Blue Ivy Ventures is a venture capital fund for the Yale alumni community, managed by Alumni Ventures. It invests in companies with a Yale connection across sectors including software, education, gaming, and marketing, from seed through growth stages.
Their most common stage is seed (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $21.3M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
8
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
DS
David Shapiro
Founding Managing Partner
YG
Yevgeny Gelfand
Partner
LF
Lucy Friedmann
Principal
CR
Christopher Rios-Villalobos
Venture Fellow Associate
TA
Tobi Akindoju
Venture Fellow
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
9 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cambium Carbon | Seed | — | Dec 2023 |
 Humu | Series C | $60M | Feb 2022 |
| BBluespace.ai | Seed | $3.5M | Dec 2019 |
 Bluespace | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2019 |
| BBluespace.ai | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2019 |
| HHumatics Com | Series A | $18M | Sep 2017 |
 Humatics | Series A | $18M | Jan 2017 |
 Printify, Inc. | Series A | $50M | — |
 RubiconMD | Series B | $13.8M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Fusion Fund3 shared
UMC Capital2 shared
Index Ventures2 shared
Silicon Valley Bank2 shared
Airbus Ventures2 shared
Fontinalis Partners2 shared
Lockheed Martin Ventures2 shared
Blackhorn Ventures2 shared
Presidio Ventures2 shared
Tectonic Ventures2 shared
Intact Ventures2 shared
Alumni Ventures1 shared
MaC Venture Capital1 shared
Gaingels1 shared
Soma Capital1 shared
Connecticut Innovations1 shared
Blue Pool Capital1 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center1 shared
Atinum Investment1 shared
Kakao Investment1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026