# Accelerate Blue Fund

> Accelerate Blue Fund is a VC fund in Ann Arbor backing Electronics and Health Care. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ann Arbor, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.acceleratebluefund.com/

Accelerate Blue Fund is an early-stage venture fund that exclusively invests in University of Michigan (U-M) licensed tech startups.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Electronics | 2 | 29% |
| Health Care | 2 | 29% |
| Semiconductor | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Heat2Power | Heat2Power is an energy tech company that offers TPV technology, semiconductor manufacturing, and thermal energy systems. | $3M | Seed | Jan 27, 2025 |  |
| Newhaptics | Newhaptics is a microfluidic technology company that specializes in full-page digital braille and tactile graphics displays. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. |  |  | Jun 20, 2023 |  |
| Arcascope | Arcascope makes apps that utilize algorithms that track circadian rhythms and generates personalized recommendations to help people get their clocks back on track. | $2.9M | Seed | Sep 27, 2022 |  |
| Movellus | Movellus develops process portable and ultra-low power analog IPs. Its roducts include PLLs, DLLs, and LDOs, that are optimized per design. | $23M | Series B | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| CubeWorks | CubeWorks’ mission is to accelerate the future of IoT and build a world connected by ubiquitous sensor technology through millimeter-scale smart sensing solutions. In 2013, following a decade of research on ultra-low-power circuitry at the University of Michigan, CubeWorks was founded to advance the next generation of IoT sensors. Today, with thedevelopment of the CubiSens™ Platform, CubeWorks brings to market a portfolio of ultra-small wireless smart sensors. These sensors offer limitless potential across a broad range of applications and provide access to mission-critical information exactly when and where it is needed. | $2.4M | Seed | Jun 01, 2022 |  |
| InheRET | InheRET platform provides a personalized medicine approach to curb barriers that patients and clinicians may face for the prevention of and early detection of hereditary disease. The platform identifies patients at increased risk for hereditary cancers and offers next-step recommendations and tailored educational resources for users. | $580K | Seed | May 02, 2022 |  |
| Movellus | Movellus develops process portable and ultra-low power analog IPs. Its roducts include PLLs, DLLs, and LDOs, that are optimized per design. | $3M | Convertible Note | Apr 19, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AIoT Health](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aiot-health) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Baidu Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baidu-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Boston Millennia Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-millennia-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Candou Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/candou-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HealthX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/healthxventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hui Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hui-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Accelerate Blue Fund invest in?

Accelerate Blue Fund invests primarily in Electronics, Health Care and Semiconductor startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Accelerate Blue Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Accelerate Blue Fund closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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