Startups

Invest Blue would love to support you!

Connecting Kentucky Innovators with Network-powered Capital.

Invest Blue creates opportunities for the intersection between impactful startups and mission-oriented angel investors.

Our Criteria

Invest Blue prioritizes startups that are:

  • Seeking pre-Seed or early Seed stage funding

  • Have a scalable, venture-track business model

  • Founders & startups with Kentucky affiliation:

    • Kentucky based startups

    • Startups led by Current Students, Staff, and Faculty of Kentucky based universities

    • Alumni from Kentucky based universities

    • Employees of Kentucky based corporations

    • Strategically aligned companies (i.e. Tech transfer clients, Launch Blue participants)

Although not mandatory, a referral by an Invest Blue member is a plus! 

Our Process

  1. Apply via our rolling application and share with us what your building

  2. Connect with a member of the Invest Blue team.

  3. Publish to our Invest Blue Angel network

  4. Pitch: Select candidates will be invited to pitch their startup for investment

Question about the Invest Blue Network? Contact us!

Sound like a fit? 

We’d love to hear from you. Apply Now!

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