O’Neil Group Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Bluestaq

COLORADO SPRINGS, Co., January 18, 2022 — The O’Neil Group Company, LLC (OGC) today announced a major strategic growth investment in Bluestaq LLC. Bluestaq is a technology firm that specializes in secure enterprise software systems, data management platforms, and data analytics. The investment will help fuel Bluestaq’s growth within the rapidly expanding data management and analytics market as it increases its customer base in the years ahead. With a rising list of customers across the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, Bluestaq’s software solutions enable worldwide organizations the ability to harness disparate data on the military operations floor, at the tactical edge, the boardroom and beyond.

“Bluestaq has had unheard of momentum in the defense startup community. I have watched Bluestaq grow from a team of four founders launching a dream at Catalyst Campus three years ago,” said Kevin O’Neil, founder and CEO of the O’Neil Group Company, “to an innovative software company positioned to break out of the defense market and take on commercial sectors. With this investment, the Bluestaq team can accelerate its growth and extend its already robust pipeline of technologies. I look forward to helping accelerate the evolution of Bluestaq in Colorado Springs and other communities across the country.”

“We are on an incredible trajectory at Bluestaq and are excited about our partnership with Kevin as we expand the company’s talent, technology capabilities, and customer pipeline. As we look forward to the future, we wanted a partner who could help our team reach the next level,” said Seth Harvey, Bluestaq CEO. “We have only scratched the surface of what is possible at Bluestaq; with Kevin’s strategic investment, I am confident Bluestaq is positioned to transform our organization into a global provider of enterprise software solutions.”

Bluestaq will remain headquartered in Colorado Springs and is exploring all options to meet its future growth needs, including possible expansion into the Catalyst Campus locations in Ogden, Utah and College Park, MD.

About The O’Neil Group Company, LLC

The O’Neil Group is an asset management company focused on strategic investments that create high paying jobs and wealth in the communities it operates in. The O’Neil Group and Bluestaq first collaborated at the Catalyst Campus for Technology & Innovation, a thriving innovation campus started and backed by the O’Neil Group and headquartered in Colorado Springs. The O’Neil Group’s successful management of defense-focused technology companies and investment into defense innovation has contributed to the creation of over 1,000 jobs and $270M in local economic impact and will drive an exciting period of growth for Bluestaq. Learn more at The O'Neil Group Company.

About Bluestaq

Founded in 2018 in Colorado Springs, Bluestaq builds highly secure data management solutions for storing, managing and sharing data. Bluestaq drives enterprise software innovations that solve community behavioral challenges impeding effective, secure data collaboration. Bluestaq develops and transforms its enterprise systems and secures disparate data to solve its customers’ most critical challenges. Today, Bluestaq provides the U.S. Department of Defense and the nation’s intelligence community with advanced software systems. Their name, Bluestaq, originates from “blue” a military term for friendly forces, and “staq” referring to a software stack. Learn more at www.bluestaq.com.

Bluestaq has received numerous workplace awards, including landing at #630 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 list and Inc. Magazine’s 2022 and 2021 Best Workplaces list. Bluestaq has also made Built In’s Best Places to Work Lists: Best Places to Work in Colorado, Best Small Companies to Work for in Colorado, and Best Paying Companies in Colorado (2020 – 2022) and also received recognition from the Colorado Springs Gazette on its Best Workplaces lists for four consecutive years (2019-2022).

Seth HarveyJanuary 18, 2022