# Ian Simmons

> Ian Simmons is a startup investor at Blue Haven Initiative (Boston). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blue Haven Initiative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-haven-initiative)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-simmons-990a438

Ian Simmons is a startup investor at Blue Haven Initiative in Boston. Ian Simmons is Co-Founder and Principal of Blue Haven Initiative, a family office dedicated to investing for-profit and non-profit capital to advance solutions to social and environmental challenges. BHI is currently focused on new opportunities in emerging markets as well as the United States.Ian also initiates projects that enhance democracy.Results of projects that Ian has catalyzed have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post, as well as on CBS, NBC, ABC, and CNN. Most recently, Ian started the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE), now based at Tufts University. It is the first national research project to measure voting rates of college students on a campus-by-campus basis, and serves over 450 institutions.Ian serves on the boards of Issue One, Youth Engagement Fund, and Karibu Homes, an affordable housing company in Kenya. He graduated with honors from Harvard College in 2000. Ian lives in the Boston area with his wife, Liesel Pritzker Simmons.

## About Blue Haven Initiative

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

Blue Haven Initiative is a family office action tank that focuses on how a family can impact the world by investing different kinds of capital and communicating that story to inspire others. The firm is focused primarily on early-stage companies in emerging and pioneer markets.

5 contacts available at Blue Haven Initiative.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Liesel Simmons | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/liesel-simmons |
| Beverly Hellner | Operations Coordinator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beverly-hellner |
| Ian Simmons | Co-Founder & Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-simmons |
| Kelly Escobedo | Managing Director Operations; Executive Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelly-escobedo |
| Lauren Cochran | Investment Committee Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauren-cochran |

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