Bluestar Innovation Partners was established in 2016 to provide direct funding and mentorship from both the Jones Family and top executives on a variety of topics including operational guidance, strategic intent, access to capital, expert mode-marketing, branding, and go-to-market strategies.
Private investment funding is the focus of the company, which has its headquarters in Frisco, Texas. The company makes investments into a number of businesses that are active in the areas of technology, games, as well as health and fitness.
Bluestar Innovation Partners has gained recognition in a number of different regions throughout the state of Texas. Among these are their recent recognition as a nominee in the Investment Catalyst classification for the 2019 Tech Titan excellence award given out on August 23, 2019.
Key People
The following are some of the most influential people in the company’s continued success.
- Robert Wechsler, Founder.
- Jerry Jones, President/General Manager.
- Stephen Jones, Executive Vice President/Player Personnel Director
- Charlotte Jones Anderson, Executive Vice President/Chief Brand Officer
- Chad Estis, Business Operations Executive Vice President
- Jerry Jones Jr, Executive Vice President/Marketing and Sales Chief Officer
- Tom Walker, BSIPartner
- Jason Cohen, BSIPartner
- Stuart Lodge, BSIPartner
- Molly Slusher, BSIPartner/Gen. counsel
- Matt Steffe, BSIPartner
- Eric Frazier, President/ Business & Commercial Development Leader
- Randy McGraw, BSIPartner
- Jessica Jones, BSIPartner
- Corey Wood, BSIPartner
- Dan Wechsler, BSIPartner
- Ben Kauder, BSIPartner
- Andrew Shofner, BSIPartner
- Brett Thier, BSIPartner
- Tom Strachan, BSIPartner
- Kevin Hughes, BSIPartner
Recent Investments
BSIP has a proven track record of success in identifying companies operating in a segmented marketplace that are failing at one idea that BSIP can improve upon. With this strategy, BSIP is able to add value in addition to the capital outlay.
Businesses located in northern Texas stand to gain a substantial amount of value from invested capital from BSIP. Getting supported by a collective that is deeply linked to the most senior management levels at the most important sports organisation in the universe confers a certain innate competitive edge. Specifically, this incentive comes in the form of the following:
In addition, the leadership team at BSIP is not only one of the greatest powerful professionals of its type in North Texas but also has a demonstrated record of successfully increasing tech firms. In fact, they may even be the most influential group in the region.
April 23, 2019
– Payrix – became the lead investor with $22M raised money.
July 26, 2020
– received TravelNet Solutions
– had exit in Payrix
October 01, 2020
– Series A Payrix raised a total of $50M.
March 08, 2022
– invested in Stax ($245M)
Bluestar’s Mission
BSIP’s investment thesis is to engage in incredibly creative innovators and companies selling a service or product with an overall income between $3,000,000 and $50,000,000. This enables BSIP to enhance their expertise, access to dispersion and capital systems, and to provide different implementations with exceptional guidelines and value.
Bluestar Innovation Partners is currently working on a strategy to grow their industry by recruiting additional investors and partner organisations who share their commitment to a common goal. The company has held throughout its history the conviction that it is the essential component of a forward-thinking kind of enterprise that is able to appreciate the value of ongoing innovation.
