About Idealabx
Idealabx is a venture capital firm founded in 1996. It is primarily based out of New York City, United States. As of Mar 2024, Idealabx has invested in 13 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of CarbonCapture Overall, Idealabx portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions, namely tvScientific, Heliogen and Update. A lot of funds co-invest with Idealabx, with names like MathCapital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Idealabx has team of 4 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Idealabx's List of Top Investments
Idealabx has a portfolio of 13 companies. Their most notable investments are in Monetize360 and tvScientific.Their portfolio spans across United States and Mexico. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, HealthTech and 13 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Idealabx:
1. Launchpad
AI-based software for analyzing and providing quotations from CAD files. It provides manufacturing industries a platform to analyze CAD files and provide an instant quote for the complete product. It also validates the design for manufacturing. It provides a variety of materials including electro-mechanical components, enclosures, and embedded electronics.
Key facts about Launchpad
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Pasadena (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14.9M
- Employee Count: 36 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Ericsson, Lavrock Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 15, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. tvScientific
Buying and attribution platform for television advertising. The product offered by the company is a connected platform that offers a self-serve solution that combines optimized media buying with measurement and attribution. The features include direct access to inventories, supply path optimization, campaign delivery measurement, reporting and screen responses, etc.
Key facts about tvScientific
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Pasadena (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $57.9M
- Employee Count: 115 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: NBCUniversal, Second Alpha and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Feb 05, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. Heliogen
Producer of hydrogen and syngas using sunlight. It uses AI-controlled concentrating solar thermal technology for thermal energy storage. It offers a technology that captures sunlight from an array of computer-controlled heliostats and converts it into hydrogen and syngas. It uses AI-controlled concentrating solar thermal technology for thermal energy storage.
Key facts about Heliogen
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Pasadena (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $10M - $50M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $111M
- Employee Count: 54 as on Oct 02, 2025
- Investors: ArcelorMittal, Kima Ventures and 24 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jun 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Developer of modular direct air capture systems and carbon removal credits. It designs and manufactures modular direct air capture (DAC) systems for atmospheric carbon dioxide removal. These systems utilize solid sorbents to capture CO2, which can then be permanently stored or used in various applications. The company also develops and deploys its DAC systems at its own carbon removal projects, allowing for continuous improvement and efficiency gains. High-quality carbon removal credits are generated through a combination of atmospheric carbon removal and permanent geological storage, offering verifiable and measurable results.
Key facts about CarbonCapture
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $115M
- Employee Count: 56 as on Oct 17, 2025
- Investors: Prime Movers Lab, TimeVentures and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 02, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Unlimited Tomorrow develops prosthetics. The company offers a 3D scanner for remote mapping of the body part such as legs or arms which is analyzed by software for designing a prosthesis for the patient. The design is 3D printed and the prosthetics are provided to the patient.
Key facts about Unlimited Tomorrow
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Rhinebeck (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $0 - $1M as on Dec 31, 2019
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $500K
- Employee Count: 4 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Prime Movers Lab, Neue Fund and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 04, 2019, $*****
Idealabx's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Idealabx has invested in 13 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in CarbonCapture.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Idealabx's Investments by Stage
Idealabx has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.83M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $80M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Idealabx's Investments by Sector
Idealabx has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Environment Tech, FinTech, High Tech and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 11 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 4 |
Environment Tech | 1 |
FinTech | 1 |
High Tech | 1 |
Sustainability Tech | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Idealabx's Investments by Geography
Idealabx has made most investments in United States (4).Idealabx's recent investments
Idealabx has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Idealabx:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 12, 2024 | United States | Series A | 4838 | [+6] | |
May 31, 2023 | United States | Seed | 1822 | ||
Oct 04, 2021 | United States | Seed | 2310 | ||
Apr 06, 2021 | United States | Seed | 2386 | [+4] |
Acquired companies in Idealabx's Portfolio
3 companies from Idealabx's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was tvScientific in Dec 2025 by Pinterest for $*****.Here are Idealabx's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 11, 2025 | Apr 06, 2021 | Seed | 2923 | |
Jul 21, 2025 | May 31, 2023 | Seed | 9788 | |
May 29, 2025 | - | - | 2088 |
Team profile of Idealabx
Idealabx has a team of 4 members located in United States. Idealabx's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Idealabx
Over the past 5 years, 36 investors have co-invested in Idealabx's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Idealabx: The Climate Pledge, Prime Movers Lab and 3 others have invested in rounds before Idealabx. There is 1 company where The Climate Pledge has invested before Idealabx and 1 company where Prime Movers Lab has invested before Idealabx.
- Top Co-investors of Idealabx: 15 investors entered a company along with Idealabx. These include investors like MathCapital (1 company).
- Invested after Idealabx: A total of 16 investors have invested in Idealabx's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include S4S Ventures (1 company), BDMI (1 company) and Progress Ventures (1 company).
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