BluVentures provides commercial, financial and strategic support to deep-tech founders spinning out of universities and research institutes — and the institutions backing them.
Brilliant research doesn't automatically become a brilliant business. The path from a paper, a prototype or a principal investigator's idea to a venture worth funding is full of decisions most founders only get to make once.
BluVentures is a senior advisory practice for that journey. I sit alongside founders and research leaders to sharpen the proposition, structure the company, prepare for capital, and avoid the expensive mistakes that come with learning on the job. Investability is purposefully constructed — it does not happen by chance.
Run in parallel and iterated through to investment. Mentoring runs as a continuous thread alongside them — the foundation on which everything else is built.
Reframe the technology from invention into a market thesis investors can underwrite.
Pick the beachhead, sequence the customers, and design a route to revenue that compounds.
Build a model with strong margins, real pricing power and a path to recurring revenue.
Translate the operating plan into numbers a serious investor will open twice.
Cap table, IP licence and governance balanced across founders, institution and investors.
Define the team you need now, and by Series A — and grow into the leadership it requires.
Deck, model, data room and Q&A built so the live raise is execution, not invention.
Run the round end-to-end — introductions, term sheet, consortium, close.
Mentoring is not a stage — it is the thread that runs through all eight others, and the reason founders tell me the engagement mattered long after the round closed. Sessions range from short calls to half-day deep-dives; the topics range from cap-table politics to the conversation you have been avoiding.
Supporting tech transfer offices and academic departments to translate research into commercial outcomes.
Helping institutes and labs structure spin-outs, attract investment and build commercial capability.
Working alongside principal investigators stepping into a commercial role for the first time.
Standing alongside deep-tech and science-led founders from idea through to first institutional round.
The first step is always a direct call — no slides, no scope document — to work out whether I am the right person to help you, and whether the timing is right.