Blue Startups Alumni Spotlight

Instant Teams Customer Experience Talent Marketplace empowers your organization to stay ahead & build social impact into your day to day.

We are excited to share that Instant Teams is growing fast and is ready to help organizations that are looking to hire remarkable talent. Instant Teams talent solutions and dynamic community propel any organization ahead while fostering social impact in your daily operations.

Instant Teams is ready to help you hire a great team today! Learn more at https://instantteams.com/

We are celebrating! Blue Startups alumni company dataPlor raises $10.6M in Series A Funding!
The round was led by Spark Capital with participation from Quest Venture Partners, Acronym Venture Capital, Circadian Ventures, Two Lanterns Venture Partners and APA Venture Partners. Alex Finkelstein, General Partner at Spark Capital, will join dataplor’s board of directors, which includes John Frankel, founding partner of ffVC.

The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its ongoing expansion, building a comprehensive and dynamically updated database of global Point of Interest (POI) data.

Led by Geoff Michener, CEO and Founder, dataplor is a geospatial data company that helps global enterprises grow abroad by mapping tough-to-reach markets with a privacy-first approach.

https://www.dataplor.com/

Woman-Led Startup Solves Retail Returns Crisis, Named Fast Company World Changing Idea and to the Leading 100 Second Year in a Row

LiquiDonate, the climate-tech startup that transforms unsellable inventory, like returns, into charitable donations, proudly announces its recognition in Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas Awards and to the Leading 100 list for the second year in a row. LiquiDonate’s innovative software, Magic Matches, is acknowledged for its exceptional contribution to sustainability and social impact in the retail industry.

http://liquidonate.com/

Reef.ai makes three key hires!

Pamela Mardo has joined Reef.ai as Head of Growth! John Howard has joined the Data team at Reef.ai! And Rio Jeane Joslyn is the latest addition to the Reef.ai Data Team.

Reef.ai continues to grow! Learn more about their new hires HERE

https://reef.ai

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East Meets West is on the calendar for April 24-25, 2025. Mark your calendars!

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Blue Startups is looking for summer interns! Are you interested in learning about startups? Ideal candidates are driven by a passion for startups, are self-starters with a strong work ethic and detail-oriented.