# IDEO CoLab Ventures

> IDEO CoLab Ventures is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 70 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 70
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last fund: Oct 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/company/ideocolab
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ideocolab?lang=en
- Website: https://www.ideocolab.com/

IDEO CoLab Ventures is a VC fund in Cambridge focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. IDEO CoLab Ventures is invest in early-stage distributed web startups and co-create with them to ship new products and protocols.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$4M |
| Series A | $4M–$26M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 27 | 39% |
| Cryptocurrency | 17 | 24% |
| Software | 14 | 20% |
| FinTech | 13 | 19% |
| Financial Services | 11 | 16% |

62 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 45 | 64% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 10% |
| Series A | 6 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 36 | 51% |
| India | 2 | 3% |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Hodd | Co-Founder & Venture Partner, IDEO CoLab Ventures | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-hodd-d8e4 |
| Madeline Macartney | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/madeline-macartney |
| Ian Lee | Co-Founder ,Venture Partner, IDEO CoLab Ventures | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ian-lee-3 |
| Matt Weiss | Co-Founder & Marketing Director & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-weiss-aa33 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cork Protocol | Cork provides a decentralized finance (DeFi) technology that enables collateralized swaps against any pegged asset. | $5.5M | Seed | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| RockSolid Network | RockSolid Network is a DeFi protocol offering institutional-grade liquid vaults and white-label vault solutions. | $2.8M | Pre-Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Cork Protocol | Cork provides a decentralized finance (DeFi) technology that enables collateralized swaps against any pegged asset. |  | Seed | Sep 09, 2024 |  |
| Legion | Legion makes on-chain fundraising accessible to ordinary investors by ensuring regulatory compliance and investor accountability. | $2M | Seed | Aug 27, 2024 |  |
| Yup | Yup is a crypto-backed social media platform. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| Karma3 Labs | Karma3 Labs is an open protocol that allows developers to create an on-chain ranking and recommendation system for their apps. Karma3 Labs provides peer-to-peer social attestations, open data, reliable algorithms, and contextual and customizable features. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| Acctual | Run a seamless AP/AR process for every bill, from one place - crypto and fiat. Synced to your accounting system. | $3.9M | Seed | Nov 29, 2023 |  |
| Induced AI | Induced AI works to automate browser tasks. It runs a cloud to complete manual tasks on a browser with human-like reasoning capabilities. | $2.3M | Seed | Oct 03, 2023 |  |
| Acctual | Run a seamless AP/AR process for every bill, from one place - crypto and fiat. Synced to your accounting system. |  | Seed | Jun 23, 2023 |  |
| Lens Protocol | Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social network serving the Web3 community. It enables creators to build their own web3 social media platforms and accounts, giving them control over their connections with their communities and also ownership over their content. | $15M | Seed | Jun 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 70 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does IDEO CoLab Ventures invest in?

IDEO CoLab Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 70 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is IDEO CoLab Ventures's check size?

IDEO CoLab Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$10M at Seed, $1.2M–$4M at Pre-Seed and $4M–$26M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds IDEO CoLab Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact IDEO CoLab Ventures?

Public channels for IDEO CoLab Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at IDEO CoLab Ventures?

The team at IDEO CoLab Ventures includes Daniel Hodd (Co-Founder & Venture Partner, IDEO CoLab Ventures), Madeline Macartney (Investor) and Ian Lee (Co-Founder ,Venture Partner, IDEO CoLab Ventures). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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