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RussianIDEO CoLab Ventures is a venture capital (VC) arm associated with IDEO CoLab, an innovation and design consultancy. IDEO CoLab Ventures focuses on investing in and supporting startups that are developing innovative technologies and solutions in emerging fields such as blockchain, decentralized finance (DeFi), and Web3 technologies.
Investors IDEO CoLab Ventures
IDEO CoLab Ventures
Tier 1Lead investor
Projects
44
Portfolio market cap
$7.47B
sum across all projects
Raised in these rounds
$382.8M
48 of 49 rounds with disclosed amounts
Tier
Tier 1
Lead investor
About the fund
Portfolio · 44
| Project | Price | Entry price | ROI | Stage | Date | Market cap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NEAR ProtocolNEAR | $5.01 | $0.0894 | 56x | — | — | $6.55B | |
 OptimismOP | $0.1376 | — | — | — | — | $316.4M | |
 THORChainRUNE | $0.7856 | $0.0215 | 37x | — | — | $258.1M | |
 FluidFLUID | $2.10 | — | — | — | — | $175.4M | |
 Yield Guild GamesYGG | $0.0283 | $0.0675 | 0.42x | — | — | $26.5M | |
 ChiaXCH | $1.57 | — | — | — | — | $22.7M | |
 EnsoENSO | $0.9997 | $1.40 | 0.71x | — | — | $20.6M | |
 GitcoinGTC | $0.1944 | — | — | — | — | $17.0M | |
 BraintrustBTRST | $0.0577 | $3.00 | 0.02x | — | — | $13.9M | |
 Artificial Liquid IntelligenceALI | $0.001232 | $0.0100 | 0.12x | — | — | $12.2M | |
 FortaFORT | $0.0162 | — | — | — | — | $10.5M | |
 THORSwapTHOR | $0.0379 | $0.0750 | 0.51x | — | — | $9.6M | |
 HashflowHFT | $0.00685 | $0.0200 | 0.34x | — | — | $6.4M | |
 HandshakeHNS | $0.008779 | $0.1000 | 0.09x | — | — | $5.9M | |
 NeonNEON | $0.0205 | $0.2480 | 0.08x | — | — | $5.4M | |
 GoldfinchGFI | $0.0404 | — | — | — | — | $3.9M | |
 SyndicateSYND | $0.007181 | — | — | — | — | $3.4M | |
 Wrapped NCGWNCG | $0.004344 | $0.0500 | 0.09x | — | — | $3.3M | |
 ImmunefiIMU | $0.001964 | $0.0118 | 0.17x | — | — | $2.1M | |
 Anchor ProtocolANC | — | $0.1000 | 0.04x | — | — | $1.2M | |
 Global Coin ResearchGCR | — | — | — | — | — | $705.6K | |
 GelatoGEL | $0.001453 | $0.1450 | 0.01x | — | — | $410.3K | |
 UX ChainUX | — | $0.0048 | 0.01x | — | — | $197.1K | |
 RallyRLY | $0.00002006 | $0.5500 | 0.00x | — | — | $121.3K | |
 ArchwayARCH | $0.0003673 | $0.1448 | 0.00x | — | — | $106.7K | |
 PoolTogetherPOOL | $0.0148 | $1.33 | 0.01x | — | — | $100.0K | |
 MustMUST | $0.3709 | — | — | — | — | $37.6K | |
 ThorstarterXRUNE | $0.0004024 | $0.0200 | 0.02x | — | — | $32.5K | |
 KaonKAON | $0.00000539 | $0.008125 | 0.00x | — | — | $23.9K | |
 YupYUP | — | — | — | — | — | $18.2K | |
 Pancake BunnyBUNNY | $0.0217 | $3.00 | 0.01x | — | — | $11.1K | |
 FutureswapFST | — | $0.1230 | — | — | — | — | |
 Blocktorch | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Antimetal | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 River Financial | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Lens ChainLENS | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Acctual | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Karma3 Labs | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Socket | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Cork Protocol | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 XMTP | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 RockSolid Network | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Blocknative | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Cometh | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Entry price and ROI come from the source's data for this fund. Stage and date are derived by matching the entry price against the project's rounds; where there is no match, a dash is shown.
