Investor profile
John Banta
Corporate VC & Vice President at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, President and Managing Director at The Blue Venture Fund
John Banta works as a President and Managing Director at The Blue Venture Fund. The firm's known portfolio counts 16 companies.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Vice President at Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- InfoBionic
- Healthify
- SwipeSense
- Lumeris
- Lumiata
- Limber
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Everly Health Solutions
- RetraceHealth
President and Managing Director at The Blue Venture Fund, whose known portfolio counts 16 companies
- Octave
- Origin
- Nest Health
- First Dollar
- Big Health
- Noctrix Health
- Ultromics
- Upward Health
- PinkDx
- Fort Health
- Onc.AI
- Perspectum
- and 4 more
Investor Profile
John Banta is listed against sectors AI, FinTech, Hardware and Healthcare, and focus areas Analytics, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools and Diagnostics in the database.
Stage-wise, the deals at The Blue Venture Fund cluster around Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether John Banta is worth approaching.
Colleagues
Dan Phillips
Managing Director
Austin, United States
Rocio Meza
Senior Corporate Strategy
Chicago, United States
Zach Fitzsimmons
Investor
Canada
Kelly Carlquist
Vice President
Chicago, United States
Amanda Harlan
Vice President
Chicago, United States
Emir Sandhu
Managing Director
San Francisco, United States
Sandis Wright
Director
Andover, United States
Michelle Valle
Venture Forthe Inc
Rochester, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is John Banta?
John Banta is a corporate venture investor based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, listed as President and Managing Director at The Blue Venture Fund. The known portfolio of that firm counts 16 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to John Banta personally.
What does John Banta invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, FinTech, Hardware and Healthcare; listed focus areas include Analytics, Cybersecurity, Developer Tools and Diagnostics. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does John Banta invest at?
The Blue Venture Fund appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and John Banta is listed there as President and Managing Director. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is John Banta listed at?
John Banta is listed as President and Managing Director at The Blue Venture Fund. 8 other people in the database share a firm with John Banta.
How do I contact John Banta?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for John Banta. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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