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Red & Blue Ventures is a privately owned, seed and early-stage venture capital fund that invests in technology companies with Penn students, alumni, and faculty as key personnel
Overview
Location
United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Employees
1-10
Founded date
2016
Investment Type
Venture Capital
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 23
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
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| Apr 9, 2024 | Wonder | wonder.com | $1.61B | United States |
| Oct 27, 2023 | getcurex | getcurex.com | United States, New York | |
| Jul 9, 2023 | Tomorrow Farms | tomorrowfarms.co | $8.5M | United States, New York |
| May 11, 2023 | Prognos Health | prognoshealth.com | $23M | United States, New York |
| Oct 8, 2022 | Vertiq | vertiq.co | United States | |
| Oct 8, 2022 | Shinkei | shinkei.systems | $7.3M | United States, New York |
| Oct 8, 2022 | Arya | aryaworks.com | $4M | United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Hopscotch | gohopscotch.com | $6.1M | United States, New York |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Chef Robotics | chefrobotics.ai | $50.8M |
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Persons 8
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
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| Brett | Topche | ||||||
| Dr. | David Bell | ||||||
| PATTRYZE | GARATE | Analyst @ Red & Blue Ventures | |||||
| Co-founder and Managing Director | b***[email protected] | ||||||
| DR. | DAVID REIBSTEIN | ||||||
| Dr. | Eric Bradlow | ||||||
| Dr. | Laura Huang | University of California, Irvine |
Mentions in press and media 10
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| May 16, 2022 | How do you raise your first VC round or set your startup valuation? These Philly investors have some advice | If you’re a first-time founder looking to raise an institutional round of venture capital for the first time, how do you know where to start? How does one know how much to raise or where their valuation lies? It’s a position many startup fo... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | Broad Street Angels close 2021 with over $1.68 million in investments | BROAD STREET ANGELS CLOSES 2021 WITH OVER $1.68 million in investments |
| Dec 18, 2019 | NeuroFlow, the most “clinical grade” out of “sea of mental health solutions,” lands $7.5M investment | Based in Philadelphia, NeuroFlow has developed a technology platform designed to help providers blend behavioral health into their overall care and remotely monitor patients. Between 25,000 and 30,000 patients should be on the platform by t... |
| Sep 12, 2018 | How do investors decide to go all in? Ask Brett Topche at Startup Grind | Investor Brett Topche, founder of the University of Pennsylvania–focused investment firm Red & Blue Ventures, has said it before: any company he backs needs to be transparent and listen to market feedback. To hear more about what gets t... |
| Dec 10, 2017 | Red & Blue Ventures Leads $4.3M Seed Funding for Burrow | Burrow, an online furniture startup known for its direct to consumer modular sofa, today announced the closing of $4.3 million in seed funding. The seed round was led by Red & Blue Ventures, with participation from Interplay Ventures an... |
| Dec 6, 2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday December 6 | UNCENSORED Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From ExtraHop Today, we had Alibaba’s Jack Ma, Apple’s Tim Cook, Tencent’s Pony Ma, and Ford’s Bill Ford. You can find the full cover... |
| Feb 13, 2017 | There’s a new venture capital firm looking to invest in later-stage Penn startups | Early-stage startups based out of the University of Pennsylvania already have a decent well to pump for seed cash. But what happens when business starts booming? Enter Chestnut Street Ventures, the latest Penn-focused investment fund, which... |
| Oct 25, 2016 | Brett Topche launched a new venture firm (well, kinda) | A couple of weeks back we took a sneak-peek media tour of Pennovation, the new University of Pennsylvania innovation hub. And who did we find? We found @MentorTechVC's @BrettTopche, who spoke to the media about Red and Blue Ventures, a new ... |
| NeuroFlow, the most “clinical grade” out of “sea of mental health solutions,” lands $7.5M investment | NeuroFlow plans to double its work force next year as it seeks to boost sales of its mental healthcare management platform. As it moves ahead, the company is drawing on $7.5 million in Series A funding announced Monday. San Francisco-based ... |
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FAQ about Red & Blue Ventures
When was Red & Blue Ventures founded?
Red & Blue Ventures was founded in 2016.
How many startups has Red & Blue Ventures invested in?
Red & Blue Ventures has 23 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them Wonder, getcurex and Tomorrow Farms.
What has the press written about Red & Blue Ventures?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Red & Blue Ventures, among them “How do you raise your first VC round or set your startup valuation? These Philly investors have some advice” (May 16, 2022) and “Broad Street Angels close 2021 with over $1.68 million in investments” (Feb 24, 2022).
Is Red & Blue Ventures still active?
Yes, Red & Blue Ventures is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 23, 2025.