Our team brings a unique combination of corporate, entrepreneurial, and investing experience. We have an average of 15 years of operating experience as both entrepreneurs and as executives in leading high-tech companies. We have leveraged this experience to invest in over 50 technology venture-backed start-ups, creating a network of hundreds of entrepreneurs who we have advised and guided to successful outcomes.

Blueprint Ventures adheres firmly to several important principles:

Sector Expertise
We invest exclusively in technology start-ups, leveraging the know-how and relationships we have built over the past 20 years. We believe technology will continue to bring tremendous growth and innovation in the coming decade. From silicon and components to systems and software, we seek to identify disruptive technologies that will increase productivity and efficiency by solving tangible problems.

Hands-on Company Building
We believe venture capital is a contact sport. We target no more than six board seats per partner, allowing us to work closely with a manageable number of entrepreneurs and portfolio companies. Over time we provide a range of value-add activities including management team recruitment, introductions to early customers, and introductions to future financing sources.

Capital Efficiency
Silicon Valley's most famous successes were built with modest amounts of capital. We look for "thrifty" entrepreneurs who can successfully build companies on rational budgets. We generally believe that companies that can achieve profitability and an exit with less than $25 million of equity financing are best positioned to provide attractive returns for entrepreneurs and venture investors alike.

Early Investor
We are often the first institutional investor in a company, typically investing several million dollars in the initial financing round. We prefer to partner with like-minded co-investors who are willing to roll up their sleeves and play an active role in building the company. We generally shy away from very large Series A fundraises as it conflicts with our belief in capital efficiency.

Alignment
We have found that companies often fail without solid alignment among the Board, the investors and the management team. Early on, we identify agreeable key milestones for product development and capital requirements to ensure alignment among all relevant constituencies. With a unified focus, we believe that the probability of success is greatly enhanced.

Less is More
We believe that venture capital continues to suffer from capital overhang and that smaller, focused funds will have a greater ability to provide venture-style returns to their limited partners and entrepreneurs. We are committed to rational fund sizes and investment rounds. Our model is built on optimizing IRR, not capital under management.