who we are
Since November 1990, Idea Bank Inc. has been connecting thinkers, doers and backers to launch ventures.
Thinkers - people who define problems and create ideas - researchers, inventors and creative minds.
Doers - people who make things happen - entrepreneurs, builders and managers.
Backers - people who provide support - investors and suppliers.
We are a network of creators, entrepreneurs and investors launching ventures to solve global problems. We concentrate on health, environment and communications.
We have a team of venture catalysts who organize people, strategy and money to bring ideas to life. The team includes doctors, lawyers, rocket scientists, brain surgeons, big thinkers, finance people and entrepreneurs. The world is increasingly sharing problems. We are not sharing solutions at the same rate as problems - to develop solutions, we need to connect thinkers, doers and backers.
• In November 1990, Jay Godsall traveled to Madagascar and met Dr. Nat Quansah who was working on the problem of Madagascar’s burning rainforests and the loss of medicinal knowledge. Jay proposed the idea of creating an Idea Bank connecting traditional healers and doctors to a network where their ideas could be developed into intellectual property (IP). Upon return from Madagascar, Jay created a company - Idea Bank.
• Since then, Idea Bank has launched over 25 successful ventures - mainly in health, environment and communications.
• In 2002, Idea Bank began to focus on nanotechnology and its applications in infectious disease, media and solar energy.
• In 2003, Idea Bank was the catalyst for launching Fio Corporation, a company producing a handheld device using nanotechnology for diagnosis and characterization of infectious disease.
• Idea Bank is working with Fio and others to develop ventures related to infectious disease, media and energy. During the R&D phase of these ventures, Idea Bank is producing little information for the public. Our web site and related web sites remain static or silent until we can show what we’ve developed.
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