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    IDEO CoLab Ventures

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesFounded 2015

    IDEO CoLab Ventures is the venture investment arm of IDEO, a global design and consulting firm. It partners with visionary founders at the earliest stages to help them create products and protocols that people love, with a focus on web3, blockchain, and decentralized technologies.

    Their most common stage is seed (48% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.5M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    22

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Joe Gerber

    Joe Gerber

    General Partner

    Ali Sheppard

    Ali Sheppard

    Head of Operations

    Reid Williams

    Reid Williams

    Product & Engineering

    Reuben Brama

    Reuben Brama

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    23 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Earlybird logoEarlybirdSeed$4.5MNov 2023
    Blocktorch logoBlocktorchSeed$4.2MJan 2023
    Unlockd logoUnlockdSeed$4.4MAug 2022
    Phi Labs logoPhi LabsSeed$21MMar 2022
    Curve Health logoCurve HealthSeries A$12MFeb 2022
    Phi Labs logoPhi LabsSeed$21MJan 2022
    SStems LabsPre-Seed$4MJan 2022
    Satellite.im logoSatellite.imSeed$10.5MJan 2022
    NFTPort logoNFTPortSeries A—Jan 2022
    YYield Guild Games (YGG)Series A$13.8MJun 2021
    Nine Chronicles logoNine ChroniclesGrowth$2.6MJan 2021
    PPancake BunnySeed$1.6MJan 2021
    Neon EVM logoNeon EVMUnknown$40MJan 2021
    Coinvise logoCoinviseSeed$2.5MJan 2021
    PoolTogether logoPoolTogetherUnknown$1MJan 2020
    InFarm logoInFarmUnknown—Jun 2017
    Yield Guild Games logoYield Guild GamesSeries A$4.6M—
    Cometh logoComethUnknown$10M—
    Valiu logoValiuSeed$5.3M—
    Antimetal logoAntimetalSeed$4.3M—
    YYield GuildSeries A$4M—
    DDefiant MediaPre-Seed$1.4M—
    River Financial logoRiver FinancialSeed$5.7M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026