Brightstone Venture Capital
PE / VC · Minneapolis · United States
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Brightstone Venture Capital is a venture capital firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 1985. The firm is led by experienced partners including David Dalvey, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, and Jeff Cowan, who bring decades of experience in venture finance, investment banking, and early-stage management. Brightstone is known for its deep operating experience and successful investment background, focusing on building exceptional companies. Brightstone invests primarily in early-growth stage opportunities across sectors such as technology and life sciences. Their sector focus includes data storage and management, virtual/augmented reality, AI/machine learning, enterprise security, blockchain, cloud infrastructure, regenerative medicine, stem cell research, and genomics. The firm manages a $100 million venture fund and typically invests in companies based in the United States. Notable investments by Brightstone include FLYR Labs - AI-based revenue optimization, Wasabi - cloud storage platform, BiteSquad - food delivery service, VRChat - virtual reality social network, and FlipGrid - network app sold to Microsoft. These investments highlight Brightstone's commitment to supporting innovative and disruptive companies in their respective fields.
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