Philosophy

Being a venture capitalist is a privilege. One that we don’t take lightly. Our philosophy is to serve — serve our LPs, serve the entrepreneurs we work with, serve the customers who support our founders, and serve our communities.

We know what it is like to be underestimated. It can be lonely, frustrating and tiresome. But we also believe that it is within the underestimated that greatness can be achieved. We find great pride in being their champion.

By the Numbers

IDEA Fund Partners has been making early-stage investments for nearly 2 decades. We are one of the most active and longest tenured early-stage technology investment firms in the Southeast.

Below are some facts about us and about the investments we tend to make.

ABOUT IDEA FUND PARTNERS

Established
2007

Portfolio Companies
65

Number of Core Funds
4

AUM
$100M

ABOUT OUR INVESTMENTS

Stages
Pre-Seed to Series A+

Revenue
$0 to $3M

First Check
$250K to $500K

Total Investment
Up to $3.5M

We believe that talent, entrepreneurial spirit and world -changing businesses are not confined to the historical innovation epicenters. Many cities in North America have all the ingredients to be thriving ecosystem, yet have been often overlooked by the traditional venture capital firms. We will invest anywhere in the country, but we believe that the region between Baltimore and Atlanta represent an exceptional opportunity for outperformance over the coming decade. We focus our deal sourcing strategy to this region. Our team and expanded network of boots on the ground have decades of experience funding and supporting the best teams in these underserved regions.

Underserved Geographies

Underserved Stages

We invest in anyone with a good idea and the capacity to execute it, but we have a self-imposed target to build a portfolio where 1⁄2 of our companies are started by underrepresented founders (female, black, Latinx). We feel that this is not just the Right thing to do, but also a smart business decision. Investments in underrepresented Founders outperform.

Investment Themes

  • Automating Tasks

    Leveraging emerging technology to automate tasks where computers outperform humans.

  • Data-Driven Decisions

    Collecting, storing and harnessing the world’s data to imprve decidion-making for humans and machines.

  • Democratizing Expertise

    Technology-enabled business models that make accessing knowledge and outsourcing to experts easier and cheaper.

  • Reducing Inefficiency

    Bringing greater eficiency via emerging technology to markets that are highly inefficient today due to human constraints.

Idea Fund Partners is a generalist technology investor. However, we like to look at the world with a thematic view. Above is the list of themes we are currently interested in.

Let’s Work Together

We are always looking for new opportunities. Please get in touch with us to see if working together makes sense.