Investments
3Funds
2About Blue Bear Ventures
Blue Bear Ventures makes early-stage investments in radical innovation from UC Berkeley and the entire University of California system, building on the success of growing the CITRIS Foundry accelerator on the Berkeley campus since 2012.
Blue Bear Ventures Headquarter Location
14968 Granite Court
Saratoga, California, 95070,
United States
425-922-4069
Latest Blue Bear Ventures News
Aug 8, 2018
DNAlite Therapeutics , a San Francisco, CA-based gastrointestinal gene therapy biotech company, raised $1.5M in seed funding. The round was led by Berkeley-based Berkeley Catalyst Fund with participation from University of California Berkeley, Blue Bear Ventures, SOSV, and the Baldota family alongside Chinese biopharma BrightGene and Silicon Valley-based SVE Capital. The company intends to use the funds to continue development of gastrointestinal tract gene therapy treatments for patients who suffer from genetic intestinal diseases. Founded by UC Berkeley graduates Mubhij Ahmad and Timothy Day in 2016, DNAlite leverages proprietary delivery platform technology to develop a gene therapy strategy to treat monogenetic gastrointestinal diseases by delivering a functional copy of the gene to patients’ gastrointestinal epithelium. FinSMEs 08/08/2018
Blue Bear Ventures Investments
3 Investments
Blue Bear Ventures has made 3 investments. Their latest investment was in Transect as part of their Unattributed VC on December 12, 2020.
Blue Bear Ventures Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12/14/2020 | Unattributed VC | Transect | $0.94M | Yes | 1 | |
9/17/2019 | Seed VC | |||||
8/8/2018 | Seed VC |
Date | 12/14/2020 | 9/17/2019 | 8/8/2018 |
|---|---|---|---|
Round | Unattributed VC | Seed VC | Seed VC |
Company | Transect | ||
Amount | $0.94M | ||
New? | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||
Sources | 1 |
Blue Bear Ventures Fund History
2 Fund Histories
Blue Bear Ventures has 2 funds, including Blue Bear Ventures Fund II.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/30/2022 | Blue Bear Ventures Fund II | 1 | |||
11/6/2018 | Blue Bear Ventures Fund I |
Closing Date | 5/30/2022 | 11/6/2018 |
|---|---|---|
Fund | Blue Bear Ventures Fund II | Blue Bear Ventures Fund I |
Fund Type | ||
Status | ||
Amount | ||
Sources | 1 |
Blue Bear Ventures Team
1 Team Member
Blue Bear Ventures has 1 team member, including former General Partner, Peter Santos.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
Peter Santos | General Partner | Former |
Name | Peter Santos |
|---|---|
Work History | |
Title | General Partner |
Status | Former |
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