Blue Ivy is Venture Capital investing exclusively for Yale Alumni

What Is Blue Ivy Ventures?

The smartest, simplest way for Yale alums to add venture capital to their portfolio. We are also…

A full-time alumni investment team
An Investment Committee with over 250 years of investing experience
24k alumni followers
The only fund of its kind for Yale alumni
Private, for-profit, and not officially sanctioned by the university

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“My portfolio is in good shape: I had stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and even some real estate investments. But I had a big hole when it came to venture investing. Through a classmate, I learned about AVG’s approach, and it just made sense. It feels good to know that I’ve got this part of my portfolio covered too.”

Fund Investor

“I had a large nest egg in my retirement account. AVG was the perfect investment vehicle to do something new, alternative, and to further diversify my personal portfolio. I also appreciate the secure online investor portal that provides me with interesting details and news on the companies which I’m invested in.”

Fund Investor

Why Invest in Venture Capital?

Consistently Strong Returns

Benefits of Venture Investing

Your chance to invest like an insider in game-changing innovation.

Participate in huge value creation pre-IPO and pre-acquisition.

Higher quality investment opportunities than angel investing or going it alone.

VC is not tied to the stock market, offering diversification during a downturn.

Invest directly in your interests: seed-stage startups, social impact, women entrepreneurs and more.

Investment Strategy

Smart, Simple Venture Investing

Diversified Venture Portfolio

20 – 30 investments per fund, diversified by stage, sector, and geography

Co-Invest with Strong Lead Investors

We only invest when a strong, established investor (often a fellow alum) is leading the financing

Deal Access via Alumni Connections

Entrepreneurial teams desire our investment because we are a meaningful check, low friction, and have a large rolodex

Co-Invest Alongside Top Venture Firms

Invest In Deals Most Individuals Never Know About or Get Access To

Accomplice
Andreessen Horowitz
Benchmark
Bezos Expeditions
Blackrock
Breyer Capital
Comcast Ventures
CrunchFund
Drive Capital
Draper Fisher Jurvetson

First Round Capital
Flybridge Capital
Fontinalis Partners
Founders Fund/Thiel Capital
Goldman Sachs Ventures
Google Ventures
Greylock Partners
Highland Capital
Index Ventures
IVP

Khosla Ventures
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Lux Capital
Magic Johnson Enterprises
Menlo Ventures
New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
Omidyar Network
Sequoia Capital
SV Angel
Y Combinator

The top venture capital firms are provided for illustrative purposes only; there is no guarantee that any fund will invest alongside of any other venture capital firm.

How does Blue Ivy assemble a great portfolio for me?

Full-time investment team wakes up every morning dedicated to delivering a diverse portfolio to investors
An Investment Committee with over 250 years of investing experience
We use our alumni and broader AVG network to access deals that simply are not available to most individuals
We only invest in deals with a strong lead investor with sector expertise, combining their due diligence with our own

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“I am in technology in SF, so I have a pretty good venture portfolio around things I know well. I don’t see much outside of the Bay Area and my sector however. My alumni fund was a great way to get a more diversified portfolio, and I enjoy being part of a group of classmates investing together.”

Fund Investor

“We’ve been really lucky and participating in the fund was a great way to pay it forward. Both of us were helped by fellow alums at many key points of our lives. And frankly, we just need more people out there creating solutions to society’s key problems. I feel an obligation to do my part.”

Fund Investor