# Blue Startups

> Blue Startups is a VC fund in Honolulu backing Software and Apps. See 119 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Honolulu, United States
- Total investments: 119
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last fund: Oct 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-startups-llc
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bluestartups
- Website: http://www.bluestartups.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BlueStartups

Blue Startups is a Top 20 Accelerator in the US (Techcrunch) focused on helping scalable-technology companies compete on a global scale. With an extensive global mentor network, Blue Startups is a nexus of entrepreneurial activity in Hawai‘i, and between Asia and North America Blue Startups was founded by Maya and Henk Rogers of the Tetris Companyand Chenoa Farnsworth of Hawaii Angels in 2012 and has been a member of the Global Accelerator Network since 2013. www.bluestartups.comWe are focused on recruiting capital efficient and scalable technology companies, including web, software, and mobile. In addition, the program is targets companies in the travel, gaming and impact sectors. We focus recruitment on Asia and the U.S. and are particularly interested in companies addressing both markets.Blue Startups is a member of the Global Accelerator Network, an invite-only community of the world’s most respected organizations that provide startups with the best resources to create and grow their businesses, wherever they are. Startups accepted into a GAN accelerator have access to a variety of exclusive perks including over $1M worth of free services, introductions to a network of investors and access to soft landing spaces worldwide.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 27 | 23% |
| Apps | 14 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 14 | 12% |
| SaaS | 11 | 9% |
| Travel | 11 | 9% |

143 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 76 | 64% |
| Pre-Seed | 24 | 20% |
| Angel | 4 | 3% |
| Series A | 1 | 1% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 1% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 83 | 70% |
| Singapore | 2 | 2% |
| Egypt | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chenoa Farnsworth | Managing Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chenoa-farnsworth |
| Charles Roach | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charles-roach |
| Henk Rogers | Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henk-rogers |
| James Rigor | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-rigor |
| Maya Rogers | Co-Founder, Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maya-rogers |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pacific Hybreed | Pacific Hybreed provides commercial shellfish breeding programs for the U.S. West Coast shellfish industry and then on a global scale. It aims to meet the growing demand for farmed shellfish by creating tools and strategies to improve the yield and resilience of farmed shellfish and helping to advance the science of shellfish genetics. Itsproprietary breeding programs for Pacific oysters, Manila clams, Kumamoto oysters, and other species will help secure a stable and sustainable supply of shellfish in the face of global climate change and the threat of emerging shellfish diseases. | $1M | Seed | May 05, 2026 |  |
| Stacklist | Stacklist is the curation network that empowers members to save, organize and share what matters to them. Businesses create branded content hubs to participate in the ecosystem.Designed to reduce information overload, Stacklist combines powerful organizational tools with personalized recommendations and collaborative features. By focusing onhuman curation and transparency, Stacklist is creating a trusted ecosystem for discovering and sharing valuable online content. The platform is positioned as a next-generation tool for digital curation and discovery, with applications in consumer, influencer, and enterprise markets. | $495K | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| Landng | Landng is an early-stage SaaS MarTech startup that drives sales of travel products by connecting brands, influencers & travelers. It's hard for travel brands to measure the ROI of influencer marketing. At Landng, we help travel brands land and measure high impact influencer collaborations. Our end-to-end influencer marketing solutiongenerates leads from influencers that convert to sales. | $275K | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Taltrics | Taltrics is a resource management platform that helps companies allocate experts to projects tasks, faster and smarter. Taltrics leverages AI-driven capacity and matching models to allocate cross-functional teams across 100s of projects and tasks, while future-proofing resource plans for tomorrow. Taltrics unique learning loop utilizes projectoutcome data to make each successive allocation, better. When the right expert is in the right project, everyone wins. Founded in 2021 by resource data scientists Alex Marshall and Andy Spezzatti, Taltrics is backed by top investors, including SkyDeck Fund, Great Oaks VC, Intuition Capital, Ambridge Capital, The MBA Fund, and Blue Startups. Learn more at Taltrics.com. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2023 |  |
| BiteSlice | Growing social influencers and content creators are leaving $$ millions on the table. As a non-exclusive agent, BiteSlice creates a backup of client content and monetizes it through other programmatic channels to increase creator income without any additional work. | $160K | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2023 |  |
| Hohonu | Hohonu provides sensors and software that deliver water level data and insights. They compare real-time water levels against defined thresholds to inform actions like closing roads, moving cars, or alerting the community. They provide solutions for site selection, sensor deployments, sensor calibrations, maintenance, and data delivery. | $1.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Quibble | Price Optimization and Revenue Management Software and Consulting For Vacation Rentals & Alternative Accommodations - We created Quibble to address the gap in the market between the simple rules-based software applications currently available and a truly science-based optimization. Quibble bundles our software with a full service offering togive our clients complete Pricing Ease of Mind. With many years of revenue management experience in the travel and hospitality industries, we know the pains and uncertainty revenue management brings. At Quibble, we aim to increase your revenue performance by engineering and implementing your custom pricing strategy while developing long-lasting partnerships. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 01, 2023 |  |
| Quibble | Price Optimization and Revenue Management Software and Consulting For Vacation Rentals & Alternative Accommodations - We created Quibble to address the gap in the market between the simple rules-based software applications currently available and a truly science-based optimization. Quibble bundles our software with a full service offering togive our clients complete Pricing Ease of Mind. With many years of revenue management experience in the travel and hospitality industries, we know the pains and uncertainty revenue management brings. At Quibble, we aim to increase your revenue performance by engineering and implementing your custom pricing strategy while developing long-lasting partnerships. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| Quibble | Price Optimization and Revenue Management Software and Consulting For Vacation Rentals & Alternative Accommodations - We created Quibble to address the gap in the market between the simple rules-based software applications currently available and a truly science-based optimization. Quibble bundles our software with a full service offering togive our clients complete Pricing Ease of Mind. With many years of revenue management experience in the travel and hospitality industries, we know the pains and uncertainty revenue management brings. At Quibble, we aim to increase your revenue performance by engineering and implementing your custom pricing strategy while developing long-lasting partnerships. |  | Angel | Nov 01, 2022 |  |
| CELITECH | CELITECH is an award-winning premium connectivity platform for global travel companies and their customers & employees. Our highly secure US-hosted & US-made eSIM solution delivers affordable, best-in-class cellular data service in 160+ countries. We power travel-related companies to generate new revenues and mobile engagement whilehelping their travelers save 80% on data roaming. Reach out to learn how we rock your world. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 17, 2022 |  |

10 of 119 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hawaii Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hawaii-angels) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Hatcher+](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatcher) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Seed Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-round-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [MGV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maschmeyer-group-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Plumus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plumus) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scribble Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scribble-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Blue Startups invest in?

Blue Startups invests primarily in Software, Apps and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 119 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Blue Startups?

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### Who are the partners at Blue Startups?

The team at Blue Startups includes Chenoa Farnsworth (Managing Partner), Charles Roach (Mentor) and Henk Rogers (Founder), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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