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 $11.0M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
23
Fund Size
$45M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
24 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 |
 FourKites | Seed | $30M | Aug 2022 |
 Crafty | Series A | $10M | Apr 2022 |
 Leaf Logistics | Series B | $37M | Jan 2022 |
 Torch | Seed | $3.5M | Apr 2021 |
 Torch | Seed | $3.5M | Apr 2021 |
 Cultured Decadence | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Apr 2021 |
 Grovara | Seed | $5.5M | Mar 2021 |
| FFoxtrot Market | Series B | $42M | Feb 2021 |
 Foxtrot | Series B | — | Feb 2021 |
 Jellatech | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2021 |
 New Culture | Series A | $25M | Jan 2021 |
| Foxtrot | Growth | $17M | Feb 2020 |
 Shipbob | Series A | $4M | Jun 2016 |
| RReel Paper | Series A | $14M | — |
 Lembas | Pre-Seed | $3.6M | — |
 Bizzy Coffee | Growth | $7.1M | — |
 Aerflo | Unknown | $10M | — |
 Mezcla | Series B | $9.5M | — |
| TTorch Logistics | Seed | $3.5M | — |
 Occasion | Seed | $1.3M | — |
Top Co-Investors
University of Chicago4 shared
Lerer Hippeau4 shared
Supply Chain Ventures4 shared
Schematic Ventures4 shared
Collaborative Fund3 shared
Wittington Ventures3 shared
Imaginary Ventures3 shared
Wasson Enterprise3 shared
Fifth Wall3 shared
Siddhi Capital3 shared
Anorak Ventures3 shared
Maersk Growth3 shared
M Ventures2 shared
Rise of the Rest Seed Fund2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
SV Angel2 shared
Monogram Capital Partners2 shared
Almanac Insights2 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center2 shared
FJ Labs2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026