermann (Expon Capital), Andrew Dearing (Cultivation Capital), Matt Kozlov (Techstars), Christian Gammill (Industrious Ventures), Wojtek Walniczek (OTB Ventures)
ChargerHelp!	Series AFeb 2023$18M	$23M
Co-investors: Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Carolin Funk (Blue Bear Capital), Tracy Gray (The 22 Capital Group)
Transect	Series AJun 2022 Series UnknownMar 2020$3M	$3M
First Resonance	Series ADec 2021$14M SeedDec 2020$4M	$18M
Co-investors: Michael Tam (Craft Ventures), Sky Dayton (Craft Ventures)
Abatable	SeedNov 2021$3M	$3M

most interested in

Blue Bear invests at the convergence of data-enabled technologies and the energy supply chain. Think AI/ML, Cyber, IoT applied across assets both renewable and conventional. We like to lead, but are open to partnering with complimentary investor groups.

not interested in

Consumer

Vaughn Blake's Experience

Venture Partner NextGen Venture Partners2016 - Present

Managing Director Autochrome Ventures2016 - Present

Managing Director FlashFunders2015 - 2016

Managing Partner Affine Capital, LLC2014 - 2015

Director of Business Development CoinMKT2014 - 2014

Consultant/Entrepreneur-in-Residence Robot Corp2012 - 2012

Founder/CEO Cameo Labs, Inc2011 - 2012

Vaughn Blake's Education

Colorado College BA English