# Blue Ivy Ventures

> Blue Ivy Ventures is a VC fund in Boston backing Software and Health Care. See 68 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 68
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-ivy-ventures/
- Website: https://www.avgfunds.com/blue-ivy-ventures/blue-ivy-portfolio/

Blue Ivy Ventures is a community of Yale alumni: investors, executives, entrepreneurs, and innovation enthusiasts with a connection to Yale University. Blue Ivy Ventures was founded in 2016 and is led by Managing Partner David Shapiro (Yale '91). Its Investment Committee and investors include experienced investors and entrepreneurs fromaround the country and across multiple generations.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$24M |
| Series B | $1.5M–$116M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 13 | 19% |
| Health Care | 11 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 13% |
| SaaS | 7 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 10% |

154 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 27 | 40% |
| Funding Round | 14 | 21% |
| Series B | 11 | 16% |
| Series C | 5 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 6% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 61 | 90% |
| Finland | 1 | 1% |
| Singapore | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| David Shapiro | Founding Managing Partner | 74 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-shapiro-3 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Prevu | Prevu's Smart Buyer™ service enables homebuyers to receive a commission rebate of up to 2% of their purchase price. Our end-to-end platform allows you to seamlessly search for properties, easily communicate and share with your dedicated salaried agent, as well as make offers. Prevu's Smart Seller service enables homeowners to sell theirhome for a fair, 0.5% listing agent commission while receiving full-service, expert advice of our agents. | $6M | Series A | Dec 14, 2023 |  |
| Cambium | Cambium Carbon is an early stage social enterprise start up focused on implementing systems-level natural climate solutions centered on reforestation and urban wood reuse. | $3.2M | Seed | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Humu | Humu is a human resource company that leverages science and machine learning. Its technology builds applies the findings of decades of research to help anyone grow into a better leader, manager, or teammate. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. | $60M | Series C | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Printify | Printify is the world's most famous print-on-demand platform designed to help anyone with an internet connection unlock the freedom that comes with opening your own online business. And because it’s completely risk free, more than 10 million people have signed up to open their stores! We created Printify so that anyone can create greatproducts, drive sales, and unlock their freedom. Printify has been on a steep growth curve since 2015, and now with more than 700 employees, three offices, and an amazing diverse team spread around Europe, we’re continuing to go from strength to strength. The Financial Times has ranked us as a Best Startup Employer for the last 4 years in a row, and we’re headquartered in Riga with investment backing from Richard Branson, Index Ventures, and some of the best angel investors from Silicon Valley and beyond. | $5M | Series A | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Genome Medical | Genome Medical is a national telegenomics technology, services, and strategy company bringing genomic medicine to everyday care. Through its nationwide network of genetic specialists and an efficient Genome Care DeliveryTM technology platform, we provide expert virtual genetic care for individuals and their families to improve health andwell-being. They also help health care providers and their patients navigate the rapidly expanding field of genetics and utilize test results to understand the risk for disease, accelerate disease diagnosis, make informed treatment decisions and lower the cost of care.The company was founded in 2016 and is based in South San Francisco, California, United States. | $60M | Series C | Aug 30, 2021 |  |
| Formlogic | Formlogic is an autonomous manufacturing technology that provides rapid precision components for space and other industries. They offer real time order status, production orders in weeks, component production, and customer experience for custom machined components. | $20.4M | Series A | Jun 10, 2021 |  |
| Republic | Republic gives people the opportunity to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investments. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, and connected world, Republic has facilitated over $500 million in investments from over one million members of the global community. With a globalteam in six countries, Republic is backed by Galaxy Digital, The Motley Fool, Binance, Naspers, AngelList, and more. | $36M | Series A | Mar 18, 2021 |  |
| MainStreet | MainStreet identifies and claims government incentives, tax credits, deductions, and stimulus funds for startups and SMBs. The company’s platform scans payroll and accounting systems to match federal, state, and local tax credits, in addition to managing legal workflows, to help clients save money and time. MainStreet charges a flat 20% success feeupon incentive disbursement. MainStreet is backed by leading investors SignalFire, Gradient Ventures, Sound Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, SV Angel, Moxxie Ventures, Weekend Fund, and Shrug Capital, among others. Daniel Griffin, Doug Ludlow, and Dan Lindquist founded MainStreet in 2019 in San Jose, California. | $60M | Series A | Mar 08, 2021 |  |
| Beam | Beam Dental is a digital-first provider of dental benefits for businesses. The company's product experience focuses on ease-of-use and tailored pricing that is fundamentally built on preventive care. Beam incorporates rewards for dental hygiene into policy pricing. | $80M | Series E | Mar 02, 2021 |  |
| Artiphon | At Artiphon we’re designing new products to empower the next billion musicians. Our goal is to enable a world where everyone can be musical, where music is a universal element of our collective creative vocabulary.INSTRUMENT 1 and Orba, our first two smart instruments, launched with record-setting success on Kickstarter thanks to thousands ofpeople in over 70 countries. Both raised $1M+ in pre-orders, and the INSTRUMENT 1 was named a TIME Best Invention of the Year and a NAMM Best in Show. We are inspired by our incredible community of creators, relying on their insights and feedback as we evolve our products and create new ones.Dr. Mike Butera founded Artiphon in Nashville, Tennessee in 2011. He holds a Ph.D. in Sound Studies from Virginia Tech, has toured the country as a multi-instrumentalist, taught as a professor of sociology, and consulted globally on consumer electronics. Mike’s doctoral research in the phenomenology of listening laid the groundwork for Artiphon’s design philosophy and patents, and he frequently speaks on topics of music technology and augmented creativity.The Artiphon team is composed of designers, musicians, and engineers from groundbreaking companies including Space X, Blue Origin, Line 6, and Yamaha. Investors include Warner Music Group, Steve Case, TechNexus in partnership with Shure, and other industry leaders. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 68 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Blue Ivy Ventures invest in?

Blue Ivy Ventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 68 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Blue Ivy Ventures's check size?

Blue Ivy Ventures typically joins rounds of $5M–$24M at Series A and $1.5M–$116M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Blue Ivy Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Blue Ivy Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Blue Ivy Ventures?

The team at Blue Ivy Ventures includes David Shapiro (Founding Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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