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The internet is being rebuilt from the ground up, and the social landscape of the internet is undergoing a tectonic shift.
These two tidal forces are pointing to a new stage of the attention economy and forcing us to reexamine the fundamentals.
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1/DeFi isn't rebuilding finance, it's dismantling it
In its place, we build something so powerful it'll change humanity's fate
We are
@IDEOVC
,
@Delphi_Digital
Labs +
@terra_money
We want to join forces w YOU
Join our 48h Hackathon, lets buidl the next gen of DeFi together
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1/ Today,
@IDEOVC
and 25+ IDEO Founders in our portfolio are thrilled to launch the "IDEO Founder Collective."
Powered by
@SyndicateDAO
, it enables our community to become stakeholders in each other's projects and invest in each other's shared success.
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We are really excited to partner with
@Loopifyyy
and
@TheTreeverse
team.
ICV offices coming to a founders plot near you 🌲👀
It's out! Proud to announce we have recently raised at a 25M valuation with a seed round co-led by IdeoCo Labs and Animoca Brands.
We are excited to continue building 🌴🤝
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We have some exciting news to share!
@parisrouz
is joining
@IDEOVC
as our newest General Partner. 🎉🎉🎉
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This week, we convened over 50 entrepreneurs & product leaders with
@VitalikButerin
@barrywhitehat
@jinglanW
@ethereum
to brainstorm *future* applications & products that could be built on Ethereum 🔮
We summarized the ideas & design provocations here 👇
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1/ Today, we’re excited to publicly announce
@IDEOVC
's DeFi Residency Program, a collaborative incubator for promising decentralized finance (DeFi) founders and startups.
Running since June 2020, the program is now incubating 10+ DeFi projects globally.
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As part of our “DeFi Connected” hackathon with
@terra_money
@Delphi_Digital
@IDEOVC
, we’re excited to launch the “Terra Ecosystem Incubator.”
It will be providing grants, incubating the most promising projects, and inviting the community to co-fund their future development.
The “DeFi Connected” hackathon we’re running with
@terra_money
@Delphi_Digital
@IDEOVC
has over $60k available in prizes and grants.
To distribute them in the most transparent way we’ve created the "Terra Ecosystem Incubator" fund on
@SyndicateDAO
.
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Flash Loans: Are they helpful or harmful to
#DeFi
? Join us for an interactive brainstorm this Friday, Mar 6 at 9am PST with
@delitzer
@gavinmcdermott
@tzhen
@maxcwolff
@camirusso
. Sign up here:
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IDEO was founded 4 decades ago on a simple principle: David Kelley “just wanted to do cool sh*t with his friends."
Today, that tradition continues. We get to work with one of our best friends & go do cool sh*t together.
Welcome
@bramanathan
to
@IDEOVC
!
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The internet has become a battleground for our attention—let’s change that. In partnership with
@WE3co
, IDEO CoLab Ventures is incubating ventures focused on the new intention economy. Building something relevant? Apply for the incubator:
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"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done." Bruce Lee
#mondaymotivation
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Congrats to the
@akropolisio
team—a recent graduate of our Product Validation Day program—on your successful launch! 🎉🙌
539 unique wallets and $5.0m TVL cap reached in ca.90mins of the first guarded launch in DeFi
@ElectricCapital
despite high gas costs and
@infura_io
dropping twice due to overload. Two months from
@ideocolab
Product Validation day to Mainnet. Next TVL cap raise - incoming soon.
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We know that design = amazing companies, but there’s very little data on it. Here’s 📊📊📊 from
@NEA
!
#futureofdesign
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Banking is broken. What could crypto + banking look like for the next billion users?
Join our virtual brainstorm w
@taratan
@Joe_Gerber_
,
@iodave
(
@gatesfoundation
),
@simonvaliu
(Valiu), &
@xochitlcazador
(
@CeloOrg
).
Wed (3/18) @ 9am PST
Register:
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The first SEC-registered robo-advisor
@heron_finance
is now live! Launched on the
@goldfinch_fi
protocol, innovations like Heron are key to a decentralized future. We’re excited to see what else this team will do next:
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Congratulations to all the teams who participated in the
@terra_money
Hackathon!
You showed us a glimpse of the future... thank you for lots of strong ideas and teams 👏🎉👏
The winners for the
@terra_money
hackathon we at
@Delphi_Digital
organised with
@IDEOVC
and
@eventornado
have been announced. Here’s why I think they’re big wins for Terra 👇
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IDEO CoLab Ventures votes AGAINST
@compoundfinance
Proposals 1 & 2.
