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IDEO CoLab Ventures
@IDEOVC
Investing in bold ideas for a better tomorrow. We partner with visionary founders to help them create products and protocols that people love.
Joined June 2014
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    The internet is being rebuilt from the ground up, and the social landscape of the internet is undergoing a tectonic shift. These two tidal forces are pointing to a new stage of the attention economy and forcing us to reexamine the fundamentals.
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    Today we're excited to announce our $21M crypto fund that has invested in & helped incubate 30+ crypto startups to date. Backed by @ideo, 4 corporations & execs @coinbase @twitter & other institutions, we're here to help bring crypto to the mainstream.
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    Hey friends, we’re hiring! Our @IDEOVC team is looking for passionate builders, doers, and generally awesome humans to join us on our quest to build a web3 native venture collective.
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    1/DeFi isn't rebuilding finance, it's dismantling it In its place, we build something so powerful it'll change humanity's fate We are @IDEOVC , @Delphi_Digital Labs + @terra_money We want to join forces w YOU Join our 48h Hackathon, lets buidl the next gen of DeFi together
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    1/ Today, @IDEOVC and 25+ IDEO Founders in our portfolio are thrilled to launch the "IDEO Founder Collective." Powered by @syndicatedao, it enables our community to become stakeholders in each other's projects and invest in each other's shared success.
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    We are really excited to partner with @loopify and @TheTreeverse team. ICV offices coming to a founders plot near you 🌲👀
    It's out! Proud to announce we have recently raised at a 25M valuation with a seed round co-led by IdeoCo Labs and Animoca Brands. We are excited to continue building 🌴🤝 forbes.com/sites/alpha-al…
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    We have some exciting news to share! @parisrouz is joining @IDEOVC as our newest General Partner. 🎉🎉🎉 ideovc.mirror.xyz/Cnks5hBE5eKIly…
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    This week, we convened over 50 entrepreneurs & product leaders with @VitalikButerin @barrywhitehat @jinglanW @ethereum to brainstorm *future* applications & products that could be built on Ethereum 🔮 We summarized the ideas & design provocations here 👇
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    1/ Today, we’re excited to publicly announce @IDEOVC's DeFi Residency Program, a collaborative incubator for promising decentralized finance (DeFi) founders and startups. Running since June 2020, the program is now incubating 10+ DeFi projects globally.
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    As part of our “DeFi Connected” hackathon with @terra_money @Delphi_Digital @IDEOVC, we’re excited to launch the “Terra Ecosystem Incubator.” It will be providing grants, incubating the most promising projects, and inviting the community to co-fund their future development.
    The “DeFi Connected” hackathon we’re running with @terra_money @Delphi_Digital @IDEOVC has over $60k available in prizes and grants. To distribute them in the most transparent way we’ve created the "Terra Ecosystem Incubator" fund on @SyndicateDAO. syndicateprotocol.org/syndicate/terr…
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    Thank you to everyone who gathered at our DeFi event with @AaveAave! Was great to see so many of our friends, and meet so many new ones.
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    Hi IDEO Futures fam! We’re thrilled to announce that we’re now @IDEOVC, the official account of IDEO CoLab Ventures! 🎉 We are a venture fund that designs & builds alongside early-stage startups, with a focus on crypto & the distributed web. Learn more at ideocolab.com/ventures
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    Flash Loans: Are they helpful or harmful to #DeFi? Join us for an interactive brainstorm this Friday, Mar 6 at 9am PST with @delitzer @gavinmcdermott @tzhen @maxcwolff @camirusso. Sign up here: tinyurl.com/flashloans-reg…
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    IDEO was founded 4 decades ago on a simple principle: David Kelley “just wanted to do cool sh*t with his friends." Today, that tradition continues. We get to work with one of our best friends & go do cool sh*t together. Welcome @bramanathan to @IDEOVC!