Bluestein Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage ventures across the food industry, focusing on companies that aim to redefine how consumers achieve their health and wellness.

Bluestein Ventures

Bluestein is a venture capital fund that invests in the future of food. We’re looking for game-changing ventures across the food industry that redefine how consumers achieve their health and wellness. Our investments span the entire value chain – both B2C and B2B – with a focus on four areas: high-growth consumer brands, proprietary foodtech, next-gen commerce, and value-add digital technology. We’re laser-focused on preeminent and defensible brands, services, technologies, and platforms that have the potential to transform the industry - and are led by creative entrepreneurs who are adept, innovative, nimble, and uncompromising. 

Our Managing Partner, Ashley Hartman, will be judging the pitch competition finals as part of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) 2024 Annual Expo on Wednesday, July 17th at McCormick Place. The Expo brings together over 1,000 exhibitors and thousands of attendees working to transform the future of food. We’re looking forward to checking out the latest innovations. Give us a shout if you’ll be there.

Our Co-Managing Partners Andrew Bluestein and Ashley Hartman were featured on The Consumer VC podcast. Tune in for a great discussion on the future of food - in addition to some hot takes on Starbucks and plant-based meat. Let us know what you think in the comments! Thank you to Mike Gelb for hosting and facilitating the thoughtful conversation.

Listen to the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gaeW-6zG

Check out our Spring 2024 Newsletter! Here are some highlights from the last few months at Bluestein:
 - We published our latest industry deep dive on ' Nourishing a Better Future for Women's Health Through Nutrition' https://lnkd.in/gSH9-zuQ To dive further into this topic, register for our upcoming Future of Food Series Webinar 'Innovating for Women's Health' on June 5th! https://lnkd.in/eM7XXy9X
- Reel was featured on a CNBC Power Lunch segment about sustainable toilet paper, including a special appearance by our Managing Partner Andrew Bluestein
 - New Culture partnered with South Korean firm CJ CheilJedang to scale production of its animal-free cheese
 
Read our Spring 2024 Newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/ghmj8BxX
 
Be sure to subscribe to our newsletters here: https://lnkd.in/ddfkfiw

Earlier this week, we teamed up with Cooley LLP and J.P. Morgan to host an investor dinner after the Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins conference! It was great to gather so many investors actively deploying in foodtech. Thank you to Alya Adamany Woods, the rest of the Cooley LLP team, and J.P. Morgan for co-hosting with us, and Rethink Events for organizing the conference.

Check out Joan Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO of our portfolio company Arise, on the Brydge Club podcast! Arise is building a virtual care platform to change the way eating disorders are treated. Thank you to Ruffin Mitchener for featuring Joan Zhang and highlighting her incredible story. 
 
Listen to the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gnQvKxp9

We are excited to announce that Bluestein Ventures has been recognized as a Fire Starter by Chicago Inno as part of the 2024 Fire Awards! This award celebrates the top 50 innovators shaping the Chicago tech scene.

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