# Blackstone Accelerates Growth

> Blackstone Accelerates Growth is a VC fund backing Software and SaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brunswick, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blackstone-accelerates-growth
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/mainexgrowth
- Website: http://blackstonegrowth.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/blackstoneacceleratesgrowth

Blackstone Accelerates Growth is a VC fund in Brunswick focused on Software and SaaS. Blackstone Accelerates Growth (BxG) creates jobs and economic development through entrepreneurship and growth. They work with their partners to create statewide programs with coordinated, focused activities to accelerate companies, connections, and the next generation of Maine entrepreneurs. They operate as part of the Blackstone CharitableFoundation, a $50 million Entrepreneurship Initiative to support innovative programs that drive job creation.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| EdTech | 1 | 17% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |
| Training | 1 | 17% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series D | 1 | 17% |
| Series H | 1 | 17% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mike Kirkman | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-kirkman-cb78 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DNAnexus | DNAnexus develops a cloud platform and global network designed for scientific collaboration and accelerated discovery. It provides security, scalability, and collaboration for enterprises and organizations that are pursuing genomic-based approaches to health in order to accelerate medical discovery. DNAnexus is supporting customers around the worldthat are tackling some of the most challenging and exciting opportunities in human health.The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Mountain View, California. | $200M | Series H | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| DNAnexus | DNAnexus develops a cloud platform and global network designed for scientific collaboration and accelerated discovery. It provides security, scalability, and collaboration for enterprises and organizations that are pursuing genomic-based approaches to health in order to accelerate medical discovery. DNAnexus is supporting customers around the worldthat are tackling some of the most challenging and exciting opportunities in human health.The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Mountain View, California. | $200M | Series H | Mar 08, 2022 |  |
| Cloudinary | Cloudinary empowers the world’s top brands to deliver visual-first experiences that engage and convert. Founded in 2012 and with offices in the US, UK and Israel, Cloudinary’s cloud-based solutions for image and video management and digital asset management (DAM) harness AI-based technologies to remove traditional media management pain-points andallow brands to focus on delivering optimal digital experiences faster, no matter where their customers are engaging. Cloudinary has nearly 30 billion assets under management and 5,500 customers worldwide, including Apartment Therapy, Bleacher Report, Conde Nast, DoorDash, Forbes, HelloFresh, Hinge, Lululemon Athletica, NTT Resonant, Procter & Gamble, StubHub, trivago, Under Armour, Walmart Labs and more. For more information and to begin your Cloudinary experience, visit www.cloudinary.com. | $100M | Secondary Market | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Medable | Medable provides a global decentralized trial platform that streamlines design, recruitment, retention, and data quality, replacing siloed systems with integrated digital tools, data, and interfaces to accelerate trial execution. The platform connects patients, sites, and clinical trial teams to improve patient access, experience, and outcomes. Itis now used by leading biopharma sponsors and clinical research organizations worldwide and has been used for trials in 30+ countries and 26 languages.It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $304M | Series D | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Medable | Medable provides a global decentralized trial platform that streamlines design, recruitment, retention, and data quality, replacing siloed systems with integrated digital tools, data, and interfaces to accelerate trial execution. The platform connects patients, sites, and clinical trial teams to improve patient access, experience, and outcomes. Itis now used by leading biopharma sponsors and clinical research organizations worldwide and has been used for trials in 30+ countries and 26 languages.It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | $304M | Series D | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Articulate | Articulate develops e-learning software, content, and community that provides online training courses. The company’s 40,000+ customers worldwide include 93 percent of Fortune 100 companies, 19 of the 20 top-ranked U.S. universities, and organizations in virtually every industry. By focusing on customers, Articulate has earned the trust of more thanhalf a million e-learning professionals, creating the largest following in the industry.Articulate Global was founded in 2002 by Adam Schwartz and is headquartered in New York, United States. | $1.5B | Series A | Jul 01, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Foresite Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresite-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GSR Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gsr-ventures-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Innovatus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovatus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Launchpad Digital Health](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-digital-health) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Northpond Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northpond-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Blackstone Accelerates Growth invest in?

Blackstone Accelerates Growth invests primarily in Software, SaaS and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Series D stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Blackstone Accelerates Growth?

The team at Blackstone Accelerates Growth includes Mike Kirkman (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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