Blue Moon
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Blue Moon is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Blue Moon' goal is to be the highest value-add to Founders per dollar invested. We invest pre-seed / seed companies in the Enterprise space. We also make extensive use of AI and automations across all our operations: sourcing and vetting (agent Agatha), deal assessment (agent Da Vinci), Founder support (agent Sherpa), portfolio companiestracking (agent Kojak), automated operations (agent Slash).
- Total investments:
- 69
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Blue Moon invests in
Stages Blue Moon invests in
Countries Blue Moon invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
3 more contacts available
Round size
- Seed
- $1.6M–$10M
- Pre-Seed
- $2M–$2.2M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $10M–$19M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 28 (41%)
- Artificial Intelligence 19 (28%)
- Information Technology 11 (16%)
- SaaS 9 (13%)
- Machine Learning 7 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 48 (70%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (6%)
- Series A 1 (1%)
- Funding Round 1 (1%)
Country
- United States 47 (68%)
- Canada 2 (3%)
- Spain 1 (1%)
- France 1 (1%)
- South Korea 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ben Orthlieb
Co-Founder and General Parnter
|
Co-Founder and General Parnter | Total investments: 28 | Find email | |
Olivier Legrand
Limited Partner
|
Limited Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
ept AI
|
Sales & support AI for B2B tech companies | Seed / Feb 17, 2026 | |
Safebooks AI
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Safebooks AI develops a platform for enterprises to automate the quality verification of financial data. It enables enterprises to sign off on 100% of their financial data. | $15M / Seed / Dec 09, 2025 | |
Channel99
|
Channel99 is a B2B marketing technology platform. It unites marketing & finance teams to eliminate marketing waste and dollar inefficiencies, lower customer acquisition costs, and drive pipeline more predictably. | $1.6M / Seed / Oct 30, 2025 | |
Catena Clearing
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Catena Clearing is a universal data API that standardizes and connects logistics data from multiple sources, enabling platforms, fleets, and shippers to streamline operations and unlock actionable insights. With prebuilt integrations for the 75+ most common ELDs in the U.S., Catena Clearing ensures seamless connectivity across the truckingecosystem.Catena is VC backed by Shaper Capital and Teamworthy Ventures. | $5M / Seed / Sep 19, 2025 | |
Bagel
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Bagle is a Chat-type novel service platform. | Seed / May 21, 2025 | |
Boardy
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Boardy is an AI-powered professional networking startup with a voice assistant | $8M / Seed / Jan 14, 2025 | |
Hyper
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Automating phone calls with voice A.I. for Government | Pre-Seed / May 21, 2024 | |
NinjaTech AI
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NinjaTech AI is a business developing the first genuine next-generation personal assistant using generative AI. | $15.9M / Seed / May 02, 2024 | |
Luminary
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Luminary is a technology platform that automates the complex and inefficient estate planning process. The platform can streamline execution complexity and manual workflows, reducing risk, and expanding opportunities for use. The company was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in New York. | Seed / Sep 01, 2023 | |
Mercor
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Mercor is a better way to hire. We're an AI-powered platform that sources, vets, and pays your next employees. | $3.6M / Seed / Sep 01, 2023 | |
| See all 69 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Blue Moon invest in?
Blue Moon invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 69 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Blue Moon's check size?
Blue Moon typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$10M at Seed, $2M–$2.2M at Pre-Seed and $10M–$19M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Blue Moon participates in.
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Who are the partners at Blue Moon?
The team at Blue Moon includes Ben Orthlieb (Co-Founder and General Parnter) and Olivier Legrand (Limited Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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