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Blue Wire Capital partners with visionaries that want to dramatically change how the world works, with a focus on innovation at pre-seed & seed stages. We have supported companies like Monzo, Deliveroo, SuperAwesome, Async Art, Climate X & Automata, and the early funds of managers such as Entrepreneur First, Hoxton Ventures, Isomer Capital, Semantic Ventures, Lunar Ventures and Creator Fund.

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