Collaborative Fund

Collaborative Fund, established in 2010 in New York, is a venture capital firm that invests in innovative companies at the intersection of technology, media, and creative industries. The firm focuses on sectors such as climate, consumer, industrial solutions, precision health, kids, food, health, and financial services, with a particular interest in businesses driven by creativity and collaborative consumption.

Chris Dowd

Investor

Tejinder Gill

Principal

Vid Micevic

Investor

Luisa Sucre

Principal

Tsung Xu

Venture Partner

Andrew Montgomery

Partner

Past deals in Marketplace

Pioneer

Seed Round in 2023
Pioneer is a company that specializes in utilizing artificial intelligence to assist businesses in securing grants, contracts, loans, and tax credits. Its AI-powered platform streamlines the application process by generating drafts and enhancing the volume of applications submitted. By providing secure access to government incentives from various federal, state, and local databases, Pioneer enables climate technology companies to concentrate on their primary operations while effectively tapping into non-dilutive funding opportunities. With a team of experts, Pioneer aims to optimize the grant-seeking process, making it more efficient for its clients.

Ruuf

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Ruuf is a solar marketplace that connects homeowners with solar installers and lenders.

Sawyer

Series A in 2021
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.

Axie Infinity

Series A in 2021
Axie Infinity is a gaming platform that allows players to collect, raise, and battle fantasy creatures known as Axies, utilizing the Ethereum blockchain. Players can create teams of Axies to compete in battles and engage in a marketplace where they can buy, sell, and trade these digital creatures. The platform promotes a vibrant community centered on digital pet ownership, enabling users to earn in-game resources that can be exchanged for real money. By combining gaming with blockchain technology, Axie Infinity offers an engaging experience that merges entertainment with economic opportunities for its users.

SuperRare Labs

Series A in 2021
SuperRare Labs operates an online digital art marketplace that specializes in non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform provides artists with the tools to issue limited-edition digital artworks, which are tokenized as unique crypto-collectible items. This enables collectors to buy, own, and trade single-edition pieces of art directly from the original creators. By facilitating this process, SuperRare Labs connects artists with collectors, promoting the acquisition and exchange of digital art in a secure and innovative manner.

Science Exchange

Venture Round in 2019
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and scientific service providers, including academic and government laboratories. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company enables users to search for, compare, and procure scientific services from U.S. research institutions, streamlining the process of obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments. The platform enhances research and development productivity by automating various collaborative tasks while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. By matching researchers seeking to outsource experiments with qualified service providers, Science Exchange makes it easier and more affordable for scientific institutions and researchers to access outsourced research and development services, ultimately accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.

Science Exchange

Debt Financing in 2019
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and scientific service providers, including academic and government laboratories. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company enables users to search for, compare, and procure scientific services from U.S. research institutions, streamlining the process of obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments. The platform enhances research and development productivity by automating various collaborative tasks while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. By matching researchers seeking to outsource experiments with qualified service providers, Science Exchange makes it easier and more affordable for scientific institutions and researchers to access outsourced research and development services, ultimately accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.

Sawyer

Series A in 2019
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.

Lendit

Venture Round in 2018
Lendit is a South Korean fintech company operating an online peer-to-peer lending platform. It connects investors with borrowers seeking personal loans, offering competitive interest rates for both parties. Lendit uses advanced risk-ranking algorithms and efficient operational processes to facilitate these transactions. Borrowers can access APRs ranging from 4.5% to 18.0%, while investors enjoy an average return of approximately 10.66%. The company's platform is fully automated, using a credit scoring model for personalized interest rates based on various data points. Lendit aims to disrupt traditional banking systems by providing accessible financial solutions for both borrowers and investors.

Caretaker

Venture Round in 2018
Caretaker is a property management platform that facilitates home rentals for leaseholders, owners, and potential tenants. Established in 2017 as Flip, the company originally focused on subletting but has since evolved to offer a comprehensive marketplace. This platform allows leaseholders to post apartments they wish to rent out and enables pre-screened applicants to discover housing options before they become widely available on the rental market. Caretaker's services aim to provide users with a quick and efficient way to find and secure affordable and flexible accommodation, helping both rental owners and tenants navigate the leasing process with ease.

Caretaker

Seed Round in 2018
Caretaker is a property management platform that facilitates home rentals for leaseholders, owners, and potential tenants. Established in 2017 as Flip, the company originally focused on subletting but has since evolved to offer a comprehensive marketplace. This platform allows leaseholders to post apartments they wish to rent out and enables pre-screened applicants to discover housing options before they become widely available on the rental market. Caretaker's services aim to provide users with a quick and efficient way to find and secure affordable and flexible accommodation, helping both rental owners and tenants navigate the leasing process with ease.

Square Roots Urban Growers

Seed Round in 2017
Square Roots Urban Growers, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based company that focuses on urban farming and entrepreneurship, helping individuals and businesses cultivate local food. Founded in 2016, it offers a unique farming platform that includes a yearlong training program for selected entrepreneurs, where they learn the skills of urban farming using hydroponic, controlled-climate container farms. The company operates three main initiatives: an urban farming campus where participants grow food, a resident entrepreneur program featuring a comprehensive curriculum of training and development, and a community network designed to connect local business owners and entrepreneurs. Square Roots grows a variety of produce, such as basil, chives, and mint, which it sells through partnerships with restaurants and retail outlets, ensuring a steady supply of fresh food to urban areas year-round.

