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IDEA Fund Partners
Venture capital · Chapel Hill, NC, United States · North America
IDEA Fund Partners is an early-stage technology venture capital firm that has been investing since 2006. It makes first checks of $250K to $500K and total investments of up to $3.5M in companies with $0 to $3M in revenue.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsgeneralist technologyautomationdataunderserved geographiesdiverse foundersearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsIDEA Fund Partners lists 45 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (16%), Fintech (13%) and Education (9%). 71% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside NC Tweener Fund, Bull City Venture Partners and Cofounders Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name IDEA Fund Partners, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not IDEA Fund Partners' whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 45. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 33% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 81th | 45 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 67% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 62th | 4% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 3th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 91th | 8 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 16% | 18% |
| Fintech | 13% | 12% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 8% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 7% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| NC Tweener Fund | 8 |
| Bull City Venture Partners | 3 |
| Cofounders Capital | 3 |
| Correlation Ventures | 3 |
| Charlotte Fund | 2 |
| Earthrise Ventures | 2 |
| Front Porch Venture Partners | 2 |
| Insight Partners | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4191%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company49%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare IDEA Fund Partners head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with IDEA Fund Partners| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 25 Mar 2026 | Series B Led | |
| 16 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for IDEA Fund Partners
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in IDEA Fund Partners' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
45 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrich provides IoT connected ecommerce technology to help consumer brands understand consumer behavior and offer smart refill programs. | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and produces sustainable and healthier alternatives to palm oil, coconut oil, and animal fats using microbial fermentation. | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Allvision provides high definition, time-based asset inventories for infrastructure, mobility, and transportation by harnessing the power of machine learning and computer vision. | Mobility & LogisticsReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and manufactures antennas for various applications, including IoT, 5G, and smart energy. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Biospatial combines EMS electronic patient care reports with other electronic healthcare data sources using proprietary artificial intelligence to support the missions of public sector and commercial healthcare entities. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bonterra provides software solutions for nonprofits, foundations, corporations, and government organizations to help them create lasting social impact. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Boundless provides network management solutions for Cisco Networking Cloud | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| BrightDoor builds websites for small businesses | Real Estate & ConstructionE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Ceterus provides bookkeeping and financial management services to franchises and franchisors. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cognota provides a platform for workforce enablement teams to manage requests, capacity, and programs in one connected ecosystem. | EducationHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| EcoMap Technologies provides a platform for ecosystem intelligence and relationship management for entrepreneurship and small business ecosystems. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Fenris Digital provides real-time data and predictive AI solutions to enhance the quoting process and improve risk assessment for insurance companies. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | |||
| Foresight provides a project delivery platform that helps executives and project teams manage complex construction schedules and make strategic decisions. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | |||
| Spiffy is a mobile service partner that helps dealerships launch and grow their programs with software, van upfits, and dedicated support. | Mobility & LogisticsEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Canopy is an enterprise-scale platform designed to monitor and manage any imaginable combination of remote hardware and software. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an email marketing platform for businesses. | E-commerce & MarketplacesMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Impossible Objects manufactures parts using a revolutionary approach to 3D printing. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| InsightFinder develops and provides predictive AI software for site reliability engineering and reliability | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- ideafundpartners.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 16 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 45
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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