Ideas don't scale on their own. We build the company around them. Stellar iDea Labs turns what we learn in government contracts into product companies with real IP.
At Stellar iDea Labs, problems we find on government contracts become products we sell. We own the IP and build each company around a problem that already has buyers.
Build technology companies that start with a paying customer and grow from there.
iDea Labs is one of the operating ventures held by Stellar Venture Partners. Contracts surface the problems. The lab builds the products. SVP holds equity in every company that comes out of it.
Every solution starts with a problem we've seen firsthand inside a government contract or a commercial operation. We build internally, own the IP, and bring in capital once there's traction.
Four modules on the same three-party engine. AI agents score submissions, catch discrepancies, and keep every decision auditable.
⚡ The Problem: Most permitting, licensing, and certification work is still manual. Submissions get lost, review queues back up, and applicants wait weeks for a status update.
⚡ The Problem: Benefits enrollment still depends on manual verification. Caseworkers spend hours cross-checking eligibility for SNAP, Medicaid, Housing, and WIC, and every error means rework.
⚡ The Problem: Government contact centers handle millions of constituent calls with limited staff. Simple tier-1 questions take as much staff time as complex cases, and backlogs build on every channel.
⚡ The Problem: Prediction markets list short-lived contracts with little trading history, so the surveillance built for equity markets has nothing to compare against.
Stellar RADAR (Risk Analytics, Derivatives and Reporting) scores every trade as it happens and flags behavior that doesn't match an honest participant, with an explainable score behind every alert.
⚡ The Problem: Event planners search Google, rating sites, and hotel websites, and each booking takes 60 to 90 minutes. Hotels miss inquiries that come in outside business hours and pay OTAs up to 15% commission on every booking.
⚡ The Problem: Manual temperature logs miss violations and eat up staff time. By the time someone spots a problem, the product is already compromised. About 60% of temperature monitoring failures come from manual logging errors.
We fund what we believe in. Capital goes where we've already seen proof of demand.
We care about defensible IP, and several of our companies already hold patents.
Ventures start lean, with $500K to $1M in initial capital, and can grow to $2.5M as traction builds.
Our partners step into each venture as project leads when it needs them.
If your work connects technology and government, or you're looking to invest in that space, we want to talk.
We back AI companies that already have government customers and the data to prove it works.
We can't solve these problems alone. We're looking for founders, agencies, and investors who want to build with us.