Sawyer

Series A in 2017
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.

Science Exchange

Series C in 2017
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and scientific service providers, including academic and government laboratories. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company enables users to search for, compare, and procure scientific services from U.S. research institutions, streamlining the process of obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments. The platform enhances research and development productivity by automating various collaborative tasks while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. By matching researchers seeking to outsource experiments with qualified service providers, Science Exchange makes it easier and more affordable for scientific institutions and researchers to access outsourced research and development services, ultimately accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.

Daily Harvest

Series A in 2017
Daily Harvest, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in subscription-based food delivery services focused on healthy frozen foods. The company offers a diverse range of products, including smoothies, harvest bowls, flatbreads, soups, bites, oat bowls, chia bowls, and lattes. Designed with input from nutritionists, Daily Harvest's offerings cater to health-conscious consumers seeking convenient, pre-portioned meals that require no cooking. By leveraging a combination of data science and a technology-driven supply chain, the company collaborates with customers to create personalized food experiences. Daily Harvest emphasizes direct relationships with farmers to ensure quality ingredients and rapid delivery of its products.

Lendit

Series B in 2017
Lendit is a South Korean fintech company operating an online peer-to-peer lending platform. It connects investors with borrowers seeking personal loans, offering competitive interest rates for both parties. Lendit uses advanced risk-ranking algorithms and efficient operational processes to facilitate these transactions. Borrowers can access APRs ranging from 4.5% to 18.0%, while investors enjoy an average return of approximately 10.66%. The company's platform is fully automated, using a credit scoring model for personalized interest rates based on various data points. Lendit aims to disrupt traditional banking systems by providing accessible financial solutions for both borrowers and investors.

Sawyer

Seed Round in 2016
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.

Sawyer

Pre Seed Round in 2015
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.

CircleUp

Series C in 2015
CircleUp is a San Francisco-based company established in 2012, operating an online platform that connects early-stage consumer and retail brands with accredited investors. The platform facilitates capital raising and provides resources to these companies, enabling them to grow and scale. CircleUp's proprietary machine learning platform, Helio, evaluates and predicts the potential success of over 1.3 million consumer businesses, aiding in the discovery and selection of promising investment opportunities.

Opencare

Seed Round in 2015
Opencare Inc. is a healthcare discovery platform based in Toronto, Canada, that facilitates connections between patients and healthcare providers across North America. Founded in 2012 and initially known as HealthKiwi Inc., Opencare specializes in the dental sector, creating a premium dental care network that ensures patients receive high-quality care from top dentists. The platform simplifies the process of finding and booking appointments with various healthcare providers, including dentists, chiropractors, massage therapists, physiotherapists, and optometrists. By streamlining interactions between patients and providers, Opencare aims to enhance the overall patient experience in accessing healthcare services.

UpCounsel

Seed Round in 2013
UpCounsel, Inc. is an online marketplace based in San Francisco, California, that connects businesses with legal professionals tailored to their specific needs. Founded in 2011, the platform offers a variety of legal services including business formation, agreements, patents, trademarks, immigration, labor and employment, and securities and finance. It caters to diverse clients such as legal departments, executives, human resource teams, and startups. The platform also features document collaboration software and a billing system that allows for efficient invoicing and payment processing, facilitating seamless communication and transactions between lawyers and clients. UpCounsel's focus is to streamline the legal hiring process, making it easier for users to access the legal expertise they require.

Balanced

Seed Round in 2013
Balanced is the first payment system designed for marketplaces from the ground up. We provide a feature-rich, fully integrated api that allows marketplaces to charge cards, escrow funds, deposit next day via ACH direct, and collect their own marketplace fees.

Thumbtack

Series A in 2012
Thumbtack, Inc. is an online services marketplace based in San Francisco, California, that connects homeowners with skilled professionals across various fields. Established in 2008, the platform enables users to find and hire service providers such as movers, contractors, plumbers, electricians, and photographers, among others. Thumbtack offers personalized guidance to homeowners, helping them understand what tasks need to be completed and when, while providing access to a network of approximately 300,000 local service businesses. The platform not only facilitates hiring for home improvement and maintenance but also covers a broad range of services, including event management, health and wellness, personal counseling, and technical support. By analyzing bids from professionals, Thumbtack helps users determine the true cost of their projects, making the process of managing home services more straightforward and efficient.

TaskRabbit

Series B in 2011
TaskRabbit, Inc. is an online platform that connects clients with taskers for same-day home services. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, TaskRabbit offers a variety of services including minor home repairs, furniture assembly, moving, house cleaning, and yard work. The platform allows users to easily book freelance labor for everyday tasks, facilitating immediate assistance within their local communities. TaskRabbit operates in thousands of cities across nine countries, including the United States, Canada, and several European nations, and is available in over 200 IKEA stores worldwide. In 2017, the company became a subsidiary of Ingka Group, which is part of the IKEA family.

TaskRabbit

Series A in 2011
TaskRabbit, Inc. is an online platform that connects clients with taskers for same-day home services. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, TaskRabbit offers a variety of services including minor home repairs, furniture assembly, moving, house cleaning, and yard work. The platform allows users to easily book freelance labor for everyday tasks, facilitating immediate assistance within their local communities. TaskRabbit operates in thousands of cities across nine countries, including the United States, Canada, and several European nations, and is available in over 200 IKEA stores worldwide. In 2017, the company became a subsidiary of Ingka Group, which is part of the IKEA family.
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