# Mandy Silverman

> Mandy Silverman is the founder and CEO of San Francisco-based I V Y Labs, the company behind Ivy Pay. Her career has moved through venture investing, operations, product marketing, entrepreneurship and advising, with roles associated with BlueRun Ventures, Apple, Shutterfly, Yelp, LoopUp and Synata before she founded Ivy in 2014. The through-line is practical: turning complicated technology into a clear task for an everyday user.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at I V Y Labs
- **Organizations:** I V Y Labs, Synata, LoopUp, Yelp, Shutterfly, Pikkee, Apple, Silverman Consulting, BlueRun Ventures
- **Education:** MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, BBA in Finance and Management Information Systems, The George Washington University School of Business
- **Known for:** Founded I V Y Labs in 2014 and has continued to lead it as CEO., Built Ivy Pay into an app available nationally through both Apple's App Store and Google Play., Helped with Yelp's IPO according to I V Y Labs' public company profile.

## Career timeline

- **2001-2003** — Worked as an investment professional at BlueRun Ventures and served as a Nielsen board observer.
- **2003-2006** — Worked as a strategic operator through Silverman Consulting.
- **2006** — Held an operations role at Apple while completing her Stanford MBA.
- **2007-2009** — Co-founded and led Pikkee.
- **2009-2010** — Led mobile, social and video marketing at Shutterfly.
- **2010-2011** — Led business marketing and Yelp Deals marketing at Yelp.
- **2011-2013** — Served as vice president of marketing at LoopUp.
- **2013** — Advised enterprise-search company Synata.
- **2014-present** — Founded and leads I V Y Labs, developer of the Ivy Pay app and platform.

## Achievements

- Founded I V Y Labs in 2014 and has continued to lead it as CEO.
- Built Ivy Pay into an app available nationally through both Apple's App Store and Google Play.
- Helped with Yelp's IPO according to I V Y Labs' public company profile.
- Published Stanford academic cases on Google's Android, Circles, Renault's Logan and Crocs.
- Co-created Homefrontfan, a project whose findings were presented to the U.S. Department of Labor and which raised awareness of female-veteran underemployment.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — The Android listing for Ivy Pay reported a June 9, 2026 update focused on speed, ease of use and reliability.
- **2026-08** — Mandy Silverman's public professional profiles continued to list her as founder and CEO of I V Y Labs.

## Links

- Website: https://talktoivy.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandysilverman

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Last updated: 2026-08-18