We believe that both proposals introduce changes that are beneficial to users and stakeholders of Compound and do not pose substantial risk.
Our AGAINST votes are based on process, not substance.
Thread 👇
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We're developing an
@IDEO
online school to unlock the creative potential in everyone.
Sign up here to learn more:
http://t.co/uVALjF31As
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Inviting all makers and creative technologists to join us on Wednesday, August 2nd at IDEO SF for demo night! Whether you’re solving problems through hardware, design, code, or art, we welcome you to share your work with our community.
RSVP:
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We’re thrilled to be investors in
@CamiRusso
@DefiantNews
to build one of the world’s first Web3-native media and information companies.
We’ve been working with Cami and her team for months now—we can’t wait to soon show the world what the future of media can be and will become.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a platform that combines the
@DefiantNews
content that you know and love, with all the
#DeFi
data and metrics a Defier could ask for?
🙏🙏We have closed a $1.4M preseed round from amazing investors and angels
Funding secured👇
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Using
@LensProtocol
profiles of
@StaniKulechov
,
@VitalikButerin
,
@dabit3
, &
@0xChristina
, we also created visualizations to represent engagement, which gives a selected node their reputation. An overall reputation score can then be calculated, with each signal valued differently.
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Introducing our other new creative resident:
@austinrobey_
! Austin is creating a manifesto and plan of action for creation of artist-owned web platforms, published as a physical zine. The document aims to be a strategic roadmap, call to action, and an invitation to participate.
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Save the date! Join us next Friday (2/28) for an interactive brainstorm on the future of Personal Tokens.
Register here:
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Episode 14 is live! Don't miss
@metacool
's chat with
@ideo
chairman +
@stanforddschool
creator David Kelley:
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Save the date! Join us next Friday (2/28) for an interactive brainstorm on the future of Personal Tokens.
Register here:
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Asking better questions is the real way to unlock the innovation process. Learn more in Episode 43!
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SF friends! Join us on 5/11 to celebrate the official book launch of ‘The Rise of Virtual Communities’ with author
@AmberAtherton
and surprise guests. Limited space. RSVP:
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We’re excited to announce our June 18-19 Virtual Product Validation Day!
Apply to join DeFi founders from around the world and learn whether to pursue, pivot, or kill your new product concept.
Apply by Sunday, May 31 at 11:59pm PST:
Details below:
👇
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👏 Congrats to the
@SyndicateDAO
team... this is a big step forward for democratized investing!
1/ Today, we're excited to introduce Web3 Investment Clubs, Syndicate’s first mainstream social investing tool built on Syndicate Protocol ✨
It transforms any Ethereum wallet into a powerful investing DAO in seconds for just the cost of gas.
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On
@coindesk
today, we look at ways
#blockchain
could change the way you buy, cook, and serve dinner to friends:
http://t.co/7fki9inPpj
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Thanks for joining us for our brainstorm with
@Bradley_Miles_
@bramanathan
@simondlr
& 50+ others on Personal Tokens last Friday! 🔮
Here’s a link to the recording of the session:
Here's a synthesis of the session:
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Are you crypto-curious 🤔 or a crypto wizard 🧙♀️?
@IDEOVC
and
@meta_cartel
are running a Product Validation Workshop at
#ETHDenver
on Friday. We need testers to give feedback on some cool new products!
Sign up for a 45-minute (*remote*) user interview 🙏:
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2/ Today everything changes. We’re excited to introduce Lens Protocol 🌿 a permissionless, composable, and decentralized social graph that makes building a Web3 social platform easy.
Dig in at
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The news is out! We’re excited to support
@bond_protocol
as they make it easier for crypto protocols to utilize treasury diversification and protocol-owned liquidity. Congrats to the team on this key milestone!
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“Without courage, an idea remains an idea.” —
@drzfirst
Episode 42 is all about
#drucker
@DruckerInst
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Check out
@ideo
's collaboration with
@willowpump
to reimagine the breast pumping experience:
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8/ Want to get involved?
Submit your 1-minute application by Tuesday, April 27nd, 2021 at 00:00 (GMT+3)
We do not care where you are, or where you've been
We care about what you dream of building
Apply here:
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.