Funding rounds · 49
| Project | Stage | Raised | Valuation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cork Protocol | Seed Round | $5.5M | $55.0M | |
| RockSolid Network | Pre-seed | $2.8M | $28.0M | |
| Yup | Funding Round | — | — | |
| Enso | Funding Round | $4.2M | $140.0M | |
| Karma3 Labs Lead | Seed Round | $4.5M | $45.0M | |
| Acctual Lead | Funding Round | $3.9M | $15.0M | |
| Blocktorch Lead | Seed Round | $4.2M | $42.0M | |
| Antimetal | Seed Round | $4.3M | $43.0M | |
| Socket Lead | Pre-seed | $2.0M | $20.0M | |
| Cometh | Seed Round | $10.0M | $100.0M | |
| Must | Seed Round | $10.0M | $100.0M | |
| Archway | Private Sale | $21.0M | $144.8M | |
| Neon | Early Purchasers | $40.0M | $248.0M | |
| Immunefi | Seed Round | $5.5M | $55.0M | |
| THORSwap Lead | Private Round | $3.8M | $37.5M | |
| THORChain Lead | Equity Funding | $3.8M | $37.5M | |
| Forta | Venture Round | $23.0M | $230.0M | |
| Gelato | Series A | $11.0M | $110.0M | |
| Wrapped NCG | Strategic Round | $2.6M | $50.0M | |
| Artificial Liquid Intelligence | Private Round | $16.0M | $100.0M | |
| Syndicate | Series A Round | $20.0M | $200.0M | |
| XMTP | Series A Round | $20.0M | $200.0M | |
| Thorstarter | Private Round | $1.5M | $20.0M | |
| UX Chain | Seed Round | $6.3M | $48.0M | |
| Pancake Bunny | Seed Round | $1.6M | $16.0M | |
| XMTP | Seed Round | $5.0M | $50.0M | |
| Hashflow | Seed Round | $3.2M | $20.0M | |
| Anchor Protocol | Private Sale | $20.0M | $100.0M | |
| Gitcoin | Funding Round | $11.3M | $113.0M | |
| Optimism | Series A Round | $25.0M | $250.0M | |
| Goldfinch | Venture Round | $1.0M | $10.0M | |
| Syndicate Lead | Seed Round | $1.0M | $10.0M | |
| Global Coin Research Lead | Treasury Diversification | $1.2M | $12.0M | |
| Yield Guild Games | Series A-2 | $2.0M | $90.0M | |
| Yield Guild Games | Series A-1 | $2.0M | $45.0M | |
| Rally | Community Treasury Fundraise | $34.8M | $2.70B | |
| Blocknative | Seed Round | $5.0M | $50.0M | |
| Chia | Series B Round | $5.0M | $50.0M | |
| Blocknative | Pre-seed Round | $2.0M | $20.0M | |
| River Financial | Seed Round | $5.7M | $57.0M | |
| PoolTogether Lead | Seed Round | $1.0M | $13.3M | |
| Optimism | Seed Round | $3.5M | $35.0M | |
| Futureswap | Seed Round | $1.6M | $12.3M | |
| Fluid | Seed Round | $2.4M | $24.0M | |
| NEAR Protocol | Private Round 2 | $375.0K | $150.0M | |
| NEAR Protocol | Private Round 1 | $8.5M | $120.0M | |
| NEAR Protocol | Seed Round | $2.9M | $50.0M | |
| Handshake | Private Sale | $10.2M | $204.0M | |
| NEAR Protocol | Pre-seed | $810.0K | $37.5M |
Focus areas
DeFi2
Blockchain1
Coinlist Launchpad1
Layer-21
Ethereum Ecosystem1
Infrastructure1
DEX1
Co-investors
Pantera Capital2 shared
Multicoin Capital2 shared
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)2 shared
Balaji Srinivasan2 shared
Coinbase Ventures2 shared
Naval Ravikant2 sharedFunds that most often back the same projects.