MORGENSTERN'S MAXIMS

Since being the first outside investor in OfficeMax in 1988, Blue Mesa has played an active investment, strategic, or operating role in startup and early-stage companies in San Francisco, LA, and Cleveland... We were a seed or first round investor in LoungeBuddy (travel app; sold to American Express), CardinalCommerce (authentication technology; sold to VISA), Divergent3D (transformative manufacturing system), Capstone Partners (placement agent for PE funds; MBO), and Twitch (formerly known as, Justin... Our Founder and Managing Partner (Marc Morgenstern) co-founded Within3 (digital collaboration for life sciences; sold to Insight Partners), C+T Access Ventures (technology venture fund), CadenceCounsel (providing top-tier lawyers on a variable basis for top-tier law firms; sold to Lateral Link), and founded Equity Realty Securities (NASD-registered placement agent).