Venture Capital for Component Electronics

About

Early stage venture capital and active investment for electronic component technologies seeking to unlock $1B+ potential.

Blue Sky Capital is an independently controlled, returns-driven venture capital firm. Since 2017, we’ve provided investment capital and strategic partnerships to help founders get from concept to product-market fit, then scale to unlock their full potential.

We invest in companies who are making advances in the component technology and hardware space, with a focus on post-silicon, materials, material science, manufacturing tech and sensors. We have deep ties to Samtec Electronics, a global manufacturer of electronic interconnects, that gives us a strategic advantage – the ability to leverage partnerships and industry expertise, move quickly, and invest with conviction.

Team

Madison Hamman

BlueSky Capital is led by Madison Hamman.

For each investment opportunity, Madison assembles a team of technical resources from Samtec with experience in the relevant technologies to provide strategic input, drawn from our Samtec and industry relationships.

Prior to BlueSky Capital, Madison began his career at Samtec Inc, a global electronics manufacturer. While early in his career at Samtec, Madison began working on a startup, Mavizon, and ultimately received venture funding from the owner of Samtec. Mavizon was incubated at Samtec where the team could leverage manufacturing and engineering resources.

The company ceased operations in 2013 and Madison went to work for BlueSky Network (the family office of the owners of Samtec). In 2017 Madison launched BlueSky Capital, a dedicated venture fund for the family office.

He lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and three daughters. He received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Find Madison on LinkedIn.

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Portfolio

Blue Sky Capital provides direct investment in component electronics companies, as well as like minded venture funds.

Direct Investments

  • Ayar Labs logo
    Ayar Labs

    Breaking barriers in moving data with fundamentally new electronic-photonic integrated circuits

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  • Hummingbird Nano logo
    Hummingbird Nano

    Precision molding of microfluidic chips

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  • J2 Materials

    High quality lab-grown diamonds for gemstone and semiconductor markets. Acquired by WD Diamonds, January 2021

  • Lumina

    Optical Inspection Systems for detecting thin film defects on Transparent Substrates

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  • Mosaic Microsystems

    Enabling thin substrate solutions for microelectronics and photonics packaging

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  • Perceptive

    Sensing for machine perception.

  • SkyCool Systems

    Harnessing the cooling potential of the sky

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  • Oyla

    Next gen 3d sensing

  • Thruwave

    mmWave sensing and radar signal processing for imaging

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  • SWIR Vision Systems

    Quantum dot enabled SWIR vision cameras. Acquired by ONSemi (NASDAQ: ON), July 2024

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  • Nexus Photonics

    Tunable lasers with unparalleled performance.

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  • Cambridge Terahertz

    Providing safety and security through terahertz imaging.

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  • EnoSemi Logo
    EnoSemi

    Photonic-Electronic Design IP and Custom Silicon

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  • Vitro3D

    Incredibly fast volumetric additive manufacturing.

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Funds

  • Bee Partners

    Investing in passionate founders with deep industry insights, providing capital and mentorship at the earliest stages of venture creation

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  • E14

    Building and investing the MIT Media Lab startup community

  • Grit Ventures

    Investing in Early Stage AI + Robotics for Traditional Industry

  • PJC

    Empowering founders to create the future

  • Ubiquity Venture

    Investing in startups bringing software into the real world

  • Ada Ventures

    Bold investment for overlooked founders and markets

Contact

Get in touch

Email

info@bluesky.vc

Location

Headquartered in New Albany, Indiana with a global reach