# IPD Capital

> IPD Capital is a VC fund in Aventura backing Software and Health Care. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Aventura, United States
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ipd-capital-llc/about/
- Website: https://www.ipdcapital.com

IPD Capital is a venture capital investor offering unique IP expertise. We are stage agnostic as we have invested in companies from seed stage to ones with over $100MM in revenues. Investments you may recognize are CLEAR, AllBirds, JUUL, PAX Labs, Sense Photonics, Owlet Baby Care, JetClosing, and Avinew. Free advice comes with our investment(i.e. not for hire) to help our portfolio companies build IP picket fences around their business models which enhances business economics, sustainability, defense against untoward competitors, and advances investment returns. We do not lead rounds or take a board seat or encumber IP. We focus on all technology sectors except biotech & pharma. Powered by IPD Analytics, IPD Capital has the ability to leverage a team of over 50 professionals with extensive backgrounds and expertise in IP, science, and engineering.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 24% |
| Health Care | 4 | 24% |
| Consumer Electronics | 4 | 24% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 18% |
| Retail | 2 | 12% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 5 | 29% |
| Series D | 4 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 18% |
| Seed | 2 | 12% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Steven Tighe | Managing Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-tighe |
| Alexander Tang | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-tang |
| Howard Krass | Founder and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/howard-krass |
| Malan Rampton | Director of Research and General Counsel | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/malan-rampton |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Allay Therapeutics | Allay Therapeutics offers analgesic products for post-surgical pain management and recuperation. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States. | $57.5M | Series D | Jun 05, 2025 |  |
| Lark | Lark is a developer of chronic disease prevention and management platform used to prevent chronic conditions. The company uses cutting-edge AI combined with human coaches and connected devices to provide real-time, personalized, 24/7 support, and counseling to help users make healthier choices and manage their conditions. Its CDC-recognizedDiabetes Prevention Program, Wellness Program, Diabetes Care Program, and Hypertension Program have 1.5 million users and have demonstrated clinically validated improved health outcomes published in 11 peer-reviewed journals and analyst reports.Lark was founded by Julia Hu and Jeff Zira in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $100M | Series D | Oct 13, 2021 |  |
| Material Bank | Material Bank is a marketplace for design professionals and brands in the architecture and design industry, providing the a way to discover and sample materials. The platform powers complex searches across hundreds of brands in seconds. Samples ordered by midnight (ET) are delivered in a single box by 10:30 AM the next day—always free for designprofessionals. With a rapidly growing community of members, Material Bank offers a way for brands to connect with thousands of vetted design professionals in the specification process. | $100M | Series C | May 06, 2021 |  |
| Capsule | Capsule is rebuilding the $425 billion pharmacy industry from the inside out with an emotionally resonant experience, and technology that enables customized outcomes for doctors, hospitals, insurers, and manufacturers. Its team makes the same promise to each other as the one we’ve made to our customers, doctors, and partners: everybody needs somelooking after sometimes. We’ll never lose sight of the fact that behind all the craziness of the healthcare system, we’re just people looking after other people. Capsule has raised $70 million from Thrive Capital, Glade Brook Capital, and The Virgin Group. | $300M | Series D | Apr 28, 2021 |  |
| Lark | Lark is a developer of chronic disease prevention and management platform used to prevent chronic conditions. The company uses cutting-edge AI combined with human coaches and connected devices to provide real-time, personalized, 24/7 support, and counseling to help users make healthier choices and manage their conditions. Its CDC-recognizedDiabetes Prevention Program, Wellness Program, Diabetes Care Program, and Hypertension Program have 1.5 million users and have demonstrated clinically validated improved health outcomes published in 11 peer-reviewed journals and analyst reports.Lark was founded by Julia Hu and Jeff Zira in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $55M | Series C | Oct 08, 2020 |  |
| Alitheon | Alitheon is dedicated to bringing integrity and security to the world through powerful AI and machine vision. It has created FeaturePrint – a system that securely links the physical and digital worlds. The patented FeaturePrint technology uses artificial intelligence and off the shelf cameras to register and subsequently identify even visuallyindistinguishable objects with statistical certainty. This novel capability delivers supply chain intelligence and ensures product authenticity, for producers of industrial parts, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, additively manufactured parts, precious metals, documents, and luxury goods and other high-value assets. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. | $8.8M | Seed | Dec 23, 2019 |  |
| PAX Labs | PAX Labs is a leader in the design and development of premium, app-controlled vaporization technologies and devices. Headquartered in San Francisco, PAX has become an industry leader through innovation and product design. PAX is committed to taking the guesswork out of cannabis with products that offer quality, transparency, and predictability.The company was founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco, California. | $420M |  | Apr 22, 2019 |  |
| Avinew | Avinew is helping to insure a safer road with insurance technologies that enable the safety, value and freedom that comes with automated driving systems and autonomous vehicles. | $5M | Seed | Jan 30, 2019 |  |
| Allbirds | Allbirds is an apparel and fashion company that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly wool shoes. It is dedicated to making the most sustainable footwear using premium natural materials, designed for the to and fro of everyday life.The company is driven by a mission to prove that comfort, good design, and sustainability don’t have to bemutually exclusive. Its commitment to making better shoes in a better way is fueled by a belief that the shoe industry needs to focus less on flash and more on thoughtfulness.Allbirds is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2015. | $50M | Series C | Oct 11, 2018 |  |
| Sense Photonics | Sense Photonics is an RTP high technology company that enables reliable, modular, and configurable 3D sensing. The company produces advanced LiDAR and 3D sensor solutions for an autonomous vehicles, robotics, and industrial automation markets. Their core technology protected by over 200 patents enables a simple, high-performance, solid-statesolution with no moving parts that can uniquely meet the rigorous performance, reliability and cost requirements for automotive and industrial applications.Sense Photonics was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. | $14.4M |  | Oct 09, 2018 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [T. Rowe Price](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/t-rowe-price) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Durable Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/durable-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Franklin Templeton](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/franklin-templeton-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [King River Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/king-river-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does IPD Capital invest in?

IPD Capital invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Consumer Electronics startups, most often at Series C and Series D stage. Most of the 17 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact IPD Capital?

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### Who are the partners at IPD Capital?

The team at IPD Capital includes Steven Tighe (Managing Member), Alexander Tang (Vice President) and Howard Krass (Founder and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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