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    Blue Collective

    Brooklyn, New York, United StatesFounded 2015

    Blue Collective is a multi-strategy, people-first, values-driven venture capital and private equity firm based in Brooklyn, New York. They invest in phenomenal people building phenomenal businesses, backing founders as early as possible across a range of industries.

    Their most common stage is seed (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $7.9M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    17

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Brian Stafford

    Brian Stafford

    partner / founder

    Jay Trickett

    Jay Trickett

    Partner / CAO

    JJ Kasper

    JJ Kasper

    partner / Founder

    Nicole Friedman

    Nicole Friedman

    PRINCIPAL

    Niki Liechtenstein

    Niki Liechtenstein

    ANALYST

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    23 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    SSprout FamilyPre-Seed—Mar 2025
    SSprout FamilyPre-Seed—Jan 2025
    Avantos logoAvantosSeed$10MJan 2024
    Arogga logoAroggaSeed$5.5MOct 2023
    KAPTA SPACE logoKAPTA SPACESeed$5MJan 2023
    LLEMONADA MEDIASeries A$8MJan 2022
    GREEN PROJECT TECHNOLOGIES logoGREEN PROJECT TECHNOLOGIESSeed$1.8MJan 2022
    Mented Cosmetics logoMented CosmeticsSeries A$5MJan 2022
    Catalina Crunch logoCatalina CrunchUnknown$4.4MJan 2022
    Lemonada logoLemonadaSeries A$8MJan 2022
    Catalina Crunch logoCatalina CrunchSeed—Jan 2020
    Revel logoRevelSeries A$27.6MOct 2019
    RREVEL TRANSITSeries A$27.6MJan 2019
    Mented Cosmetics logoMented CosmeticsPre-Seed$1MOct 2017
    Avantos logoAvantosSeries A$25M—
    Studio 3e8 logoStudio 3e8Seed$2M—
    JUNIPER GENOMICS logoJUNIPER GENOMICSSeed$4.6M—
    LLEMONADA MEDIASeed$1.5M—
    Kapta logoKaptaSeed$5M—
    OUTBOUND AEROSPACE logoOUTBOUND AEROSPACEPre-Seed$1.1M—
    Coditos logoCoditosPre-Seed$750K—
    Lemonada logoLemonadaSeed$1.5M—
    Vatn logoVatnSeed$13M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026