Blue Lion
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Blue Lion is a tech venture capital fund based in Los Angeles and London, backing founders that positively advance society. We focus on climate, health, and inclusive finance, and invest Seed (~$500k - $1m) and Series A ($1.5m - $4m) across the US & Europe. Our unique structure allows us to continue supporting the best companies Series B+,where we have recently invested >$30m. Our partners have backed 16 unicorns resulting in two IPOs and over a dozen M&A sales. Nearly $425m has been invested into transformational companies such as Aetion Health, Blockchain.com, Builder.ai, Casafari, Even Healthcare, Figure, Forward Health, Glovo, Maker Studios, Omio, Opendoor, Pipe, Revolut, SoFI, and Taulia. Founders receive an unfair advantage from our transatlantic experience. We have held ~40 board seats on companies of >$130bn market value collectively, such as Builder.ai, Premier League, Revolut, Rathbones, British Business Bank, and the BBC.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 6%
Last updated:
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Industries Blue Lion invests in
Stages Blue Lion invests in
Countries Blue Lion invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 5 (28%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (22%)
- Information Technology 3 (17%)
- B2B 2 (11%)
- SaaS 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (56%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (11%)
- Series A 2 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (11%)
- Series C 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 4 (22%)
- United Kingdom 4 (22%)
- Germany 2 (11%)
- Singapore 2 (11%)
- Canada 1 (6%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ceri Smith
Investor
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Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Manu Gupta
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 31 | Find email | |
Peter Orlov
General Counsel
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General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
morph
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morph is a physical AI and soft robotics company that launched the shapeshifting soft robotics cells platform. | Seed / Jun 02, 2026 | |
Riplo
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Riplo is developing a platform to alleviate inefficiencies in consulting workflows, where legacy solutions are primarily meant for manual, human-only operations. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Mar 31, 2026 | |
Emm
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Emm is developing the next generation of consumer health tools to manage your health on your terms. We want to empower everyone to change the quality of their life by inherently understanding their health though technology and specialist knowledge. | $8.9M / Seed / Nov 19, 2025 | |
Sonia
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Sonia is a B2B SaaS service that automates medical paperwork and coding for dentists, freeing up to 25% of time for additional treatments while lowering process expenses by up to 50%. | Seed / Jun 25, 2025 | |
Anterior
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Co:Helm builds AI assistants that utilizes ChatGPT built with healthcare operations as the core focus. Co:Helm's interopability engine allows users to seamlessly integrate with any EHR or EMR system in less than a day. Co:Helm automates Prior Authorization for Utilization Management teams using AI resulting in a massive 90% time saving. | $20M / Series A / Jun 08, 2024 | |
Rhea
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Rhea is a reproductive health services firm focused on improving the modern family's fertility journey. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 30, 2024 | |
Pathways Technologies
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Pathways is a full stack sustainability platform for the construction industry. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / Feb 14, 2024 | |
Homecare Hub
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Homecare Hub assists persons with caregiving needs, such as those with dementia, disability, accident, fall risk, or chronic illness, in avoiding huge institutional nursing facilities, by offering a superior experience in a secure, individualized, inexpensive, small shared care and co-living environment. To help people locate home care servicesthat are reasonably priced, it offers home health care services. With the help of the company's services, customers may locate reliable care for their loved ones in the areas of personal care, companion care, live-in care, home support, and many more. | $2.5M / Seed / Sep 26, 2023 | |
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Anterior
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Co:Helm builds AI assistants that utilizes ChatGPT built with healthcare operations as the core focus. Co:Helm's interopability engine allows users to seamlessly integrate with any EHR or EMR system in less than a day. Co:Helm automates Prior Authorization for Utilization Management teams using AI resulting in a massive 90% time saving. | $3.2M / Seed / Sep 11, 2023 | |
Rightfoot
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Rightfoot's credential-less, real-time bank and debit card data prevents failed payments, curbs defaults, and boosts recoveries. | $15M / Series A / Aug 10, 2023 | |
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FAQ
What does Blue Lion invest in?
Blue Lion invests primarily in Health Care, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Blue Lion?
The team at Blue Lion includes Ceri Smith (Investor), Manu Gupta (Founder) and Peter Orlov (General Counsel). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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