Early-stage investing · since 2006
BlueBanyan invests in technology companies with founders from Latin America and the United States.
Portfolio companies have gone on to raise additional capital, been acquired, or gone public.
Portfolio companies and their acquirers.
| Company | Acquirer |
|---|---|
| Abacus | Certify |
| AlphaCard | Cortec Group |
| Blink Booking | Groupon |
| Cornershop | Uber |
| DBM Clouds | Nasuni |
| Dotspotter | CBS Interactive |
| Dunkin' Donuts | Private sale |
| Hennessey Capital | Hitachi / Mitsubishi |
| IndexTank | |
| JW Player | Merged with Connatix |
| PulpoMedia | Entravision |
| SocialWire | Rakuten |
| Ustream | IBM |
| Violin Memory | IPO (VMEM) |
Firms that have invested in BlueBanyan Portfolio Companies.
Mike Hennessey
Managing Director
Mike invests in and advises early-stage technology companies and emerging venture capital fund managers in the US and Latin America. His portfolio spans AI, Enterprise, and Logistics, including Parabola (NY/SF), Metal (SF), Frete (Brazil), Wareclouds (Chile/Brazil), FondiMex (Mexico), and Nostra.ai (NY).
He co-founded PuenteLabs, one of the first organizations to help Latin American founders scale internationally and raise venture capital in Silicon Valley. He has mentored with Endeavor, LAVCA, NXTP Labs, 21212, Tec de Monterrey and the Alianza del Pacífico.
Mike has been an LP in venture funds since 1997 including DCM, Highland Capital Partners, 1011 Ventures, DrivenVC, Atman, Wasabi Ventures, Unbounded Capital, and AlterGlobal. His early career was focused on enterprise software sales at Oracle (DBMS), Pegasystems (CRM) and Inktomi (Search/Commerce). He holds an MBA from the University of Washington and a BA in History from the University of Michigan with semesters in Madrid, Guadalajara, and Santiago.