Bluestein Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Chicago that invests in the future of food. Originally spun out of the Bluestein Gordon Family Office, the firm backs game-changing ventures across the food value chain — including high-growth consumer brands, proprietary foodtech, next-gen commerce, and value-add digital technology.
Average disclosed round size is $9.7M (across 14 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
15
Fund Size
$45M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
15 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 AuX Labs | Unknown | $4M | Jan 2026 |
| FFree From Market | Seed | $2.1M | Jan 2023 |
 People Science | Seed | $5.3M | Jan 2023 |
 BiomeSense | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2023 |
 Crafty | Series A | $10M | Apr 2022 |
| CCultured Decadence | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Apr 2021 |
| FFoxtrot Market | Series B | $42M | Feb 2021 |
 Foxtrot | Growth | $17M | Feb 2020 |
| RReel Paper | Series A | $14M | — |
 Lembas | Pre-Seed | $3.6M | — |
| BBizzy Coffee | Growth | $7.1M | — |
 Aerflo | Unknown | $10M | — |
 Grovara | Seed | $5.5M | — |
 Mezcla | Series B | $9.5M | — |
| TTorch Logistics | Seed | $3.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
University of Chicago3 shared
Lerer Hippeau3 shared
Collaborative Fund2 shared
M Ventures2 shared
Wittington Ventures2 shared
Imaginary Ventures2 shared
Wasson Enterprise2 shared
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund2 shared
Fifth Wall2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center2 shared
Siddhi Capital2 shared
Tribeca Venture Partners1 shared
Rubicon Technology Partners1 shared
Earlybird Venture Capital1 shared
Scale Venture Partners1 shared
Firebrand Ventures1 shared
XYZ Venture Capital1 shared
Greycroft1 shared
OCA Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026