Ideo CoLab Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$500K Checks)
Ideo CoLab Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States investing in Other, Fintech. The firm typically writes $100K–$500K checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$500K
- Portfolio
- 26 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- AUM
- $109M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Fintech
- HQ
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-21
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $500K
$109M
26+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
IDEO CoLab Ventures invests in early-stage (pre-seed and seed) founders building next-generation internet infrastructure, protocols, open financial systems, and experiences by combining capital with hands-on design, product and prototyping support.
How Ideo CoLab Ventures invests
Ideo CoLab Ventures is a vc firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Fintech.
Ideo CoLab Ventures typically writes checks of $100K–$500K per investment, backed by approximately $109M in assets under management.
Ideo CoLab Ventures has backed 26 companies in our records, including Filecoin, Bounties Network, Antimetal.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (26)
Other
Filecoin
Bounties Network
Antimetal
Archway
Blocknative
Gelato
NEAR
Open Zeppelin
Optimism
XMTP
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $500K check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ian Lee, Managing Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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