# Tom Hughes

> Tom Hughes is a angel investor at Idealab backing SaaS and Travel. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Idealab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/idealab)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2013
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-hughes-49040b

Tom Hughes is a angel investor at Idealab focused on SaaS and Travel. Tom Hughes founded Idealab with Bill Gross and Marcia Goodstein in 1996. Prior to working at Idealab, he worked with high-tech clients including IBM and Lotus on corporate and brand identity design and management as well as packaging systems and software interface design. Before starting his own design firm, he was picked by Steve Jobs tobe Apple's worldwide creative director for Business Products. He was responsible for creating the Macintosh product identity and supporting its introduction in 1985. Following Apple, Lotus Development Corporation hired Tom to build an in-house design team to develop and support a new corporate identity and packaging system. Previously, he was Senior Art Director at Polaroid, working with its founder, Dr. Land, on corporate projects and product introductions. His work is included in the Smithsonian collection and has been internationally recognized. Awards include AIGA, Communications Arts Magazine, Print Magazine, and IDEA. When not at Idealab, Tom works with his daughter's non-profit organization, Swim to Empower, and is an Angel Flight volunteer.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Travel | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dashbell | Dashbell provides independent lodgings with a SaaS platform that allows them to both manage their reservations and availability as well as distribute through their global partners. | $222.5K | Angel | Jan 15, 2013 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Idealab

VC Fund · Pasadena, United States

Idealab is a technology incubator that provides resources to allow start-ups to rapidly introduce innovative products and services. The company’s mission is to challenge the status quo, to be bold, and to tackle big ideas. Idealab provides the first round of capital, recruits a CEO and team, and then works with the company to quickly ramp up itsbusiness.

5 contacts available at Idealab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Allen Morgan | Managing Director, New Ventures Group | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allen-morgan |
| Marcia Goodstein | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcia-goodstein-2 |
| Rob McClinton | Executive Director | — |
| Tom Hughes | Chief Creative Officer and Founder | — |
| Tom McGovern | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-mcgovern |

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## FAQ

### What does Tom Hughes invest in?

Tom Hughes invests primarily in SaaS and Travel startups, most often at Angel stage. Most of the 1 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 Tom Hughes last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tom Hughes closed in Jan 2013. Shizune tracks 1 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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