Collaborative Fund

Collaborative Fund
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 http://www.collaborativefund.com

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 Kickstarter, Lyft, Neverware, Quora, Blue Bottle, and Reddit.[3][4][5][6]

Partnerships

In 2014, Collaborative Fund launched a $10 million joint investment vehicle with Line, a Japanese messaging service.[7]

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.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Field, Anne. "A New Fund For Tech Growth Companies Focused On Collaboration". Forbes.
  2. ↑ Lynley, Matthew. "Collaborative Fund raises $100M for its fourth fund". TechCrunch. AOL Inc.
  3. ↑ Lynley, Matthew. "Collaborative Fund Raises $70 Million For Its Third Fund". TechCrunch. AOL Inc.
  4. ↑ Kolodny, Laura. "Collaborative Fund, CircleUp Partner to Invest $4 Million in B Corps". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
  5. ↑ "Quora raises $85 million to expand internationally and develop its ads business | VentureBeat". venturebeat.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  6. ↑ Lynley, Matthew. "Collaborative Fund sets its eyes on consumer goods". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2017-09-22.
  7. ↑ Alden, William. "Line, a Japanese Messaging Service, Teams With New York Venture Fund". The New York Times. The New York Times Company.
  8. ↑ Haggin, Patience. "Sesame Street Seed Fund Launches With $10 Million". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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