Welcome to Blue Ivy Ventures
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- HomeVenture consistently outperforms the public markets, including the 5, 15, and 25-year time periods. (1)
- HomeVenture has been the highest-performing alternative asset class over the last decade. (2)
- HomeVenture returns are largely uncorrelated to the public markets. (3)
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It has been rewarding to participate in the growth and performance of the Blue Ivy Fund over the past five years. Blue Ivy pays close attention to investor communication and service, and continues to innovate its comprehensive online functionality for transactions and reporting to complement direct contact with the managing director and fund administrators. Blue Ivy has established a creative and effective model to easily make venture investments part of our family’s portfolio.
I’ve been thrilled by my experience investing with Blue Ivy Ventures. As an investor, making the investment in BIV was clear and well-organized, using state-of-the-art digital communications and platforms. I highly recommend investing with Blue Ivy Ventures as a professional way to diversify your investment portfolio with venture funded companies. The opportunity to periodically participate in deal syndications also allows me to add on to BIV investments that I find to be highly compelling.
Investing through Blue Ivy Ventures has been a fascinating experience. Every step of the way in the investing journey has been outlined with clarity and well-managed, with an easy to use website and good reporting systems. I'm very happy with Blue Ivy and definitely recommend investing with them to anyone who is looking to add venture as a professionally managed asset class in a balanced portfolio.
It has been rewarding to participate in the growth and performance of the Blue Ivy Fund over the past five years. Blue Ivy pays close attention to investor communication and service, and continues to innovate its comprehensive online functionality for transactions and reporting to complement direct contact with the managing director and fund administrators. Blue Ivy has established a creative and effective model to easily make venture investments part of our family’s portfolio.
I’ve been thrilled by my experience investing with Blue Ivy Ventures. As an investor, making the investment in BIV was clear and well-organized, using state-of-the-art digital communications and platforms. I highly recommend investing with Blue Ivy Ventures as a professional way to diversify your investment portfolio with venture funded companies. The opportunity to periodically participate in deal syndications also allows me to add on to BIV investments that I find to be highly compelling.
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Meet Our Managing Partner
David Shapiro Y’91
David has over 25 years of experience as an investor, adviser, and board member, with expertise across early- and late-stage venture capital. Before joining Blue Ivy, David was Senior VP of Corporate Development and Business Development for DataXu, a marketer-aligned data and analytics company. Prior to his time at DataXu, he was a Director with the global venture and private equity firm 3i, including board directorships with ten companies. He also worked in the private equity group at GE Asset Management, where he specialized in late-stage venture and growth capital opportunities. David received his BA in History from Yale in 1991 and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in 2000.
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(1) Cambridge Associates, Building Winning Portfolios through Private Investments, August 2021
(2) JP Morgan Asset Management, Guide to Alternatives, Q4 2022 Report
(3) Invesco Research, The Case For Venture Capital, 2016