Gavin McDermott
Angel Investor @ IDEO CoLab Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Gavin McDermott is a seed investor at IDEO CoLab Ventures in San Francisco focused on Cryptocurrency and FinTech. Gavin McDermott is the Engineering and Research at IDEO.He attended Creighton University.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Gavin McDermott invests in
Stages Gavin McDermott invests in
Countries Gavin McDermott invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Cryptocurrency 2 (67%)
- FinTech 1 (33%)
- Blockchain 1 (33%)
- Financial Services 1 (33%)
- Financial Exchanges 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (33%)
- Initial Coin Offering 1 (33%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| THORSwap is a cross-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) built on THORChain. | $3.8M / Initial Coin Offering / Oct 05, 2021 | ||
| Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network. | $1M / Seed / Mar 17, 2021 | ||
| Chia Network is building a blockchain based on proofs of space and time to make a cryptocurrency that is less wasteful, more decentralized, and more secure. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 11, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About IDEO CoLab Ventures
IDEO CoLab Ventures is invest in early-stage distributed web startups and co-create with them to ship new products and protocols.
IDEO CoLab Ventures Contacts
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Daniel Hodd
Co-Founder & Venture Partner, IDEO CoLab Ventures
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Madeline Macartney
Investor
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Ian Lee
Co-Founder ,Venture Partner, IDEO CoLab Ventures
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Matt Weiss
Co-Founder & Marketing Director & CEO
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What does Gavin McDermott invest in?
Gavin McDermott invests primarily in Cryptocurrency, FinTech and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Gavin McDermott last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Gavin McDermott closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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