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Bell Atlantic Master Trust

Pension fund · Founded 1984 · Bernards Township, United States

$8.0B assets under management1% to venture · ~$80M
68 funds backed Pension fund · $8.0B AUM · 1% to VC · LP rank #29 · 0 direct holdings
Funds backed 68
Power Law funds backed 21
Direct holdings 0
Background

Who Bell Atlantic Master Trust is.

Where the institution came from, whose capital it manages, and how that capital is allocated — from Dealroom's LP research.

Historical Background

  • Bell Atlantic Master Trust is the corporate pension plan for employees of Verizon Communications.
  • The trust holds the assets for both defined benefit and defined contribution plans for Verizon employees.

Source of Capital

  • The trust's capital is derived from its function as a corporate pension plan, managing retirement assets for Verizon employees.
  • It provides retirement, pension, survival, and death benefits to eligible beneficiaries.

Allocation Strategy

  • The Bank of New York Mellon serves as the trustee for the plan.
  • Verizon Investment Management Corp. (VIMCO), a subsidiary of Verizon, acts as the investment manager for the trust's assets.
Allocation

How Bell Atlantic Master Trust’s fund book is spread.

The 68 funds Bell Atlantic Master Trust backs, by where the manager is headquartered and how many funds that manager has raised.

Where those managers are based

By fund headquarters, across the 67 of 68 with a location on record.

  • North America 5582%
  • Europe 913%
  • Rest of world 34%

United States 55 · United Kingdom 4 · France 2 · Hong Kong 1

How established those managers are

Managers grouped by how many funds they have raised. 10 emerging (three funds or fewer), 26 established — across the 36 of 68 with a fund history on record.

5 1
5 2
3
1 4
5 5-6
8 7-9
3 10-14
9 15+
Funds raised by the manager
Emerging · up to 3 funds Established · 4 or more
Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.