Since being the first outside investor in revolutionary office supply superstore OfficeMax in 1988 (later sold to K-mart), Blue Mesa has played an active investment, strategic, or operating role in disruptive startup and early-stage companies with scalable business models in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Cleveland.
Our investment philosophy is “First In; Last Out. From Day One through Exit”.
We were a seed or first round investor in LoungeBuddy (travel app; sold to American Express), CardinalCommerce (pioneer in online retail authentication technology; sold to VISA), category-creating Divergent3D (end-to-end industrial digital manufacturing production system revolutionizing the defense, aerospace, and automotive industries), Capstone Partners (placement agent for private equity funds; MBO), and Twitch (formerly known as, Justin.TV; sold to Amazon).
Our Founder and Managing Partner (Marc Morgenstern) co-founded Within3 (digital collaboration for pharma and life sciences; sold to Insight Partners), C+T Access Ventures (technology venture fund), and groundbreaking CadenceCounsel (providing top-tier lawyers on a variable basis for top-tier law firms; sold to Lateral Link). He was the CEO and Founder of Equity Realty Securities (NASD-registered placement agent) and served on the NASD Business Conduct Committee.
