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
- 23k 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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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
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Accomplice
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Andreessen Horowitz
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Benchmark
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Bezos Expeditions
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Blackrock
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Breyer Capital
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Comcast Ventures
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CrunchFund
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Drive Capital
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Draper Fisher Jurvetson
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First Round Capital
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Flybridge Capital
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Fontinalis Partners
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Founders Fund/Thiel Capital
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Goldman Sachs Ventures
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Google Ventures
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Greylock Partners
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Highland Capital
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Index Ventures
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IVP
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Khosla Ventures
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
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Lux Capital
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Magic Johnson Enterprises
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Menlo Ventures
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New Enterprise Associates (NEA)
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Omidyar Network
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Sequoia Capital
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SV Angel
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Y Combinator
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