IDEO

IDEO is a global design and innovation consultancy firm known for its human-centered approach to problem-solving. The company collaborates with a diverse range of clients, including major corporations such as Procter & Gamble, Pepsi, Microsoft, Nokia, Intel, Eli Lilly, Samsung, and Steelcase. IDEO focuses on designing products, services, and experiences that foster collaboration and drive innovation, helping organizations navigate complex challenges and enhance their offerings in the marketplace. Through its expertise in design thinking, IDEO aims to create impactful solutions that improve people's lives.

Tom Kelley

Partner

26 past transactions

EarlyBird

Seed Round in 2023
EarlyBird is a Fintech platform that facilitates financial gifting, enabling parents, friends, and family to contribute to children's investment accounts. The service transforms traditional gifting by making it personal and purposeful, allowing users to create meaningful financial legacies. Additionally, EarlyBird offers a digital time capsule feature that helps users capture and preserve memories, including photos, videos, and messages related to significant life events. This combination of financial empowerment and memory preservation fosters continuity and belonging within families, promoting a culture of shared experiences and generational wealth.

GPX

Seed Round in 2022
GPx is a biotech company that revolutionizes remote chronic disease management with bloodless blood tests. It is dedicated to transforming the standard of care of cardiorenal diseases and enabling patients to better understand their condition, much like the continuous glucose monitor has transformed diabetes care. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

LifeScore

Series A in 2022
LifeScore marries the time-tested 400-year-old technology of musical notation with its proprietary Cellular Composition algorithms, creating a radically innovative, endlessly original platform for musical composition. At LifeScore’s core lie its audio assets – musical building blocks featuring world-class musicians, the finest instruments, historic and cutting edge recording technologies and production in the world’s greatest recording studio. Employing the techniques and processes of professional composers, including those of CEO and Founder Philip Sheppard, LifeScore’s technology rapidly assembles these musical components across multiple audio channels to generate original, unique, adaptive music that is either fully autonomous or responsive in real-time to user and environmental data inputs. LifeScore’s technology can operate across any musical genre – from ambient and classical to pop, EDM, funk and heavy rock – and can be integrated into a vast array of applications across many industry sectors, inextricably linking user-generated, bespoke music to all aspects of life.

Curve Health

Series A in 2022
Curve Health, Inc. is an innovative online platform focused on enhancing senior care by integrating telemedicine, health information exchange, predictive analytics, and smart billing. Founded in 2020 and based in New York, the platform facilitates remote care for patients in skilled nursing facilities, at home, and in emergency situations, significantly reducing the need for patient transfers to emergency departments. By streamlining communication and operations between healthcare providers and post-acute facilities, Curve Health improves care quality and patient outcomes while optimizing resource allocation. The platform also accelerates reimbursement processes and automates documentation, making it a comprehensive solution for modern healthcare challenges in senior care.

Sequin

Seed Round in 2021
Sequin is a financial technology company based in San Francisco that focuses on empowering women through innovative banking products. Its flagship product, the Sequin Rewards Visa® Debit Card, is designed specifically for women, offering up to 6% cashback on purchases related to beauty, drugstores, gyms, and more. In addition to cashback rewards, cardholders can earn up to 3.56% APY on their checking accounts and gain access to educational resources and a supportive community. Sequin aims to address financial disparities faced by women, such as the Pink Tax, and has garnered significant investment, with a notable percentage of its angel investors being women. The company, founded by experts from Visa and PayPal, emphasizes a clear mission to enhance women's financial power while providing services in collaboration with Thread Bank.

Commonwealth Labs

Venture Round in 2021
Commonwealth Laboratories, Inc. operates a diagnostic laboratory that specializes in tests for functional gastrointestinal disorders. Founded in 1985 and based in San Francisco, California, the company serves as a resource platform for healthcare providers, offering specialized diagnostic solutions to aid in patient diagnosis. Additionally, Commonwealth Labs is involved in developing governance technology for decentralized organizations, providing a blockchain protocol-based system that enhances decision-making and resource allocation. This dual focus on healthcare diagnostics and innovative governance solutions positions Commonwealth Laboratories as a multifaceted entity addressing both medical and organizational needs.

Gitcoin

Venture Round in 2021
Gitcoin is a platform designed to help open source developers monetize their work by facilitating payments when their contributions are utilized. Established in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, Gitcoin leverages the Ethereum network and smart contracts to align the interests of various stakeholders within the ecosystem. This innovative approach allows for direct programming of rights, incentivizing participants to deliver value while minimizing reliance on traditional legal mechanisms. The platform supports a range of programming languages, including Python, Rust, Ruby, JavaScript, and Solidity, fostering collaboration among developers and project maintainers. Gitcoin embodies the #givefirst philosophy of the Boulder tech community, which emphasizes mutual support and collaboration, thereby strengthening both the community and the open source projects it nurtures. Through its services, Gitcoin aims to enhance the sustainability and growth of open source software development.

AlpacaJapan

Series A in 2018
AlpacaJapan is a fintech company that specializes in providing advanced investment technology and tools to global financial institutions and corporations. The firm leverages proprietary AI and big data technologies, including deep learning and comprehensive data analysis, to enhance financial data management. With a team composed of professionals from prominent high-tech and financial sectors, AlpacaJapan collaborates with top financial institutions worldwide, offering solutions tailored for bankers, asset managers, traders, and market makers. The company's focus is on integrating cutting-edge technology to streamline and improve investment processes in the capital markets.

Umitron

Seed Round in 2018
Umitron is a data-driven company focused on enhancing aquaculture practices through advanced analytics. By utilizing a combination of underwater sensors and data analytics, Umitron monitors fish behavior and water quality to optimize feeding strategies. This approach helps fish farmers reduce feeding costs and prevent overfeeding, ultimately leading to more sustainable farming practices. The company aims to support the aquaculture industry in improving productivity while ensuring environmental sustainability and enhancing the quality of aquatic food products. Through its innovative platform, Umitron is committed to fostering sustainable aquaculture worldwide.

omniX labs

Pre Seed Round in 2018
OmniX Labs is a New York-based company that specializes in developing a subscription-based machine vision platform designed to enhance business and customer experiences through image recognition technology. Founded in 2017, the platform allows businesses across various industries, including advertising, automotive, and retail, to integrate trained models for effective image and video processing. By utilizing machine learning, OmniX Labs provides solutions that enable companies to analyze visual data, optimize operations, and improve customer interactions. The platform focuses on capturing and synthesizing physical interactions, helping businesses gain insights and efficiencies in real-time and for future applications.

Datascope Analytics

Acquisition in 2017
Datascope Analytics is a data-driven consulting firm that transforms big data into real business value. A team of data science experts uses big data analytics and visualization to improve client’s financial performance. Datascope Analytics' bridges the gap from a company's complex data maze to tangible products that help the company grow and become more efficient. The value lies in Datascope Analytics expertise in performing complex data analysis yet presenting the findings in a sleak, easy-to-understand format that maximizes the user experience. Various past projects include: eDiscovery, data-driven change management, social network analysis, project management, data-visualization

Dabble

Venture Round in 2017
Founded in 2011, Dabble is a marketplace for affordable, in-person classes. A social experience that fulfills people's desires to learn new things without over-committing themselves. Through an online portal, Dabble makes it easy for people to list classes by facilitating the transaction and providing a market of curious learners. Class topics range from arts and culinary to business and technical, and users are encouraged to stretch their imagination in regards to the limitless possibilities for dabbling. Teachers include passionate experts and businesses, and for them, Dabble serves as a lead generation vehicle, additional income stream, and creative outlet. Dabble also offers local businesses the opportunity to host classes that are relevant to them, increasing exposure and driving incremental business. The process for submitting a class occurs online, and anyone is invited to teach.

Infarm

Seed Round in 2017
Infarm is a Berlin-based company founded in 2013 that designs and distributes efficient vertical farms for urban environments. By integrating IoT technologies and machine learning, Infarm provides a modular farming system that aims to create a resilient, transparent, and affordable alternative food system. The company’s compact growing kits enable cities to enhance their self-sufficiency in food production, improving the safety, quality, and environmental impact of the food supply. Through its innovative approach, Infarm seeks to transform how fresh produce is grown and consumed in urban areas.

Elemetric

Seed Round in 2017
Elemetric, Inc. is a Chicago-based company founded in 2016 that provides an API service designed for the blockchain Internet. Its platform facilitates a marketplace that connects traditional internet data with blockchain applications, enabling companies to list their data for monetization and network growth. Elemetric offers tools for transforming data for blockchain use, allowing developers to access valuable information more easily and accelerate their market entry. By serving various industries, Elemetric enhances the capabilities of blockchain applications, positioning itself as a vital infrastructure component in the evolving landscape of digital applications beyond cryptocurrencies.

Alpaca

Venture Round in 2017
Alpaca is a developer-focused financial technology platform that provides an embedded brokerage infrastructure for accessing financial markets through modern application programming interfaces (APIs). The platform enables users to trade stocks and cryptocurrencies, offering real-time market data and tools for algorithmic trading. With its developer-friendly approach, Alpaca supports a wide range of applications and businesses worldwide, attracting tens of thousands of developers who utilize its services to create and enhance investing applications. The company has raised over $100 million in funding from prominent investors, reflecting its strong position in the financial technology landscape.

Catalia Health

Seed Round in 2015
Catalia Health brings together artificial intelligence, psychology, and medicine to deliver lasting change. We create effective patient engagement and generate unique data of value to our customers. Our cloud-based platform delivers unique conversations to patients to help address their ongoing healthcare issues in an effective way. These messages are delivered through mobile apps, a web interface, and our uniquely engaging (and patented) interactive robotic coach.

Editr (Tablo Inc.)

Angel Round in 2015
Matchmaking Visual Style with Shopping

Food Genius

Series A in 2013
Food Genius is a leading foodservice data provider specializing in gathering, preparing, and serving granular foodservice menu data and analytics. We support foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors with straightforward and digestible reports, services, and analytics. Our products are used to answer many complex foodservice business questions. From competitive price tracking for optimization to statistical analysis of current burger toppings for the development new offerings, Food Genius has smarter data and analytics. Food Genius serves nationally recognized companies and brands, including Kraft, Coca-Cola, Arby’s, and US Foods. As an industry leader in foodservice data and analytics, Food Genius is on a mission to provide foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors with the data analytics they need to make smarter, more informed decisions.

