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Key people at Blazar Ventures.
Blazar Ventures is a firm providing capital investment alongside extensive management support, targeting opportunities from seed-stage startups to corporate buyouts. The firm specializes in cultivating businesses that fundamentally disrupt existing industry operations. It achieves this by focusing on technologies and strategies enabling seamless interoperability and advanced analytics of data across diverse customer bases.
The firm was founded by Mark Foster, Robert Poulin, and Jeffrey Ganek, who previously co-founded Neustar. This pioneering company was recognized for delivering software-as-a-service and data-as-a-service solutions before these concepts became industry standards. Their collective experience and the insight gained from building such a foundational business inform Blazar Ventures' hands-on approach to fostering new enterprises.
Blazar Ventures serves a spectrum of companies, from nascent ventures requiring initial support to more mature entities pursuing strategic buyouts. The firm’s long-term vision is to identify and empower enterprises poised to redefine their sectors by effectively harnessing data. They aim to create lasting market impact through sophisticated data-driven insights and integrated operational models.
Key people at Blazar Ventures.
Blazar Ventures has 4 tracked investments across 3 companies. The latest tracked deal is $2.5M Other Equity in Cloudtenna in June 2020.
| Date | Company | Round | Lead Investor(s) | Co-Investor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2020 | Cloudtenna | $2.5M Other Equity | Blazar Ventures | — |
| Dec 1, 2018 | Lynk Global | $25K Seed | Blazar Ventures, Manan Mehta | Kohala Ventures, Origin Ventures, ONE WAY Ventures, Rise OF The Rest, RRE Ventures |
| May 25, 2018 | Cloudtenna | $4.0M Seed | Blazar Ventures | Citrix |
| Oct 1, 2017 | Airside | $6.0M Series A | Grotech Ventures, Blazar Ventures | Chartline Capital Partners, Moderne Ventures, 8VC, Bain Capital Ventures |