# Blake Jennelle

> Blake Jennelle is a Series A investor at 645 Ventures (New York) backing Apps and Database. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [645 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/645-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjennelle/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/bjennelle
- Website: https://x.com/bjennelle

Blake Jennelle is a Series A investor at 645 Ventures in New York focused on Apps and Database. Blake Jennelle

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Database | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Messaging | 1 | 50% |
| Web Development | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3Box | 3Box storage is simple, secure, and private by design. Apps that store data with users on 3Box are lighter, more trustworthy, and enjoy reduced data management liability. | $30M | Series A | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| Ceramic Network | Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models. | $30M | Series A | Feb 16, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Union Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BlockScience](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockscience) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About 645 Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

645 Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders who are building iconic companies. We invest at the Seed and Series A stages and leverage our Voyager software platform to enable our Success team and Connected Network to help founders scale to the growth stage. Select portfolio companies that have reachedthe growth stage include Iterable, Goldbelly, Resident, Eden Health, FiscalNote, and Squire.We invest in four main areas: SaaS for the Second Wave, Citizen Professionals, The Engineering Value Chain Revolution, and Personalized Consumer Applications. You can read more here: https://645ventures.com/themes/645 Ventures has $200m+ in AUM and is growing fast with backing from leading institutional investors, including university endowments, funds of funds, and pension funds. We have over 35 active companies in our portfolio in the areas of enterprise SaaS, infrastructure software, and consumer technology. Several of our portfolio companies have been acquired by Google, Facebook, Expedia, and private equity firms.

5 contacts available at 645 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alessio Fanelli | Principal, Investment & Research | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alessio-fanelli |
| Blake Jennelle | CTO In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blake-jennelle |
| Guerin Schwarberg | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guerin-schwarberg-bfa1 |
| Justin Fargione | Senior Full Stack Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-fargione |
| Matt Hawes | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-hawes-cdf1 |

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## FAQ

### What does Blake Jennelle invest in?

Blake Jennelle invests primarily in Apps, Database and Software startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Blake Jennelle last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Blake Jennelle closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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