# Ashley Hartman

> Ashley Hartman is a pre-seed investor at Bluestein Ventures backing Beauty and Health Care. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bluestein Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bluestein-associates)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Apr 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyhartman2
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/a_hartman1

Ashley Hartman is a Managing Partner at Bluestein Ventures. She is also a Mentor at Food Foundry and a Board Member at Naturally Chicago.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cultured Decadence | Cultured Decadence is a cellular aquaculture startup creating novel methods to make crustacean products using cell culture and tissue engineering techniques. The company was founded in 2020 and based in Madison, Wisconsin. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 09, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bascom Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bascom-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Branch Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/branch-venture-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dao Foods](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dao-foods-international-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [gener8tor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gener8tor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Glass Wall Syndicate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glass-wall-syndicate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bluestein Ventures

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Founded in 2009, Bluestein is a family-based venture capital fund that invests in the future of food. The firm is looking for game-changing ventures across the food industry that redefine how consumers achieve their health and wellness. The firm spans the entire value chain both B2C and B2B with a focus on four areas: high-growth consumer brands,proprietary food tech, next-gen commerce, and value-add digital technology. The firm is laser-focused on preeminent and defensible brands, services, technologies, and platforms that have the potential to transform the industry.

4 contacts available at Bluestein Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Bluestein | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-bluestein |
| Andrew Bluestein | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-bluestein-aacb |
| Ashley Hartman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashley-hartman |
| Cooper Clawson | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cooper-clawson |

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## FAQ

### What does Ashley Hartman invest in?

Ashley Hartman invests primarily in Beauty, Health Care and Biotechnology startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Ashley Hartman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ashley Hartman closed in Apr 2021. Shizune tracks 1 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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