Collaborative Fund
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| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Craig Shapiro |
| Type | Venture Capital |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, United States |
| Products | Investments |
Key people | Craig Shapiro (Founder and Managing Partner) Morgan Housel (Partner) Kim Jung-ju (Partner) Taylor Greene (Partner) Lauren Loktev (Partner) |
| Website | collaborativefund |
Collaborative Fund is a venture capital firm focused on providing seed and early stage funding to technology companies.[1]
Firm
Founded in 2010 by Craig Shapiro, the firm is based in New York City, New York and manages approximately $250 million of investor capital.[2] Its portfolio includes AltSchool, AngelList, Beyond Meat, Blue Bottle Coffee, CircleUp, Codecademy, CreativeMornings, Crowdrise, Earnest, Genius, Getaround, Goop, goTenna, Gumroad, Hampton Creek, Hickies, Impossible Foods, Karma, Kickstarter, LIFX, Lyft,[3] Neverware, Quora, and Reddit.[4][5][6][7]
Partnerships
In 2014, Collaborative Fund launched a $10 million joint investment vehicle with Line, a Japanese messaging service.[8]
In early 2016, Collaborative Fund partnered with Sesame Workshop to form a $10 million joint fund, aimed at investing in startups focused on education, health, and social welfare for children.[9]
References
- ^ Field, Anne. "A New Fund For Tech Growth Companies Focused On Collaboration". Forbes.
- ^ Lynley, Matthew. "Collaborative Fund raises $100M for its fourth fund". TechCrunch. AOL Inc.
- ^ "Investments". Collaborative Fund. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
- ^ Lynley, Matthew. "Collaborative Fund Raises $70 Million For Its Third Fund". TechCrunch. AOL Inc.
- ^ Kolodny, Laura. "Collaborative Fund, CircleUp Partner to Invest $4 Million in B Corps". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
- ^ "Quora raises $85 million to expand internationally and develop its ads business | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- ^ Lynley, Matthew. "Collaborative Fund sets its eyes on consumer goods". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
- ^ Alden, William. "Line, a Japanese Messaging Service, Teams With New York Venture Fund". The New York Times. The New York Times Company.
- ^ Haggin, Patience. "Sesame Street Seed Fund Launches With $10 Million". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.