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 (80% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $15.1M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
4
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
Portfolio
5 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Cambium Carbon | Seed | — | Dec 2023 |
| BBluespace.ai | Seed | $3.5M | Dec 2019 |
 Bluespace | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2019 |
| BBluespace.ai | Seed | $3.5M | Jan 2019 |
| PPrintify, Inc. | Series A | $50M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Fusion Fund3 shared
UMC Capital2 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
Wise1 shared
500 Emerging Europe1 shared
H&M Group1 shared
Cooley LLP1 shared
Index Ventures1 shared
Vinted1 shared
Virgin Group1 shared
Dreamers VC1 shared
FJ Labs1 shared
Last updated: 14 September 2026