# Blue Bear Capital

> Blue Bear Capital is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 83 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beverly Hills, United States
- Total investments: 83
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 39%
- Last fund: Nov 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-bear-capital-llc/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/bluebearcap
- Website: http://www.bluebearcap.com/

Blue Bear Capital is a venture capital investor supporting companies that apply AI and data-driven technologies to energy infrastructures.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Blue Bear Capital. Shizune tracks 8 team members at Blue Bear Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/blue-bear-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$6.5M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$16M |
| Series B | $5.6M–$42M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 16 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 8% |
| Analytics | 6 | 7% |
| SaaS | 5 | 6% |

88 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 27 | 33% |
| Seed | 15 | 18% |
| Series B | 9 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 8 | 10% |
| Series C | 4 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 30 | 36% |
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dr. Carolin Funk | Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-carolin-funk |
| Ernst Sack | Partner | 27 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ernst-sack |
| Hank Hattemer | COO & General Counsel | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hank-hattemer |
| Hank Hattemer | COO & General Counsel | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henry-hattemer |
| Joel Moxley | Limited Partner Advisory Committee (LPAC) | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-moxley |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lastwall | Deployed with the US Dept. of Defense, Defense Innovation Unit since 2017, and third party capability tested sponsored by the Canadian Government, Lastwall authenticates users during login by analyzing hundreds of contextual data points in conjunction with the use of passwordless, non-exfiltratable credentials ( FIDO-2/Webauthn passwordlessMFA). Secured using the NIST SP 800-53 and 800-63 control sets, the Lastwall solution protects third party cloud services and IT networks from credential-based and Multi-Factor Authentication attacks, post-breach lateral movement, and ‘Steal Now - Decrypt Later’ threats in a post quantum environment. | $16M | Series A | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Korial | Energy Robotics has launched one of the first commercially available software platforms for industrial applications that combines three essential components of intelligent control of mobile autonomous robots: a hardware-independent robot operating system, cloud-based fleet management, and AI-powered data analysis. The robots are used for remoteinspection and monitoring, especially in industries with harsh and demanding environments such as the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries, but also increasingly in the energy and security industries. The company relies on a SaaS model to do this, offering its software solution and associated IT infrastructure along with hardware from various third-party vendors. | $13.5M | Series A | Oct 07, 2025 |  |
| Nuclearn | Nuclearn is a software company delivering AI solutions for automating Nuclear Industry tasks.Nuclearn was established in 2020 by two esteemed veterans from the nuclear industry, Jerrold Vincent and Bradley Fox, driven by their passion for innovation. With backgrounds in nuclear engineering, business intelligence, and process improvement, theco-founders came together to create the industry's pioneering in-house data science team at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in 2016.Their remarkable work quickly gained recognition throughout the nuclear sector, resulting in a US-issued patent and the prestigious NEI Best of the Best, Top Innovative Practice Award in 2020. Fueled by this innovative spirit and a mission to benefit the entire nuclear power industry, Nuclearn was born to provide a safe and efficient way to automate critical processes in the field. | $10.5M | Series A | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Splight Tech | Splight is an Artificial Intelligence Company, that creates Artificial Energy, the greenest energy ever made. Artificial Energy is energy that would have not been generated but for the application of digital solutions to existing power infrastructure. Running over a proprietary, powerful and transparent digital platform, Artificial Energyproduction leverages the unutilized capacity of the grid to generate energy combining big data capture and processing with state-of-the-art technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing. We create expanded pools of benefits for our clients by increasing revenues, reducing operating and maintenance costs, eliminating or delaying capital expenditures, lowering the cost of capital, and ultimately increasing profitability while directly contributing to the full decarbonization of the energy industry. | $12.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 26, 2025 |  |
| Warp | Warp is the open source freight network. That means shippers who create freight density share in the savings that density creates. We connect shippers, carriers, and cross docks into one technology powered system for LTL, FTL, box truck, and cargo van freight. Our network uses software, AI, pooled capacity, and more than 50 cross docks to movefreight through the middle mile and the inbound and last mile segments around it. As more shipments move through the same lanes, cost per pallet drops. Instead of keeping those savings as hidden margin, Warp passes them back to the shippers who helped create them. Today, Warp supports more than 1,500 active lanes, more than 20,000 vetted carriers, real time visibility, and over 98 percent on time delivery nationwide. Shippers can book freight through a dashboard, an API, or directly from their AI agent. | $10M | Series A | Jun 12, 2025 |  |
| Ocient | Ocient is a startup building a near-real-time database and data analytics platform for petabyte- to exabyte-scale data sets. Ocient was founded by the talent behind the largest software startup exit in Chicago’s history. Ocient is a well-funded company, with an engineering team comprised of brilliant computer scientists hailing from the world’s topuniversities and organizations. | $42.1M | Series B | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Topanga.io | Topanga.io develops a reuse platform for sustainably-minded brands, restaurants, and consumers. Its product suite and preferred partner network help businesses launch and grow reusable packaging programs. Its track and trace system captures key events for each reusable container. Users can track where reusable packaging goes and ensure they get itback. Topanga's code-free ReusePass program helps campuses offer effective reusable container programs. | $8M | Series A | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| ACCURE Battery Intelligence | Accure is a battery analytics company. The software and AI-driven solution assist manufacturers and operators in monitoring the overall health and safety conditions of a battery system throughout its lifecycle. | $16M | Series B | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| First Resonance | First Resonance is developing a manufacturing software platform for modern manufacturers. Its factory operating system accelerates manufacturing and tracks parts and processes from prototype to full-scale production. ION Analytics provides decision-makers with immediate insights into manufacturing process bottlenecks, enabling them to make rapidand scalable iterations, ultimately leading to quicker time-to-market outcomes. | $32M |  | Dec 23, 2024 |  |
| First Resonance | First Resonance is developing a manufacturing software platform for modern manufacturers. Its factory operating system accelerates manufacturing and tracks parts and processes from prototype to full-scale production. ION Analytics provides decision-makers with immediate insights into manufacturing process bottlenecks, enabling them to make rapidand scalable iterations, ultimately leading to quicker time-to-market outcomes. | $32M | Series A | Dec 23, 2024 |  |

10 of 83 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [National Grid Partners (NGP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-grid-partners-ngp) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Congruent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/congruent-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Bowery Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bowery-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Capnamic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capnamic-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [HSBC Asset Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hsbc-asset-management) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Blue Bear Capital invest in?

Blue Bear Capital invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 83 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 Bear Capital's check size?

Blue Bear Capital typically joins rounds of $2M–$6.5M at Seed, $5.5M–$16M at Series A and $5.6M–$42M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Blue Bear Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Blue Bear Capital?

Public channels for Blue Bear Capital 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 Bear Capital?

The team at Blue Bear Capital includes Dr. Carolin Funk (Partner), Ernst Sack (Partner) and Hank Hattemer (COO & General Counsel), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. 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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