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About Ideaship
Ideaship is a venture capital firm founded in 2017. It is primarily based out of Portland, United States. As of May 2024, Ideaship has invested in 49 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 Retail and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Beginly Health Overall, Ideaship portfolio has seen 4 acquisitions, namely DeepSurface, BlueDot Photonics and Gadusol Laboratories. A lot of funds co-invest with Ideaship, with names like PBJ Capital sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Ideaship has team of 3 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, PE & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Ideaship's List of Top Investments
Ideaship has a portfolio of 49 companies. Their most notable investments are in Photon Marine and 8chili.Their portfolio spans across United States and India. They have invested in High Tech, Retail, Enterprise Applications and 22 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, PE and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Ideaship:
1. AeroShield
Provider of insulated window panes. The insulated glass sheets are developed using silica aerogel technology that comes with unique physical properties like ultra-low density, super-insulation, and heat resistance. The insulated panes are thinner, lighter, and energy-efficient.
Key facts about AeroShield
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Mattapan (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16M
- Employee Count: 30 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: MassMutual Ventures, Clean Energy Venture Group and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 09, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Elite HRV
Developer of heart rate variability (HRV) system for recovery and stress management. The app gives users an autonomic nervous system balance gauge, guided breathing, HRV training, live visual HRV and HR biofeedback, and an HRV team coaching platform. The app can connect with wearables like Garmin, Polar, Wahoo, Cardiosport, etc to monitor the heart rate. The mobile app is available for iOS and Android platforms.
Key facts about Elite HRV
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Austin (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Jere Doyle Enterprises, Permit Ventures and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Sep 17, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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3. Imaginostics
Imaginostics provides the solution for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers for the diagnosis of neurological disorders like Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementias. It offers its proprietary software solution for non-invasive early diagnostics. The technology detects the biomarker of Cance, Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. The platform can be integrated with the existing MRI scanners and hardware of users for data visualization.
Key facts about Imaginostics
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $7.64M
- Employee Count: 6 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Ideaship, HHS and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 14, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. CrowdComfort
SaaS-driven facility management and building analytics solution. The platform enables building owners, operators, and occupants to share information about comfort, maintenance, and safety issues with a smart device application. Their platform converts this crowd-sourced feedback into time-stamped, geo-located heatmaps with actionable reports through a custom portal allowing building owners or facility managers to respond to occupant concerns. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.
Key facts about CrowdComfort
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Beverly (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $9.54M
- Employee Count: 42 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Greentown Labs, Ideaship and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Nov 19, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developer of safety evaluation frameworks for human facing artificial intelligence. These tools assess model behavior in high risk scenarios through red teaming and human data benchmarking. The process involves testing for bias, misalignment, and potential harm to ensure performance standards in sensitive domains. The methodology incorporates clinical judgment to measure responses to complex interactions. These systems provide insights for training data curation and model fine tuning to improve accuracy and safety outcomes.
Key facts about Mpathic Technologies
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Bellevue (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $12.4M
- Employee Count: 106 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: Next Frontier Capital, Illuminate Ventures and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Mar 27, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Ideaship's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Ideaship has invested in 49 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Beginly Health and most recent follow-on round was in Breathscape.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2020 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
2019 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ideaship's Investments by Stage
Ideaship has made 40 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.41M, 1 investment in PE stage and 1 investment in Series A stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 40 |
PE | 1 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ideaship's Investments by Sector
Ideaship has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Retail and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 39 Tech companies, 30 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 25 Software companies and at least 13 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 18 |
High Tech | 12 |
Sustainability Tech | 9 |
Retail | 8 |
HealthTech | 7 |
Others | 61 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ideaship's Investments by Geography
Ideaship has made most investments in United States (41), followed by India where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 41 |
India | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Ideaship's recent investments
Ideaship has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Ideaship:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 2024 | United States | Seed | 8596 | [+1] | |
Apr 25, 2023 | United States | Seed | 3523 | - | |
Apr 25, 2023 | United States | Seed | 1910 | - | |
Apr 25, 2023 | United States | Seed | 6387 | - | |
Apr 25, 2023 | United States | Seed | 1117 | - |
Acquired companies in Ideaship's Portfolio
4 companies from Ideaship's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was BlueDot Photonics in Feb 2025 by UbiQD for $*****.Here are Ideaship's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 19, 2025 | Oct 15, 2020 | Seed | 3132 | |
Feb 04, 2025 | May 04, 2021 | Seed | 2608 | |
Jul 20, 2022 | - | - | 7363 | |
Feb 11, 2021 | Aug 20, 2019 | Seed | 6308 |
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Team profile of Ideaship
Ideaship has a team of 3 members located in United States. Ideaship's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Ideaship
Over the past 8 years, 59 investors have co-invested in Ideaship's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Ideaship: Portland Seed Fund, Next Frontier Capital and 18 others have invested in rounds before Ideaship. There are 2 companies where Portland Seed Fund has invested before Ideaship and 1 company where Next Frontier Capital has invested before Ideaship.
- Top Co-investors of Ideaship: 8 investors entered a company along with Ideaship. These include investors like PBJ Capital (1 company).
- Invested after Ideaship: A total of 31 investors have invested in Ideaship's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include HHS (3 companies), National Science Foundation (2 companies) and Masscec (1 company).
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