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Lily Bengfort

Partner, Cyber Investment Committee atBlu Venture InvestorsWashington, DC
Blu Venture Investors websiteFirm profile

Lily Bengfort is a partner at Blu Venture Investors and a member of its Cyber Investment Committee. She is also the president and CEO of UAS Safeflight.

What Lily can write

Writes checks of$25K to $3M
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
Best routeA warm introAsk a founder in their portfolio.

Blu Venture Investors writes $25K to $3M checks, larger than 1% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Blu Venture Investors.

Career

  1. OmniSpeech
  2. TCecure
  3. DRS Technologies
  4. CenGen Inc. · President and CEO
  5. UAS Safeflight · President and CEO
  6. Blu Venture Investors · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

CenGen Inc.

Focus

cybersecuritycommunicationsIT securitycommercial dronesenterprise software

Also at Blu Venture Investors

J.S. GambleManaging Partner
Deb FitzgeraldPartner, Cyber Fund Investment Committee
Benjamin EbenezerManaging Principal
Josh MillerSenior Vice President, Cyber Fund Investment Committee

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One email when Lily's firm raises a fund, adds a partner or shows new activity.

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Questions

Who is Lily Bengfort?

Lily Bengfort is a partner at Blu Venture Investors and a member of its Cyber Investment Committee. She is also the president and CEO of UAS Safeflight.

How much does Lily Bengfort invest?

Lily Bengfort invests through Blu Venture Investors, which writes checks of $25K to $3M at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Lily Bengfort?

A warm intro from a founder Blu Venture Investors backed works best.

What did Lily Bengfort do before Blu Venture Investors?

OmniSpeech; TCecure; DRS Technologies; President and CEO at CenGen Inc.; President and CEO at UAS Safeflight.

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