Where is Ideocolab's headquarters located?

Ideocolab's headquarters is located in Cambridge (United States).

How big is Ideocolab's investment team?

Ideocolab has a team of 10, including 3 partners.

How many companies has Ideocolab invested in?

Ideocolab has invested in 64 companies, including NEAR & River Financial.

Which companies has Ideocolab invested in lately?

Cork & Yup are the latest investments by Ideocolab.

How many exits has Ideocolab been involved in?

Ideocolab's portfolio has seen 5 IPOs and 10 acquisitions.

How many unicorns are there in Ideocolab's portfolio?

There is 1 unicorn in Ideocolab's portfolio.

Ideocolab - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

1. NEAR

Public blockchain network platform. The solution is a scalable smart contract platform that supports decentralized applications of any kind and enables the developers to build, test, and deploy applications that permissionless handle a wide range of digital assets.

Key facts about NEAR

Founded Year: 2017
Location: Zug (Switzerland)
Stage: Series D
Total Funding till date: $542M
Employee Count: 145 as on Aug 31, 2026
Investors: RAA Capital, Republic Capital and 92 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series D, May 10, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. River Financial

Key facts about River Financial

Founded Year: 2019
Location: San Francisco (United States)
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $70M
Employee Count: 144 as on Aug 31, 2026
Investors: Creative Capital, The Kraft Group and 20 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 16, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

3. Optimism

Developer of blockchain software used for scaling decentralized network applications. This technology facilitates the creation of interconnected chains that support transaction processing for various software implementations. The platform provides tools for developers to migrate decentralized applications onto its architecture to increase throughput and liquidity across different digital ecosystems.

Key facts about Optimism

Founded Year: 2019
Location: New York City (United States)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series B
Total Funding till date: $175M
Employee Count: 93 as on Mar 31, 2026
Investors: Spark Capital, Paradigm and 16 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 16, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. Messari

Online platform for cryptocurrency-related content, token analytics, and research to users. Also provides background details, technology overviews, and token economics reviews of the various blockchain projects. It also provides a screener for Defi assets, stable coins, currency assets, and more.

Key facts about Messari

Founded Year: 2018
Location: New York City (United States)
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $61M
Employee Count: 69 as on Aug 31, 2026
Investors: Rising Tide Fund, DHVC and 40 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 21, 2022, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

5. Exelon

Provider of energy services with an electric and natural gas distribution. The company is one of the largest operators of nuclear power plants in the United States. It was created in October 2000 by the merger of PECO Energy Company and Unicom, of Philadelphia and Chicago respectively. Producing 521-MW utility-scale & distributed solar power and claims to be the 4th largest solar power producer globally. The company has operations and business activities in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. The company merged with Constellation Energy Group in March 2012. In 2022, the company recorded annual revenues of $19.07B and a net profit of $2.17B.

Key facts about Exelon

Founded Year: 2000
Location: Chicago (United States)
Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
Stage: Public
Employee Count: 20,305 as on Aug 31, 2026
Investors: Ideocolab, OSTI and 1 Other
Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Apr 24, 2019, $*****
Highlight: Public

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Ideocolab has invested in 64 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 5 years. As of Jan 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Cork and most recent follow-on round was in Syndicate.

Here are Ideocolab's Year-on-Year Investment Trends:

Year	No. of Investments
Year	1^st Round	Follow-on	Total
2026 (YTD)	1	0	1
2025	0	0	0
2024	2	0	2
2023	7	0	7
2022	12	0	12
2021	13	2	15
2020	6	1	7
2019	2	0	2
2018	1	0	1

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Ideocolab has made 36 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.84M, 6 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $13.9M, 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $25M and 1 investment in Series C stage with an average round size of $40M.

Here are Ideocolab's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	36
Series A	6
Series B	1
Series C	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Ideocolab has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Blockchain Technology, High Tech, FinTech, Blockchain - Industry Applications and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 46 Tech companies, 37 Blockchain companies, 35 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 32 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).

Here are Ideocolab's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Blockchain Technology	34
High Tech	31
FinTech	27
Blockchain - Industry Applications	20
Enterprise Applications	14
Others	28

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Ideocolab has made most investments in United States (29), followed by Switzerland where it has made 3 investments.

Here are Ideocolab's investments by geography:

Country	No. of Investments
United States	29
Switzerland	3
Cayman Islands	2
France	2
United Kingdom	2
Others	6

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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Ideocolab has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Cork.

Here are the most recent investments by Ideocolab:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Jan 21, 2026	Cork	United States	Seed	4546	Road Capital [+12]
Jul 25, 2024	Yup	United States	Seed	2995	Nascent [+1]
Mar 01, 2024	Karma3 Labs	United States	Seed	4169	Galaxy [+9]
Nov 30, 2023	Acctual	United States	Seed	3492	Third Prime [+9]
Oct 04, 2023	Induced	United States	Seed	8532	Peak XV Partners [+15]

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Ideocolab has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Optimism. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Optimism which became a unicorn in 2022, 4 years before Ideocolab first invested in it.

Here is a list of unicorns in Ideocolab's portfolio:

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Tracxn Score	Company	Short Description	Founded year	Sector	Location	Company Stage	First Investment/ Acquisition Details
73	Optimism	Developer of blockchain software used for scaling decentralized network applications	2019	High Tech [+1]	New York City	Series B	{vrudlf

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5 of Ideocolab's portfolio companies have become public. Danone got listed on the Euronext Exchange (Euronext), in Jan 1989 and Southern got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Here are Ideocolab's portfolio companies that went public:

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Company	IPO Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
Danone	Jan 13, 1989	-	-	2564
Southern	Feb 01, 1982	-	-	6671
Exelon	Feb 04, 1980	-	-	4508
Kroger	Jan 12, 1951	-	-	2859
Takeda	May 16, 1949	-	-	8139

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10 companies from Ideocolab's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was OpenZeppelin in Sep 2026 by S&P Global for $*****.

Here are Ideocolab's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
OpenZeppelin	Sep 17, 2026	-	-	4630
Messari	Jun 12, 2026	-	-	6139
Cometh	May 20, 2026	May 05, 2022	Seed	2216
Blocknative	May 20, 2026	Nov 10, 2020	Series A	8328
Yup	Feb 11, 2025	Jul 25, 2024	Seed	6820

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Ideocolab has a team of 10 members including 3 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 1 Principal located in United States. Ideocolab's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

Here is a list of all team members in Ideocolab:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact Details
Joe Gerber	Partner	San Francisco	-	-
Daniel Hodd	Partner	New York City	-	-
Reuben Brama	Partner	San Francisco	-	-
Reid Williams	Venture Partner	United States	-	-
Ali Sheppard	Principal	Cambridge	-	-

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Over the past 8 years, 419 investors have co-invested in Ideocolab's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before Ideocolab: National Science Foundation, FuturePlay and 22 others have invested in rounds before Ideocolab. There is 1 company where National Science Foundation has invested before Ideocolab and 1 company where FuturePlay has invested before Ideocolab.
Top Co-investors of Ideocolab: 247 investors entered a company along with Ideocolab. These include investors like Coinbase (6 companies).
Invested after Ideocolab: A total of 148 investors have invested in Ideocolab's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Andreessen Horowitz (3 companies) and Circle Venture Capital (3 companies).