Our Support System
Bluefin Labs is privileged to have the support of world-class investors. Their collective knowledge and experience have helped greatly in fueling Bluefin’s development.
Most recently, we raised a Series B round led by Time Warner Investments, which targets non-control strategic investments in companies that have a clear fit with Time Warner's divisional operations. Select investments within the Time Warner Investments portfolio includes: Admeld (sold to Google), PlaySpan (sold to Visa), Kosmix (sold to WALMART), Turbine (sold to Warner Bros.), MediaVast (sold to Getty Images), Simulmedia, and GetGlue.
SoftBank Capital also participated in Bluefin’s Series B.
Our Series A round was led by Redpoint Ventures, one of the world's top venture capital firms whose investments include: TiVO, Netflix, MySpace, Excite, Juniper, and Right Media. Founded in 1999, Redpoint has raised over $2 billion since inception and has been involved in 39 IPOs and 63 upside acquisitions.
Several top executives from the worlds of technology, media, entertainment, and sports have invested in Bluefin. Notable angel investors include: Brian Bedol (Managing Director, Bedrock Venture Partners), Jim Pallotta (Raptor fund; co-owner, Boston Celtics), Jonathan Kraft (President, Kraft Group and New England Patriots), Dan Gilbert (founder and chairman, Quicken Loans; majority owner, Cleveland Cavaliers), Kenneth Lerer (Lerer Ventures, co-founder Huffington Post), Jeff Samberg (Acadia Woods), John Fogelman (Board Member, William Morris Endeavor).
In its transition from pure academic research at the MIT Media Lab to private startup, Bluefin received funding from the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant.