IPD Capital

IPD Capital is a venture capital investor offering unique IP expertise. We are stage agnostic as we have invested in companies from seed stage to ones with over $100MM in revenues. Investments you may recognize are CLEAR, AllBirds, JUUL, PAX Labs, Sense Photonics, Owlet Baby Care, JetClosing, and Avinew. Free advice comes with our investment (i.e. not for hire) to help our portfolio companies build IP picket fences around their business models which enhances business economics, sustainability, defense against untoward competitors, and advances investment returns. We do not lead rounds or take a board seat or encumber IP. We focus on all technology sectors except biotech & pharma. Powered by IPD Analytics, IPD Capital has the ability to leverage a team of over 50 professionals with extensive backgrounds and expertise in IP, science, and engineering.

Benjamin Gindhart

VC Analyst

15 past transactions

Lark

Series D in 2021
Lark is a developer of chronic disease prevention and management platform used to prevent chronic conditions. The company uses cutting-edge AI combined with human coaches and connected devices to provide real-time, personalized, 24/7 support, and counseling to help users make healthier choices and manage their conditions. Its CDC-recognized Diabetes Prevention Program, Wellness Program, Diabetes Care Program, and Hypertension Program have 1.5 million users and have demonstrated clinically validated improved health outcomes published in 11 peer-reviewed journals and analyst reports. Lark was founded by Julia Hu and Jeff Zira in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Material Bank

Series C in 2021
Material Bank is a marketplace for design professionals and brands in the architecture and design industry, providing the a way to discover and sample materials. The platform powers complex searches across hundreds of brands in seconds. Samples ordered by midnight (ET) are delivered in a single box by 10:30 AM the next day—always free for design professionals. With a rapidly growing community of members, Material Bank offers a way for brands to connect with thousands of vetted design professionals in the specification process.

Capsule

Series D in 2021
Capsule Corporation is an innovative online pharmacy established in 2015 and headquartered in New York, New York. It aims to transform the pharmacy industry by providing a streamlined and personalized experience for patients, healthcare providers, insurers, and manufacturers. Capsule's platform facilitates the online retail of pharmaceutical products through a user-friendly application that focuses on creating customized outcomes for its users. The company emphasizes the importance of human connection in healthcare, recognizing that behind the complexities of the system, there are individuals in need of care and support. Capsule has successfully raised significant funding from prominent investors, enabling it to further its mission of enhancing the pharmaceutical experience through technology and dedicated service.

Lark

Series C in 2020
Lark is a developer of chronic disease prevention and management platform used to prevent chronic conditions. The company uses cutting-edge AI combined with human coaches and connected devices to provide real-time, personalized, 24/7 support, and counseling to help users make healthier choices and manage their conditions. Its CDC-recognized Diabetes Prevention Program, Wellness Program, Diabetes Care Program, and Hypertension Program have 1.5 million users and have demonstrated clinically validated improved health outcomes published in 11 peer-reviewed journals and analyst reports. Lark was founded by Julia Hu and Jeff Zira in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Alitheon

Venture Round in 2020
Alitheon is a developer of machine vision software designed to trace the lifecycle of goods without labels, markings, or packaging. The company software helps identify objects and prevent counterfeits using digital fingerprints, allowing users to authenticate, identify, and trace items, parts, and products with just a simple photo. Alitheon was established in 2017 by Scot Land and David Ross in Bellevue, Washington

PAX Labs

Venture Round in 2019
PAX Labs is a leader in the design and development of premium, app-controlled vaporization technologies and devices. Headquartered in San Francisco, PAX has become an industry leader through innovation and product design. PAX is committed to taking the guesswork out of cannabis with products that offer quality, transparency, and predictability. The company was founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco, California.

Avinew

Seed Round in 2019
Avinew is helping to insure a safer road with insurance technologies that enable the safety, value and freedom that comes with automated driving systems and autonomous vehicles.

Allbirds

Series C in 2018
Allbirds is an apparel and fashion company that specializes in manufacturing eco-friendly wool shoes. It is dedicated to making the most sustainable footwear using premium natural materials, designed for the to and fro of everyday life. The company is driven by a mission to prove that comfort, good design, and sustainability don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Its commitment to making better shoes in a better way is fueled by a belief that the shoe industry needs to focus less on flash and more on thoughtfulness. Allbirds is based in San Francisco and was founded in 2015.

Sense Photonics

Venture Round in 2018
Sense Photonics is an RTP high technology company that enables reliable, modular, and configurable 3D sensing. The company produces advanced LiDAR and 3D sensor solutions for an autonomous vehicles, robotics, and industrial automation markets. Their core technology protected by over 200 patents enables a simple, high-performance, solid-state solution with no moving parts that can uniquely meet the rigorous performance, reliability and cost requirements for automotive and industrial applications. Sense Photonics was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

JetClosing

Series A in 2018
JetClosing is the digital title and escrow company for real estate transactions. Through its platform, JetClosing provides unprecedented transparency, security, and efficiency throughout the home closing process. With a presence in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington, JetClosing's team of veteran title professionals and technology leaders is expanding nationwide to provide digital title and escrow services to buyers, sellers, agents, lenders, and borrowers. The company was founded in 2016 by Daniel Greenshields and is based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

Owlet Baby Care

Series B in 2018
The Owlet Baby Monitor is a proactive health monitor for sleeping infants that allows parents to view their child's vital signs in real time. Owlet will alert the parent if there are low blood oxygen and heart rate levels giving parents peace of mind knowing that their baby is watched over.

LiteSheet

Venture Round in 2017
LiteSheet is an AC Direct LED lighting innovation company that develops and commercializes products. It provides its customers with the highest value proposition available in the commercial lighting market. LiteSheet is tireless in developing the world’s most efficient, reliable, and high-quality products. Its elegant and robust engineering solutions deliver the lowest total cost of ownership available in the lighting market. The company was founded in 2012 and based in Forest, Virginia.

Atheer

Series C in 2017
Atheer is the pioneer of the AiR™ (Augmented interactive Reality) smart glasses platform, designed to enhance the productivity and safety of deskless professionals at Fortune 1000 companies. The award-winning Atheer AiR platform consists of the following: • AiR Glasses, the world’s most interactive 3D smart glasses • The Android-based AiR OS • The cloud-based, collaboration-centric AiR Enterprise Suite AiR Glasses enable users to view critical work information right in their field-of-view and interact with it using familiar gestures, voice commands, and motion tracking. With the AiR Enterprise Suite, users can collaborate with remote experts via video calls and receive guidance through real-time image annotations to increase efficiency - all while keeping focus on the task at hand. Developers and companies around the world are leveraging the AiR platform and its open AiR SDK (Software Developer Kit) to create enterprise applications and workflows for high value tasks in industrial, energy, healthcare, insurance, construction and logistics industries.

CLEAR

Venture Round in 2017
CLEAR, the secure identity company, uses biometrics to build a connected world that’s smarter and more secure. It links identity with different information sets, including credit cards, tickets to the game, reservations, frequent flyer numbers, flight manifests, health care identification, driver's licenses, and passports. CLEAR's data security framework meets the highest standards for performance and for protecting sensitive information — FISMA High- and SAFETY Act-certified by the Department of Homeland Security. CLEAR's users are always in control of their data and do not sell user information. CLEAR was founded by Caryn Seidman-Becker and Ken Cornick in November 2010 and is based in New York, United States.

PAX Labs

Series C in 2015
PAX Labs is a leader in the design and development of premium, app-controlled vaporization technologies and devices. Headquartered in San Francisco, PAX has become an industry leader through innovation and product design. PAX is committed to taking the guesswork out of cannabis with products that offer quality, transparency, and predictability. The company was founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco, California.
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