Blue Cloud Ventures
VC Fund
New York, United States
Blue Cloud Ventures (BCV) is a software-focused growth equity venture capital firm based in New York City. The fund targets investments in leading SaaS, infrastructure and open source software companies. BCV offers entrepreneurs an alternative to raising a traditional growth round by being flexible on amount invested, ownership requirements, board representation and exit horizon. BCV supports entrepreneurs in raising the optimal growth round and enables early-stage investors to double down on their most promising companies.
- Total investments:
- 74
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 22%
- Fund size:
- $192M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Blue Cloud Ventures invests in
Stages Blue Cloud Ventures invests in
Countries Blue Cloud Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 10 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series B
- $6M–$35M
- Series C
- $14M–$120M
- Series D
- $24M–$300M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 30 (41%)
- SaaS 20 (27%)
- Enterprise Software 15 (20%)
- Information Technology 11 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (11%)
Stage
- Series C 18 (24%)
- Series D 16 (22%)
- Series B 7 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (7%)
- Series E 4 (5%)
Country
- United States 40 (54%)
- Canada 4 (5%)
- Denmark 2 (3%)
- Italy 1 (1%)
- Australia 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Guardiola
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Mir Arif
Founder & Managing Partner
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Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 22 | Find email | |
Ping Fu
Advisory Board Member
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Advisory Board Member | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Satish Tadikonda
Advisory Board Member
|
Advisory Board Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Chris Eu
Analyst
|
Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exein develops embedded cybersecurity solutions designed to secure Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices. The company provides a platform that integrates security directly into the firmware of embedded systems, enabling real-time threat detection, monitoring, and response. Exein’s technology focuses on runtime protection and behavioranalysis at the edge, helping manufacturers secure devices without requiring major hardware changes or external software agents. Its solution is compatible with widely used real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux-based environments, allowing for flexible integration across different devices. The company also offers tools for vulnerability assessment and threat intelligence tailored for firmware-level defense. Exein supports developers with APIs and SDKs to incorporate security features during the product development phase. Through its platform, the company addresses growing security risks in critical sectors such as automotive, industrial automation, and consumer electronics. | $270M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| RapidFort provides software supply chain security solutions focused on identifying, prioritizing, and remediating vulnerabilities in containerized applications without requiring code changes. The company’s platform combines curated near-zero CVE container images, automated scanning, profiling, and runtime protection tools to manage software attacksurfaces and support compliance workflows. RapidFort’s technology generates software bills of materials and runtime insights to help teams reduce exposure to vulnerabilities across the development lifecycle and integrate security into existing CI/CD processes. The platform is designed to assist engineering and security teams in streamlining vulnerability management and optimizing container security at scale. | $42M / Series A / Feb 03, 2026 | ||
| Crisp leverages the power of the cloud to connect and analyze disparate retail data sources, providing the supply chain with real-time insights and trends. Food suppliers, retailers, distributors and brokers use Crisp's open-data platform to manage supply more efficiently, reduce waste and skyrocket profitability. | $26M / Series B / Dec 10, 2025 | ||
| Launched in 2018, Forethought is a generative AI for customer service automation to maximize efficiency and productivity. Forethought’s products enable seamless customer experiences by infusing generative AI, powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), at each stage of the customer support journey: resolving common cases instantly, predicting andprioritizing cases, and assisting agents with relevant knowledge. | $25M / Series D / May 13, 2025 | ||
| We build 360-degree data science solutions to empower enterprises to turn their data into dollars. We synthesize business wisdom from top-tier strategy consultants, advanced machine learning from experienced data scientists and cutting-edge product development by expert application designers and developers to create solutions that enable ourclients to win. The team comprises top-tier consultants from McKinsey and BCG, data scientists with advanced machine learning experience and product developers who have built winning mobility products. We bring the best of data science to your team. Our delivery model and experience allow us to help clients achieve data science excellence, but at a minimal cost. | $15M / Series D / May 07, 2025 | ||
| Sanity is the platform for structured content that lets teams build exceptional digital experiences. By treating content as data, modern organizations use our APIs to build optimal editing workflows and share content between systems to increase digital velocity. Our mission is to be the most versatile system for creating and distributing digitalcontent to any device, application or channel..Sanity was founded in Norway and has offices in Oslo and San Francisco. | $85M / Series C / May 02, 2025 | ||
| knowde is the online marketing platform dedicated to chemicals and ingredients. They make it easy to connect with customers, online. Use knowde Pages to get your products noticed every time a customer searches on any search engine. Build your knowde Page in an hour and get started for free. | $60M / Series C / Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| Crisp leverages the power of the cloud to connect and analyze disparate retail data sources, providing the supply chain with real-time insights and trends. Food suppliers, retailers, distributors and brokers use Crisp's open-data platform to manage supply more efficiently, reduce waste and skyrocket profitability. | $20M / Series B / Feb 22, 2024 | ||
| Ninety is a cloud-based collection of the essential tools you need to run your company on EOS. | $35M / Series B / Nov 16, 2023 | ||
| LMS365 provides a complete LMS for Office 365 and SharePoint, making learning accessible, anytime, anywhere. | $20M / Series A / Apr 13, 2023 | ||
| See all 74 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Blue Cloud Ventures invest in?
Blue Cloud Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Series C and Series D stage. Most of the 74 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Blue Cloud Ventures invest in?
Blue Cloud Ventures typically joins rounds of $6M–$35M at Series B, $14M–$120M at Series C and $24M–$300M at Series D. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Blue Cloud Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Blue Cloud Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Blue Cloud Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Blue Cloud Ventures?
The team at Blue Cloud Ventures includes Eric Guardiola (Principal), Mir Arif (Founder & Managing Partner) and Ping Fu (Advisory Board Member), among 10 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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