@delitzer
, part of
@IDEOVC
’s founding team is embarking on his next adventure. We're filled with pride & gratitude as we wish him well in his next chapter. He'll always be a part of our family & this thread is a celebration of him
Today marks my last day at
@IDEOVC
.
It’s been 5+ years working alongside
@Joe_Gerber_
@ianjohnlee
@taratan
and
@GavinMcDermott
, and I couldn’t be more proud of what we’ve accomplished.
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2/ We believe that the future of venture building will be networked and collaborative—and that venture building communities of founders, investors, and builders who have an ownership stake in each other’s mutual success will be the most successful in the long-run.
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Hey,
@compoundfinance
users: you're now co-owners of the protocol! 🎉
We'd be honored to have you make us your $COMP delegate.
We don't own $COMP directly, but our portfolio companies including
@Instadapp
&
@PoolTogether_
rely on Compound.
#UsersFirst
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The (secret) tool we use
@IDEO
to prototype new ventures: DDP! Learn more on this week's King Ship podcast!
http://t.co/ybnmGRNZxx
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“We’re trying to get the next 100m people into crypto and allow them to own their creations”
@KevinChou
on
@rally_io
’s mission
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What happens when you bring 30+ DeFi founders from around the world together for a day of Design Research and user interviews?
Find out...
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Now THIS is what we mean by design. Kudos to
@goldfinch_fi
for showing us what is possible and so needed to make crypto more useful and usable.
1/ 🌎 DeFi for the world is here! 🔥
We’re proud to present to you an interactive demo of what we believe is the future of DeFi UX.
DeFi shouldn’t just be for the niche DeFi enthusiasts. It’s for everyone. It’s for the world.
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Humans + Bits + Blocks: 5 areas we think will be impacted by
#blockchain
. Read on
@Medium
from
@mattwww
+
@_reidw_
http://t.co/YHYoUx1IQw.
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It is more clear than ever that an open, interoperable, and decentralized social layer is needed to create a more creative, pluralistic, and human internet.
Here's to exploring new possibilities for connection and expression.
Today, we're excited to announce our $15 million funding round to accelerate the adoption of the next generation of the internet powered by human connection –- the people-powered social layer.
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.
@IDEOU
is the new online school from
@IDEO
. Launching in March.
You can sign up here to receive updates:
http://t.co/UMccO9tZI2
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If you don’t see what you’re looking for, whether you're crypto native, crypto curious, or think you’re a hybrid of a few roles, we want to invite you to design your dream role!
🌠 Design your dream role:
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One of our portfolio companies,
@usebraintrust
, came out of stealth today with its worker-owned talent marketplace serving dozens of Fortune 500 companies 🎉
Its tokenized platform is takes out the middleman and gives value back to employers and talent.
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"Don’t think you can buy a home? You’re not alone.” The latest in Redesigning Real Estate from
@becca1122
:
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Introducing our new creative residents this season:
@kelin_online
and
@flomerboy
are working on the next chapter of Poetry Camera—a camera that prints poems of what it sees, using multimodal generative AI models:
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Thank you to everyone who joined our Makers Night at IDEO SF! We had 20 demos ranging from 3D generative design tools to a handmade music synthesizer to crypto self custody solutions to AI
@lexfridman
. Loved seeing the breadth and caliber of the projects. See you at the next one!
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1/ We’re hosting an interactive brainstorm *RIGHT NOW* on the Future of Personal Tokens w/
@Joe__Gerber
@ianjohnlee
@bramanathan
@Bradley_Miles_
@simondlr
🔮
We’ll be engaging with the audience in this thread below 👇
Join the webinar here:
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Our friend
@johnolilly
is back on episode 33 to talk about
#blitzscaling
, culture, productivity tools + lots more:
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We’re doing user research for the future of DeFi.
Are you one of these? If so, we'd love to talk.
📱 Millennial with at least 3 fintech apps but no crypto
👩🏻💻 Freelancer who finds work on digital tools
😎 Social media influencer
👾 Professional e-sports gamer
Comment or DM us!
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Huge congrats to
@RiverFinancial
on the announcement and the incredible growth (+80% in Bitcoin MAV) this year! 👏🔥🎉We’re so excited to be on this journey with you, along with others like
@polychaincap
@slowventures
@CastleIslandVC
@dglab_official
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“How do we get people to trust the tech w/o understanding the tech?” Watch the latest
#bitsblocks
video:
http://t.co/xnhPI0WAXW
#blockchain
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The IDEO Futures website is now live!
