How many investments has BlueLake.vc made?

BlueLake.vc has 8 tracked investments.

What stage does BlueLake.vc invest at?

BlueLake.vc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.

BlueLake.vc

Venture capital

Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked

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Investment thesis

BlueLake invests at the frontier of applied deep tech, backing founders at the moment a scientific breakthrough becomes real but its commercial path is still forming. The firm concentrates on robotics and automation, critical minerals and materials, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing, seeking technologies that can build more capable industries, more resilient societies, and longer, healthier lives. It invests from pre-seed through Series A, primarily in North America, drawing on team experience in technology scouting, research commercialization, strategic investment, and company building. BlueLake frames its mission around human progress and backing journeys before the destination is certain.

Invests inAdvanced Manufacturing AI & Machine Learning Deep Tech New Materials Robotics Space Tech North America

Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.

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Stage

Pre-Seed–Series A

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Tracked investments

Unicorns

Team · 5 people

from the firm's website

Chris Cesareo· Partner

Focuses on investment strategy and company development, helping emerging technologies scale. Spent over 25 years across technology, finance, and strategic planning, including leadership at Allscripts and Veradigm and board roles at BoxLock and Call Simulator.

Jamie Rutledge· Partner

Focuses on identifying and evaluating emerging technologies at the intersection of science and commercial opportunity. Previously led strategic venture capital and open innovation at Lenovo and technology scouting and investment at Dyson, with three decades in technology and investing.

Ethan Werner· Principal

Focuses on supporting emerging technologies moving from technical validation to commercialization. Previously worked on academic technology commercialization through The Werner Family Foundation and helped build the startup ecosystem at Scale 2 Miami.

Dr. Kiryl Rudy· Venture Partner

Focuses on international strategy, cross-border partnerships, and helping emerging technologies navigate global markets. Held senior diplomatic, government, and technology leadership roles over more than 25 years in international business, finance, and academia.

Dan Marquardt· VP of Investor Relations

Focuses on building investor relationships and connecting strategic capital with emerging technology opportunities. Brings experience across private markets, engineering, and entrepreneurship, with an early technical foundation at Pratt & Whitney and IBM.

What they invest in

from 7 of 8 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×4Deep Tech ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3Hardware ×2Robotics ×2Cleantech ×1Defense Tech ×1Developer Tools ×1

HQs:United States×6Canada×1

Investments · 8 tracked

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Apptronikapptronik.com in 𝕏

Apptronik builds humanoid robots designed to perform repetitive, physically taxing, and dangerous tasks in warehousing and manufacturing environments, aiming to free workers for higher-value activities.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareRoboticsAustin, US

Jeff Cardenas(Co-founder & CEO)inNicholas Arden Paine(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardClarence Gordon Daugherty, IV(Director)Howard Lee Morgan(Director)inGeorge Samuel Rose(Director)

Co-investors1435 Capital Assembly Ventures Atinum Investment Co. Ltd.B Capital Group B4 Capital BaseTwo +31 more

Call Simulatorcallsimulator.com in

Call Simulator is an enterprise AI conversation simulation platform that trains employees for real-world voice, chat, and in-person interactions through generative AI role-play scenarios.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareTallahassee, US

David Lawson(Co-Founder & CEO)in Nathan Crock(Co-founder & Board Member (Principal AI Engineer))in

Co-investorsJohnson Venture Partners Tech Square Ventures

Extellisextellis.com in

Extellis is developing satellite technology to deliver high-resolution (1 m) Earth imagery at industrial scale for remote monitoring applications.

Deep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechDurham, US

Jeffrey Ludwig(Executive Officer)Michael Boyarsky(Executive Officer, Director)in

Board Justin Wright-Eakes(Director)inDavid Smith(Director)in

Co-investorsDuke Capital Partners First Star Ventures Oval Park Capital Shell Ventures

Lemurian Labslemurianlabs.com

Lemurian Labs develops Tachyon, a software stack that runs AI workloads on any hardware and cloud while matching or exceeding the performance of hand-tuned kernels.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsOakland, US

Jay Dawani(Founder & CEO)inRobert Ferguson(Chief Financial Officer)Ron Gershoni(Chief Executive Officer)Sanjay Tolia(Director)

Co-investors1Flourish Capital Alumni Ventures Blackhorn Ventures futureland ventures Good Growth Capital Mistral Venture Partners +13 more

NeuroEM Therapeuticsneuroem.com in

NeuroEM Therapeutics develops MemorEM, a wearable head device that administers transcranial electromagnetic treatment to treat cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.

Deep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesTampa, US

Gary Arendash(Founder & Scientist Emeritus)in Chuck Papageorgiou(Chief Executive Officer)in

BoardMitch Larimore(Director)Jonathan Gordon(Director)

RevaTerrarevaterra.co in 𝕏

RevaTerra is an advanced materials company that engineers forestry and agricultural residuals into high-density biomass fuel for energy and industrial markets.

CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsDover, US

Joseph Napier(Founder)in Jude Davies(Founder)in

Sanctuary AIsanctuary.ai in 𝕏

Sanctuary AI develops general-purpose humanoid robots and physical AI aimed at industrial applications, with a focus on dexterous robotic manipulation.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsVancouver, CA

Olivia Norton(Co-founder & Chief Engineering & Operations Officer)in Ajay Agrawal(Co-founder & Board Director)inJames G. Wells in Daniel Friedmann(Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board)in

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Evok Innovations Foothill Ventures InBC Investment Corp.Intrepid Growth Partners Panache Ventures +7 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

BoxLock

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Lemurian Labs Raises $28 Million Series A to Liberate AI from the Constraints of Hardware

Lemurian Labs · lemurianlabs.com · Apr 1, 2026

Apptronik Raises $520M in Series A-X Funding

Apptronik · finsmes.com · Feb 17, 2026

NeuroEM Therapeutics(R) Closes Initial Rounds in $5 Million Equity Raise to Commercialize Drug-free Alzheimer's Treatment

NeuroEM Therapeutics · finance.yahoo.com · Jun 13, 2025

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has BlueLake.vc made?: BlueLake.vc has 8 tracked investments.
What stage does BlueLake.vc invest at?: BlueLake.vc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does BlueLake.vc focus on?: BlueLake.vc focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, New Materials, Robotics, Space Tech.

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