Idealab
idealab.com Direct investor
Idealab is a technology incubator founded in 1996 that creates and spins off companies. It has incubated over 150 companies across various sectors.
Idealab is a venture studio headquartered in Pasadena, United States, founded in 1996. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in consumer internet, mobile, cleantech and education. 150 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We look for big problems in the world that have technology solutions and test many ideas in parallel.”
— Idealab, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture studio
- Headquarters
- Pasadena, United States
- Sectors
- consumer internet, mobile, cleantech, education, automation/robotics, blockchain, enterprise software, networking
- Founded
- 1996
- Portfolio
- 150 companies
Team, as Idealab publishes it
- Bill Gross Chairman
- Marcia Goodstein Chief Executive Officer and President
- Susan Aledort General Counsel
- Tod Cole Vice President, Information Technologies
- Gloria Hou Controller
- Stephanie Marquez Director of Facilities
- Tom McGovern Managing Director
- Yeran Melelian Vice President, Human Resources
Names and roles exactly as listed on idealab.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Idealab publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.idealab.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, stage_min, stage_max, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, people, status
- https://www.idealab.com/all_companies.phpsectors, portfolio_count
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Record 1369 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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