IF Ventures, the angel investment initiative Idea Foundry launched last year with legal support from Babst Calland, closed on a second deal this August.

Three winners were chosen after the final competition event of the Pitch to Save the World held in Accra, Ghana on July 6th. Winners are combatting climate change through sustainable agriculture and green energy.

After twenty years in our original location at the intersection between Forbes and Craig in Oakland, we've moved offices to the COhatch Waterfront location this July.

Starting from March 1st, 2022, Idea Foundry is hosting a cohort of 9 Central American entrepreneurs through the La Idea Incubator Project, a collaborative program between the InBIA and the Regional Center for the Promotion of MSMEs (CENPROMYPE) and founded by the U.S. Department of State.

Idea Foundry wraps up first Pitch to Save the World competition in Uganda, choosing three winners who are using entrepreneurship to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals out of over 150 applicants.