# Blue Label Ventures

> Blue Label Ventures is a VC fund in Johannesburg backing Hardware and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bluelabelventures/

Blue Label Ventures is an accelerator that specializes in the identification, investment and global commercialization of high potential.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Blue Label Ventures. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Blue Label Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/blue-label-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $207k–$1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Video Streaming | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Maria Pienaar | Co-Founder and Connector | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-pienaar |
| Tallies Taljaard | Chief Activist & Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tallies-taljaard |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mobii Systems | Mobii is a team of highly skilled developers that enjoy building new technologies, combining hardware and software. They are based in Cape Town and their team have backgrounds in Military Electronics, Mechatronics and Thermo-dynamic engineering, Software Development and Business Science | $1M | Seed | Aug 23, 2021 |  |
| Mobii Systems | Mobii is a team of highly skilled developers that enjoy building new technologies, combining hardware and software. They are based in Cape Town and their team have backgrounds in Military Electronics, Mechatronics and Thermo-dynamic engineering, Software Development and Business Science | $206.9K | Seed | Apr 30, 2021 |  |

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## FAQ

### What does Blue Label Ventures invest in?

Blue Label Ventures invests primarily in Hardware, Software and Video Streaming startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in South Africa. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Blue Label Ventures's check size?

Blue Label Ventures typically joins rounds of $207k–$1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Blue Label Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Blue Label Ventures?

Public channels for Blue Label Ventures include LinkedIn. 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 Label Ventures?

The team at Blue Label Ventures includes Maria Pienaar (Co-Founder and Connector) and Tallies Taljaard (Chief Activist & Co-Founder). 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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