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Investment thesis
IDEO applies human-centered design thinking to help organizations create innovative products and services. The firm's approach emphasizes empathy, understanding user behavior through observation and research, and iterative testing of hypotheses to develop meaningful solutions. By combining diverse expertise—from nurses to chefs to data analysts—IDEO integrates the needs of people, technological possibilities, and business requirements to drive innovation across industries ranging from healthcare systems to emerging technologies.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 7 people
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Founder mafia
The IDEO mafia →29 people who came through IDEO went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 5 of 8 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×3Digital Health ×2Medical Devices ×2SaaS ×2Construction Tech ×1Consumer ×1Cybersecurity ×1Fintech ×1
HQs:United States×3United Kingdom×2
Investments · 8 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2023 · 12021 · 62018 · 18 dated
Curve Health operates a telemedicine platform combined with data analytics and health information exchange that connects bedside providers with remote clinicians.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSMiami, US
Timothy Peck(Director)inMatthew Michela(CEO & Board Member)inCharlene Frizzera(Director)Stephen Bruso(Director)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesKapor CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersRosecliff VenturesWestway CapitalCorrelation Ventures+6 more
DeSo is a layer-1 blockchain designed to store social media data fully on-chain, enabling developers to build decentralized social applications such as social networks, NFT marketplaces, and creator monetization tools.
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesMagnus CapitalAndreessen HorowitzHack VCPantera CapitalPolychain Capital+2 more
Crypto data, research and disclosure platform covering 40,000+ assets; acquired by Blockworks in June 2026.
Ryan Selkis(Founder)in
Co-investorsAnthemis VentureBlockchain CapitalBlockchain CoinvestorsCoinbase VenturesFabric VenturesFenbushi Capital+18 more
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Nothing designs and sells consumer electronics, including its Phone line of smartphones, sold directly through its own website.
ConsumerHardware
Co-investorsBayes Entrepreneurship FundBeyond CapitalBoxGroupGV (Google Ventures)Highland EuropeNordstar+5 more
nPlan builds AI trained on a dataset of over 750,000 historical construction project schedules to forecast schedule risk, generate and check schedules, and support project controls for capital projects.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSLondon, GB
Dev Amratia(CEO & Co-Founder)inAlan Mosca(CTO & Co-Founder)inJade Bouhmouch(Head of Operations)in
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Entrepreneur FirstFounder CollectiveLocalGlobePentech VenturesSuffolk Technologies+2 more
Resistant AI provides AI-powered software that detects fraud in documents — including fake, tampered, or AI-generated files — and adds a fraud and money-laundering detection layer to existing transaction monitoring systems.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechLewes, US
Martin Rehak(Executive Officer, Director)inMartin Grill(Director)inJan Jusko(Founder)inJan Stiborek(Founder)inKarel Bartoš(Founder)inLukáš Machlica(Founder)in
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Index VenturesNotion CapitalCredo VenturesDTCP
Ultromics develops AI models that analyze routine echocardiography studies to help clinicians detect HFpEF and screen for cardiac amyloidosis, delivered through a single workflow platform.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Ross Upton(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Oxford Science EnterprisesLegal & GeneralFuture Planet CapitalNina CapitalNovaCapital+2 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesMessari · trysignalbase.com · Mar 25, 2026
Resistant AI · finance.yahoo.com · Oct 13, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has IDEO made?
- IDEO has 8 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited.
- What sectors does IDEO focus on?
- IDEO focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is IDEO located?
- IDEO is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
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