Remember: don't get ready, get started. Because shipping is king!:
http://t.co/sPf2yCt6cu
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Design is a mindset. We talk with
@jakek
+
@jazer
from
@GVteam
on Episode 29
#dontgetreadygetstarted
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"The algorithmic feed critique is not new, but right now there are no viable alternatives for creatives. I’m inspired to build social apps that are new and participatory rather than doom scrolling consumption." –
@mikebodge
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In the last 6 months, our portco
@falconxnetwork
has seen revenue growth of 350% with monthly volumes up 3x to around $3B—making it one of the largest crypto trading providers 🚀
Today,
@AmericanExpress
announced its investment in the company 🎉
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How might
#blockchain
reshape the music industry? This week's edition of Humans + Bits + Blocks takes a look:
http://t.co/cA14ch7baa
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We're thrilled for our portfolio company
@usebraintrust
, a freelance marketplace founded by
@adamjacksonsf
@gabelunao
, which just raised $18M in growth funding and added more Fortune 1000 customers 🚀
Here's why we invested in their seed round in 2018:
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How the new technology that powers
#bitcoin
could put fans at the center of sports. Our latest in
#bitsblocks
:
http://t.co/N5YhMRkRq1
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IDEO CoLab Ventures votes FOR Compound Governance Proposal 007, a major milestone in the decentralization of
@compoundfinance
. Giving meaningful ownership of the protocol to users is key to long-term sustainability and growth.
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Good protocols and projects know that enabling, stewarding, and rewarding community contribution are critical to winning. And the best ones are constantly innovating and experimenting with new mechanisms to do just that.
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We
@IDEOVC
voted AGAINST
@compoundfinance
Governance Proposal 010.
@Dharma_HQ
did a great job of breaking down the issues at play. We agree with their overall analysis, but chose to emphasize the importance of establishing good governance process.
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Plastiq lets you pay bills with the snap of a photo: . Congrats to
@payplastiq
,
@kho_98
+ the
@ideo
team!
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Design needs constraints, especially with brand new technologies. Read about
#bitsblocks
weeks 3 + 4 on
@Medium
:
http://t.co/ki5lUSVPaV
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3/ The founders in
@IDEOVC
's community have been helping each other for years—code reviews, design feedback, hiring, and much more.
The IDEO Founder Collective is now formalizing this. Founders will be offering their time, expertise, and connections to help each other succeed.
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New kids on the
#blockchain
. Big congrats to our amazing
#bitsblocks
design entrepreneurs!
http://t.co/tPL96nY8T4
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We're in full-on make mode, getting ready for the
#IoT
+
#blockchain
MAKE-a-thon this weekend in San Francisco! Follow along
#bitsblocks
.
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We're looking for our next crew of Creative Residents! Join a selective 3-month residency where founders, builders, and designers work on a project of their choosing.
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Our team at
@IDEOVC
is thrilled to back the
@PoolTogether_
team, along with
@dtccapital
and
@ConsenSysLabs
.
Prized Linked Savings is a compelling and powerful financial protocol, built on
@MakerDAO
&
@compoundfinance
. New primitives -> new experiences!
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4/ We’re building a different kind of venture firm
@IDEOVC
. With the IDEO Founder Collective, we're beginning our process of "progressively decentralizing" and honoring the deep connections, alignment, and support that already exists in the IDEO Founder community.
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3/ The IDEO and Delphi teams are working 24/7 to unlock the potential of DeFi. We're investors & supporters of many disruptive teams, including:
Optimism
Thorchain
Near
Aave
Synthetix
We see the walls to mainstream adoption and want to incubate builders to break them down.
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✨
🌍🪐
brand identity design (+ brand extensions) for
@ReFiDAOist
, working closely with
@labaume_de
at
@WE3co
✨
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6/ If you'd like to learn more about our mission and vision for the IDEO Founder Collective, check out our profile page on
@SyndicateDAO
here:
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Introducing Future Lab, our collaboration with
@innovationlab
. Are you a
@Harvard
@MIT
@risd
student? Please apply!
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IDEO CoLab Ventures voted FOR
@compoundfinance
CP008 raising the USDT reserve factor to 10% but AGAINST CP009 raising it to 20%.
USDT should be brought in line with other markets, but the reserve factor should *not* be used to bluntly address the massive increase in USDT usage.
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