Vaughn Blake

Vaughn focuses on the renewable energy industry for Blue Bear. He is specifically focused on themes and opportunities where policy and technology catalysts interconnect.

Prior to Blue Bear, Vaughn managed a portfolio of emerging and esoteric hedge fund and venture capital fund strategies at a Southern California based Family Office.

He is the founder and managing director of Autochrome Ventures, an early-stage venture firm investing in frontier technologies applied at industrial and enterprise scale. Examples of Autochrome’s investment philosophy include Emerge, PhaseFour, Standard Cyborg, and Tropic Biosciences.

A strong proponent of diversity within the ranks of both high-growth technology companies and venture capital, he was one of the first limited partners in Backstage Capital and is a founding member of PledgeLA.

He currently holds board positions at Emerge and Pactum Capital, and sits on the investment committee of Treehouse Macro Partners, a volatility-focused hedge fund.