Description
IDEO CoLab Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in the next chapter of the internet. Its investment themes include rearchitecting the internet (tools, infrastructure, and building blocks for the next web, with investments such as Antimetal, Archway, Blocknative, Gelato, NEAR, Open Zeppelin, Optimism, and XMTP), open financial systems (decentralized products and services, with investments such as AAVE, Messari, River Financial, Goldfinch, Toucan, Notional, Nine Realms, Hashflow, and FalconX), and the future of work and play (experiences, marketplaces, organizations, and networks that connect and coordinate humans, with investments such as ImmuneFi, Metalabel, Braintrust, Cabin, DAO, Syndicate, Seed Club, and Gitcoin). The firm also runs a Creative Resident program and publishes stories about its portfolio companies and incubation efforts, such as its collaboration with WE3 to incubate new ventures.