# Blue Cloud Ventures

> Blue Cloud Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing Software and SaaS. See 69 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 69
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Fund size: $350M
- Last fund: Dec 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-cloud-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bluecloudVC
- Website: http://www.bluecloudventures.com

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, boardrepresentation 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series B | $6M–$35M |
| Series C | $11M–$200M |
| Series D | $15M–$300M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 29 | 42% |
| SaaS | 19 | 28% |
| Enterprise Software | 15 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 10% |

100 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 17 | 25% |
| Series D | 15 | 22% |
| Series B | 7 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 7% |
| Series E | 4 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 39 | 57% |
| Canada | 4 | 6% |
| Denmark | 2 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Guardiola | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-guardiola |
| Mir Arif | Founder & Managing Partner | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mir-arif |
| Satish Tadikonda | Advisory Board Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/satish-tadikonda |
| Chris Eu | Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-eu |
| Joel Lou | Co-Founder & Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-lou |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RAPIDFORT | 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 | 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 |  |
| Forethought | 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 |  |
| Impact Analytics | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Knowde | 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 | 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 | Ninety is a cloud-based collection of the essential tools you need to run your company on EOS. | $35M | Series B | Nov 16, 2023 |  |
| ZENSAI | LMS365 provides a complete LMS for Office 365 and SharePoint, making learning accessible, anytime, anywhere. | $20M | Series A | Apr 13, 2023 |  |

10 of 69 investments shown.

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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 69 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 Cloud Ventures's check size?

Blue Cloud Ventures typically joins rounds of $6M–$35M at Series B, $11M–$200M at Series C and $15M–$300M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Blue Cloud Ventures participates 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 Satish Tadikonda (Advisory Board Member), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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