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Blue Collective

Blue Collective

Brooklyn, New Yorkbluecollective.com

Overview

Blue Collective is a multi-strategy venture capital firm based in Brooklyn, New York, that prioritizes investing in exceptional people and groundbreaking ideas. The firm focuses on early-stage investments across a variety of sectors, including consumer products, B2B services, enterprise software, and healthtech. Blue Collective typically writes checks ranging from $250K to $2 million and prefers to follow rather than lead funding rounds. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes deep and ongoing engagement with founders, offering support in strategic, operational, and technical areas to help businesses scale. Blue Collective prides itself on maintaining a transparent and efficient decision-making process, involving all team members, from partners to associates, in the investment decisions.

Year Founded

2014

Portfolio Companies

30

Investments

Blue Collective investments
CompanyDateStageLead
AvantosFeb 2026Series ACo-investor
Scout RoboticsOct 2025Pre SeedCo-investor
Juniper GenomicsJun 2025SeedCo-investor
Kapta SpaceFeb 2025SeedCo-investor
Vatn SystemsNov 2024SeedCo-investor

Key People

Brian Stafford

Partner / Founder

J.J. Kasper

Founder and Partner

Jay Trickett

Partner And Chief Administrative Officer

Nicole Friedman

Investor

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SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth

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Investment Activity

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersBrooklyn, New York
Year Founded2014

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