PillPack

Series A in 2013
PillPack, Inc. is a full-service pharmacy that specializes in sorting and delivering medications tailored to individual dosages. The company receives prescriptions from healthcare providers and packages medications into personalized packets, ensuring customers take the right medications at the right times. In addition to prescription medications, PillPack offers a variety of healthcare products, including vitamins, over-the-counter medications, inhalers, and testing supplies. Incorporated in 2013 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire, PillPack also operates locations in several states, including Florida, New York, Massachusetts, Utah, and Texas. The company serves not only individual customers but also healthcare providers and caregivers, facilitating medication management and delivery. PillPack also publishes an online magazine called Folks, which features inspiring stories of individuals overcoming health challenges. As of 2018, PillPack operates as a subsidiary of Amazon.

Food Genius

Series A in 2012
Food Genius is a leading foodservice data provider specializing in gathering, preparing, and serving granular foodservice menu data and analytics. We support foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors with straightforward and digestible reports, services, and analytics. Our products are used to answer many complex foodservice business questions. From competitive price tracking for optimization to statistical analysis of current burger toppings for the development new offerings, Food Genius has smarter data and analytics. Food Genius serves nationally recognized companies and brands, including Kraft, Coca-Cola, Arby’s, and US Foods. As an industry leader in foodservice data and analytics, Food Genius is on a mission to provide foodservice manufacturers, operators, and distributors with the data analytics they need to make smarter, more informed decisions.

ShopWell

Venture Round in 2010
ShopWell is a personalized nutrition app that recommends foods to people based on their dietary needs and helps them build healthy grocery lists. It's like having a personal dietitian in the palm of your hands. At home or in the store, simply scan a food’s barcode to get nutrition info and find out if the food is right for you. ShopWell alleviates all the confusion of grocery shopping and even helps you discover new foods you’ll love. ShopWell is a Community Partner of the USDA and certified by Registered Dietitians. It’s free and easy to use. ShopWell Helps You: Achieve Health Goals - Such as weight management, lower cholesterol, & manage diabetes Eat More of the Things You Want - Such as calcium, fiber, & whole grains Avoid Things You Don’t Want - Such as sugar, trans fat, & sodium Stay Clear of Allergens & Intolerance - Such as gluten, peanuts, & lactose Build healthy grocery lists

Zinio

Venture Round in 2002
Zinio is a digital publishing platform that specializes in transforming print magazines into accessible digital content. With over a decade of experience, Zinio leads the digital magazine market by offering a wide range of content that can be accessed on various devices. The platform provides a SaaS solution, ZINIOpro, which converts print magazines into digital XML format, allowing publishers to manage and distribute their content through customized applications for tablets, smartphones, and desktops. Zinio also operates online newsstands and mobile apps for iOS, Android, Windows, and Kindle, delivering an extensive selection of digital magazines in more than 30 languages. These offerings enable consumers to read magazines online or offline, sync content across devices, and search for archival material, ensuring a convenient and comprehensive reading experience.

NanoMuscle

Series B in 2002
NanoMuscle is a privately held company that designs and manufactures advanced motion technologies for use in a wide range of consumer devices. With their low cost, small size and silent operation, NanoMuscle products displace conventional electromagnetic motors and solenoids and for the first time provide miniature, affordable motion.

Arena Solutions

Series B in 2002
Arena Solutions provides cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) and quality management system (QMS) software designed to enhance product development and commercialization for modern manufacturing companies, particularly in the high-tech and medical device sectors. By unifying PLM and QMS processes, Arena Solutions facilitates collaboration among all stakeholders involved in the product realization process, from design to manufacturing. This integrated approach helps teams accelerate product development and delivery, ultimately increasing profitability while ensuring efficient supply chain collaboration and effective quality management. The company aims to empower its clients to achieve the lowest total cost of ownership through its comprehensive training and analytics offerings.

NanoMuscle

Series B in 2001
NanoMuscle is a privately held company that designs and manufactures advanced motion technologies for use in a wide range of consumer devices. With their low cost, small size and silent operation, NanoMuscle products displace conventional electromagnetic motors and solenoids and for the first time provide miniature, affordable motion.

CardioNet

Series B in 2000
CardioNet, Inc. (CardioNet) provides continuous, real-time ambulatory outpatient management solutions for monitoring clinical information regarding an individual's health. The Company is focused on the diagnosis and monitoring of cardiac arrhythmias, or heart rhythm disorders, through its core Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry (MCOT), event and Holter services. CardioNet's MCOT service incorporates a lightweight patient-worn sensor attached to electrodes, which captures two-channel ECG data, measuring electrical activity of the heart. During the year ended December 31, 2010, it marketed its solution in 49 states. As of December 31, 2010, it had secured direct contracts with 304 commercial payors. On December 21, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Biotel Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Braemar, Inc. and Agility Centralized Research Services, Inc.
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