# BlueRun Ventures

> BlueRun Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and Mobile. See 261 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 261
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 28%
- Fund size: $493M
- Last fund: Nov 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/34558/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bluerunventures
- Website: http://www.brv.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueRun-Ventures-194464559580/

BlueRun Ventures is a venture capital firm with offices in the United States, Shanghai, Beijing, and Korea. BlueRun invests in information technology, mobile, and consumer technologies, with an emphasis on mobile opportunities. BRV has invested in over 160 companies, with select exits from PayPal (acquired by eBay), Waze (acquired by Google),Topsy (acquired by Apple), Coupa (NASDAQ: COUP), and more. In 2005, BlueRun changed its name from Nokia Venture Partners. While branded as Nokia Venture Partners, the firm helped to build emerging market leaders such as Airgo, Bitfone, Cornice, PayPal, Wavemarket, and WiderThan.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$50M |
| Series A | $3M–$23M |
| Series B | $5.1M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 30 | 11% |
| Mobile | 16 | 6% |
| Robotics | 16 | 6% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 14 | 5% |
| Electronics | 13 | 5% |

196 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 68 | 26% |
| Series B | 55 | 21% |
| Seed | 29 | 11% |
| Series C | 28 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 15 | 6% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 73 | 28% |
| United States | 58 | 22% |
| South Korea | 6 | 2% |
| Israel | 4 | 2% |
| Singapore | 2 | 1% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Malloy | General Partner & Founder | 29 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-malloy |
| Jonathan Ebinger | General Partner | 39 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-ebinger |
| Jui Tan | Partner | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jui-tan |
| Kwan Yoon | Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kwan-yoon |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Subtle Medical | Subtle Medical is a healthcare technology company that provides AI-powered medical imaging. Its products, SubtlePET and SubtleMR, are FDA Cleared and CE Marked AI product that enhances images in PET and MR exams aimed for faster & safer workflow.The company's SubtleGAD technology is also awarded by RSNA and a $1.6M NIH SBIR Grant tofacilitate the adoption using AI to make imaging exams safer. They provide a vendor-agnostic AI infrastructure powering its products and providing service and analytics to clinical imaging providers.Subtle Medical's goal is to improve the quality, value, and accessibility of medical imaging by significantly reducing cost, imaging time, and radiation dose. | $33M | Series C | Jun 02, 2026 |  |
| Pongbot | Pongbot creates AI-powered table tennis robots that support training, drills, and performance improvement. | $28M | Series A | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Pangbot | PangBot is a firm that specializes in the development of intelligent table tennis serving robots. | $29.3M | Series A | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Kaiwuji | Kaiwuji is an emerging company in the AI4Materials field. |  | Angel | Mar 24, 2026 |  |
| Yangshan Medical Technology | Yangshan Medical Technology is a Shanghai-based company specializing in dental surgery robots. |  | Seed | Feb 06, 2026 |  |
| Zhijian Power | Zhijian Power is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the research, development, and innovation of intelligent driving technology. The company is committed to advancing the future of smart mobility through cutting-edge research in autonomous driving, vehicle intelligence, and advanced sensing systems. | $50M | Seed | Nov 18, 2025 |  |
| Metafoodx | Metafoodx is on a mission to solve the challenge of food waste because we believe that it is one of the most critical factors for achieving global sustainability. We have assembled a team that shares a passion for helping foodservice businesses and has great insight into how the challenges of food production can be solved with artificialintelligence.Metafoodx helps foodservice businesses prevent food waste and optimize production planning through an AI-powered software service. We remove the data gap between back-kitchen production and true consumption through industry-first real-time consumption tracking. We deliver customers value by providing planning tools with actionable insights and by generating automatic alerts and reminders to help staff streamline actions. Metafoodx delivers business impact by reducing food waste, lowering COGS, and increasing operational efficiency. Our product consists of a data analytics cloud and a set of consumption tracking devices. The tracking devices deploy seamlessly to service environments and collect granular consumption data. The cloud service discovers consumption trends, generates production guidance, and delivers timely alerts and insightful reports. | $9.4M | Series A | May 15, 2025 |  |
| Galaxy Bot | Galaxy Bot is an innovative robotics company that provides intelligent universal service robotic products. | $69.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 18, 2024 |  |
| Lingchu Intelligence | Lingchu Intelligence is an embodied intelligence startup company that specializes in robot skill set training using reinforcement learning algorithms, scenario-based data generation and collection, and the development and implementation of end-to-end solutions for creating an industry-leading general-purpose dexterous operating intelligent entity. |  | Seed | Nov 13, 2024 |  |
| Zhuling Technology | Zhuling Technology is a robotics company that specializes in construction robot machines and core hardware and technology solutions. | $10M | Seed | Oct 31, 2024 |  |

10 of 261 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does BlueRun Ventures invest in?

BlueRun Ventures invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Robotics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 261 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is BlueRun Ventures's check size?

BlueRun Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$50M at Seed, $3M–$23M at Series A and $5.1M–$30M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds BlueRun Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact BlueRun Ventures?

Public channels for BlueRun Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. 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 BlueRun Ventures?

The team at BlueRun Ventures includes John Malloy (General Partner & Founder), Jonathan Ebinger (General Partner) and Jui Tan (Partner). 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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