# Blueprint For The Culture

> Blueprint For The Culture is a VC fund in New York backing Artificial Intelligence and FinTech. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blueprint-ftc/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/blueprint
- Website: https://www.blueprint.com/

Blueprint For The Culture is a VC fund in New York focused on Artificial Intelligence and FinTech. Blueprint For The Culture's (Blueprint FTC) mission is to fuel Black prosperity and joy through the activation of capital, resources and culture to support Black founders, Black-led ventures and entrepreneurs of color. As investors and founders, we have helped nurture and build some of the world’s most recognizable and iconic brands, settingthe stage for cultural and paradigm shifts. We understand there is not ‘one’ blueprint for success, there are many. We’re equipping our founders with the tools to reimagine markets and systems, to collectively build better companies, communities — and most importantly in how to effectively lead and impact the world.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 50% |
| FinTech | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Gaming | 1 | 17% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reload | Reload is a workforce management platform for AI agents. We are the first Agent Resource Information System (ARIS), enabling businesses to discover, onboard, manage, and pay AI agents with the same ease as human teams. Reload can be white-labeled or embedded by business software platforms, financial institutions, and PEO's. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Reload | Reload is a workforce management platform for AI agents. We are the first Agent Resource Information System (ARIS), enabling businesses to discover, onboard, manage, and pay AI agents with the same ease as human teams. Reload can be white-labeled or embedded by business software platforms, financial institutions, and PEO's. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| Bags | Bags operates as a financial services company that offers small businesses a suite of bookkeeping, accounting, and funding-support tools. The company provides a platform to manage financial records, generate monthly profit & loss, balance sheet and cash flow reports, and offer AI-powered CFO-style financial insights. Bags couples those serviceswith a financing network that helps businesses explore debt funding: it offers funding plans and connects clients to lenders, and provides a funding coach to guide businesses through the loan application process if they choose to seek capital. The company also offers optional services such as historical financial cleanup, payroll and tax-preparation support, giving businesses flexibility in how much they outsource. | $2.8M | Seed | Dec 08, 2025 |  |
| Greenshoe | Greenshoe is an AI-powered platform that streamlines SEC disclosure drafting, analysis, and benchmarking for enhanced productivity. | $3M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Vybe | Vybe is a mobile app that lets users upload a selfie and put their face in any picture or template, an AI experience app from Snapchat and Meta. | $4.8M | Seed | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Glow Up Games | Glow Up Games is creating and publishing mobile games featuring diverse stories, to unlock the largest hidden market within games. They produce beautifully crafted stories through games, mobile, AI, AR/VR and other emerging technologies. Glow Up Games was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 17, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Zeal Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeal-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Axiom BTC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/axiom-btc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Cohen Circle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fintech-masala) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Plug and Play](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plug-and-play-ventures) — 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 Blueprint For The Culture invest in?

Blueprint For The Culture invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Blueprint For The Culture last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Blueprint For The Culture closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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