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Idealab

87 employees

Idealab is a technology incubator that provides resources to allow start-ups to rapidly introduce innovative products and services.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Software16
Internet9
Energy8
Analytics8
Social Media7
Enterprise Software7
Renewable Energy7
Education7
Solar7
SaaS5
Advertising5
E-Commerce5
Travel5
Mobile4
Programming4
Artificial Intelligence4
Machine Learning4
Hardware4
Information Technology4
Telecommunications4

Funding rounds participated in

$200K sweet spot round size

Most of their 88 investments are in rounds between $2M and $22M

Investor type

Incubator

Basic info

Industry

technology, information and internet

Sectors

Solar
Finance
robotics
entrepreneuers
Social Media Marketing
startups
technology incubator
clean technology
Enterprise Software
Software
GreenTech
social media
internet

Date founded

1996

Investments made

C

CarbonCapture Inc. raised $35M on October 19, 2021

Investors: Lightbank, Rio Tinto, Prime Movers Lab and Idealab

E

Energy Vault raised $100M on August 25, 2021

Investors: Prime Movers Lab, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Pickering Energy Partners and Idealab

C

Cheese Financial Inc raised $3.6M on March 10, 2020

Investors: Amplify.LA, Operate, iFly.vc, Wedbush Ventures and Idealab

G

Glide raised $3.6M on November 5, 2019

Investors: SV Angel and Idealab

C

Cheese Financial Inc raised undisclosed on October 15, 2019

Investors: Amplify.LA and Idealab

H

Heliogen Inc. raised $11M on April 4, 2018

Investors: Idealab

F

Fair.com raised $16M on September 7, 2017

Investors: Valor Equity Partners, Foundation Capital, Javelin Venture Partners, Obvious Ventures, Dragon Global, FJ Labs, Moonshots Capital and Idealab

E

Energy Vault raised undisclosed on January 1, 2017

Investors: Idealab

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ObEN, Inc raised $7.7M on November 3, 2016

Investors: DREAM MAKER ENTERTAINMENT, E3 Capital Partners, Third Wave Digital, HERTZ LICHTENSTEIN YOUNG & POLK LLP, NewDo Venture and Idealab

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codeSpark raised $2.5M on September 29, 2016

Investors: NewGen Venture Partners, Felton Group LLC, Penta Global Advisors Group, Kapor Capital and Idealab

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