KC

Kelly Carlquist

VC at Sandbox Industries

Chicago, Illinois

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $20,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $10,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Vice President

    2021

    The Blue Venture Fund is a unique collaboration among Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) companies, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), and Sandbox, to which thirty-five BCBS companies have committed approximately $900 million across four funds. The Blue Venture Fund invests in promising emerging companies of strategic relevance to Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield companies and provides the portfolio with access to BCBS companies to deploy innovation at scale. Sandbox is an independent company that provides healthcare-related investment management exclusively for the Blue Venture Fund.

  • Associate

    2020 - 2021

2018 - 2019

  • MBA Intern

    2018 - 2019

    Venture Capital and Private Equity

2016 - 2018

  • Associate

    2016 - 2018

    Primary Investment Team

2014 - 2016

  • Analyst

    2014 - 2016

    Investment Management Division