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IDEO Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

IDEO Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Marketplace. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

IDEO Ventures focuses on creativity-enabling technologies, especially products empowering creators to innovate and engage their audiences.

How IDEO Ventures invests

IDEO Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Marketplace. It does not invest in Deep Tech.

IDEO Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.

IDEO Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including Patreon.

Meet the Team

EC

Elise Craig

Editorial Director

MB

Megan Bontempo

Design Director

JF

Jenna Fizel

Managing Director

YS

Yicheng Sun

Senior Director of Portfolio Management

SG

Stuart Getty

Design Director

AA

Ariana Allensworth

Senior Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

PA

Papa Akuffo

Director

AS

Annie Svigals

Director of Climate

JR

Jason Robinson

Senior Design Director

AB

Amie Bagel

Director of Operations

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Marketplace

Does Not Invest In

Deep Tech

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

PA

Patreon

Creator Economy
How to pitch IDEO Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Elise Craig, Editorial Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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