STONLY BAPTISTE BLUE

Stonly Baptiste Blue is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Third Sphere, a venture capital firm based in the San Francisco area. Born in Haiti, he launched his first IT consultancy immediately after high school and subsequently founded multiple software, hardware, and service firms throughout his career. His most recent entrepreneurial venture, an enterprise cloud platform, was successfully acquired and now operates directly within NetApp. After leaving his undergraduate physics studies to pursue entrepreneurship full-time, he eventually transitioned into academia, teaching at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has also lectured at Harvard Business School and UC Berkeley, while dedicating time to volunteer with the San Francisco Education Fund. Since co-founding Third Sphere in 2013, Blue primarily focuses on early-stage venture investments, leveraging his enterprise technology background to support founders building impactful companies.