Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Arch Venture Fund VII LP
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
bluebird bio, Inc. [BLUE]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
8725 WEST HIGGINS ROAD, SUITE 290
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/24/2013
(Street)

CHICAGO, IL 60631
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 06/24/2013   C   1,793,588 (1) A $ 0 1,793,588 D (2)  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (2) 06/24/2013   C     19,971,242   (2)   (2) Common Stock 1,052,946 (2) 0 D (2)  
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (3) 06/24/2013   C     14,047,762   (2)   (2) Common Stock 740,642 (2) 0 D (2)  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Arch Venture Fund VII LP
8725 WEST HIGGINS ROAD
SUITE 290
CHICAGO, IL 60631
    X    
ARCH Venture Partners VII, L.P.
8725 WEST HIGGINS ROAD
SUITE 290
CHICAGO, IL 60631
    X    
ARCH Venture Partners VII, LLC
8725 WEST HIGGINS ROAD
SUITE 290
CHICAGO, IL 60631
    X    
BYBEE CLINTON
8725 WEST HIGGINS ROAD
SUITE 290
CHICAGO, IL 60631
    X    
CRANDELL KEITH
8725 WEST HIGGINS ROAD
SUITE 290
CHICAGO, IL 60631
    X    
NELSEN ROBERT
8725 WEST HIGGINS ROAD
SUITE 290
CHICAGO, IL 60631
    X    

Signatures

 By: /s/ Mark McDonnell, as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith Crandell, Managing Director of the general partner of the general partner of ARCH Fund VII   06/26/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Mark McDonnell, as Attorney-in-fact for Keith Crandell, Managing Director of the general partner of ARCH Partners VII   06/24/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Mark McDonnell, as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith Crandell, Managing Director of ARCH VII LLC   06/24/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Mark McDonnell, as Attorney-in-Fact for Clinton Bybee   06/24/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Mark McDonnel, as Attorney-in-Fact for Keith Crandell   06/24/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

 /s/ Mark McDonnell, as Attorney-in-Fact for Robert Nelsen   06/24/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents the total number of shares received upon conversion of shares of the Issuer's Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series C Shares") and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series D Shares" and together with the Series C Shares, collectively, the "Preferred Shares").
(2) Beneficial ownership consists of 1,793,588 shares of Common Stock held by ARCH Venture Fund VII, L.P. ("ARCH Fund VII"). The sole general partner of ARCH Fund VII is ARCH Venture Partners VII, L.P. ("ARCH Partners VII"), which may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares held by ARCH Fund VII. The sole general partner of ARCH Partners VII is ARCH Venture Partners VII, LLC ("ARCH VII LLC"), which may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares held by ARCH Fund VII. ARCH Partners VII and ARCH VII LLC disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The managing directors of ARCH VII LLC are Keith Crandell, Clinton Bybee and Robert Nelsen, and they may be deemed to beneficially own the shares held by ARCH Fund VII. Messrs. Crandell, Bybee and Nelsen disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
(3) Effective upon the closing of the Issuer's initial public offering of its Common Stock, each Preferred Share automatically converted at a ratio of 18.967-to-one into the number of shares of Common Stock shown in column 7. The Preferred Shares had no expiration date.

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