Biography
Antonella Puca, CFA, CIPM, CPA/ABV, is the managing partner of BlueVal, a New York-based valuation services and litigation consulting firm, and a member firm of the International Valuation Standards Council. Alongside the valuation of digital assets, Puca specializes in the valuation of private equity and venture-backed companies for financial and tax reporting, M&A transactions, buy-sell agreements, estate planning and litigation purposes. Puca is the author of Early Stage Valuation (Wiley, 2020) and a frequent presenter and author on valuation issues. She is included in Forbes inaugural 2025 America’s Top CPAs for Valuation list. Puca served as an executive committee member of the board of the CFA Society of New York and as a member of AIMA's research committee. She serves at CFA Institute as a volunteer focused on certifications and curriculum program. She also served at CFA Institute as a director in the ethics and professional standards group. She served on the ABV Credential Committee and the Business Valuation Committee of the AICPA, and received the 2021 AICPA Business Valuation Volunteer of the Year Award. Puca is a chartered financial analyst and certified public accountant, accredited in business valuation (ABV). She is a member of the initial cohort for the Certified Digital Asset Valuator qualification of the European Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (EACVA). Puca holds a degree in economics with honors from the University “Federico II” of Naples, Italy with a thesis in Public Finance, and a master of law studies in taxation from NYU Law School. She has been an adjunct faculty member at New York University, a research fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a member of the 420 Italian National Sailing Team.
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