# Blue Moon

> Blue Moon is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 69 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 69
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last fund: May 2025
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/212angels
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/212Angels
- Website: https://212angels.com

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).

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Blue Moon. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Blue Moon. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/2-12-angels?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.6M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $2M–$2.2M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $10M–$19M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 28 | 41% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 19 | 28% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 16% |
| SaaS | 9 | 13% |
| Machine Learning | 7 | 10% |

92 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 48 | 70% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 1% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 1% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 47 | 68% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| South Korea | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Orthlieb | Co-Founder and General Parnter | 28 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-orthlieb |
| Olivier Legrand | Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olivier-legrand-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ept AI | Sales & support AI for B2B tech companies |  | Seed | Feb 17, 2026 |  |
| Safebooks AI | 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 | 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 | Bagle is a Chat-type novel service platform. |  | Seed | May 21, 2025 |  |
| Boardy | Boardy is an AI-powered professional networking startup with a voice assistant | $8M | Seed | Jan 14, 2025 |  |
| Hyper | Automating phone calls with voice A.I. for Government |  | Pre-Seed | May 21, 2024 |  |
| NinjaTech AI | NinjaTech AI is a business developing the first genuine next-generation personal assistant using generative AI. | $15.9M | Seed | May 02, 2024 |  |
| Luminary | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 69 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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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.

### How do I contact Blue Moon?

Public channels for Blue Moon include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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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