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Blue Light Capital

VC
New York, NYWebsite

Blue Light Capital is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $750K–$2.5M checks and has 9 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$750K–$2.5M
Portfolio
9 companies on record
Partners
5 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools, SaaS, Fintech
HQ
New York, NY
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-27

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$750K – $2.5M

Portfolio

9+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in pioneers of AI and infrastructure hardware poised to redefine computational efficiency.

How Blue Light Capital invests

Blue Light Capital is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools, SaaS, Fintech.

Blue Light Capital typically writes checks of $750K–$2.5M per investment.

Blue Light Capital has backed 9 companies in our records, including LogicOne, Brooklyn Nets, Rent the Runway.

Partners & Team

CT

Chris Thomas

Managing Director

JB

Jeremy Burton

Partner

MT

Mike Tepedino

Founder

SG

Sydney Gutherz

Chief Administrative Officer

SC

Sophia Chan

Principal

AI Infrastructure
Early-Stage Deals

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Other
Developer Tools
SaaS
Fintech

Portfolio Companies (9)

Other

LO

LogicOne

AI Infrastructure
BR

Brooklyn Nets

Sports·N/A·Blue Pool Capital

Professional basketball team

RE

Rent the Runway

Retail·N/A·Blue Pool Capital

E-commerce platform for designer apparel rentals

DR

Druva

SaaS·Growth·Blue Cloud Ventures

Cloud data protection and management provider

IT

Iterable

SaaS·Growth·Blue Cloud Ventures

Cross-channel marketing automation platform

WR

Wrike

SaaS·Growth·Blue Cloud Ventures

Collaborative work management platform

PA

PayPal

Fintech·Early-stage·BlueRun Ventures

Online payment system

WA

Waze

Technology·Early-stage·BlueRun Ventures

GPS navigation software

CO

Coupa

SaaS·Early-stage·BlueRun Ventures

Business spend management software

How to pitch Blue Light Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $750K – $2.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Chris Thomas, Managing Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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