Dendy Young

Principal at Blu Ventures

Dendy is a founding member of Blu Venture Investors and also runs McLean Capital, LLC, a family office based in Delaplane, VA. From January 1996 to 2006, Dendy was CEO of GTSI Corp. (NASDAQ: GTSI), an over $1-billion enterprise services and solutions provider. Prior to GTSI, he served as founder and CEO of Falcon Microsystems, Inc. and, before that, Falcon Systems, Inc. Dendy serves on the executive committee of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Dendy is chairman of the board of Saltenna LLC, which builds innovative antennas, Navanti Group, which delivers real-time insight into the economic, political, and security trends shaping the world, and eKare, Inc., which is a world leader in wound-care imaging. He serves on the board of SecureG, a company on the forefront of authentication in 5G networks and Perthera Inc., which is commercializing a breakthrough in personalized medicine for patients with cancer. He lives in Delaplane, Virginia, with his wife, Andrea, where they are building a regenerative conservation farm. Dendy holds a SB in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

As an investor, Dendy believes that early-stage companies are where tomorrow’s opportunity lives. A “techie” at heart and a business guy, he is able to satisfy both his passions by investing in early stage companies. And he always enjoys spending time helping new, young companies get off the ground!

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