Collaborative Fund
VC Fund
New York, United States
Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption. The fund centers around two macro themes which drives business innovation in the coming years: the growth of the creative class and the concept of collaborative consumption. Craig Shapiro founded it in New York in 2010.
- Total investments:
- 402
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
- Fund size:
- $15M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Collaborative Fund invests in
Stages Collaborative Fund invests in
Countries Collaborative Fund invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 10 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$10M
- Series A
- $4.7M–$31M
- Series B
- $15M–$75M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 47 (12%)
- Food and Beverage 40 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 30 (7%)
- Health Care 29 (7%)
- Financial Services 29 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 171 (43%)
- Series A 86 (21%)
- Series B 32 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 27 (7%)
- Pre-Seed 23 (6%)
Country
- United States 246 (61%)
- United Kingdom 9 (2%)
- South Korea 5 (1%)
- France 4 (1%)
- Canada 3 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Guy Vidra
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Jungju Kim
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
Bryan Chang
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Craig Dalton
VP Portfolio
|
VP Portfolio | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Craig Shapiro
Founder & Managing Partner
|
Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 34 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parallel Systems designs an autonomous, zero-emissions freight transportation system. The company believes the future of freight transportation should be fast, inexpensive, and clean, while also reducing congestion on the highways. Parallel Systems was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $100M / Series C / Oct 07, 2026 | ||
| The next great music platform won’t look like Spotify or Ableton. That’s the bet.A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a “music (software) label” – we release playful music products built on a core belief: music is a verb – something you do, not passively stream. We're on a mission to pull people into a deeper relationship with music, and we'rebuilding the next great consumer music app to do it.We’re a small but mighty team of creative technologists, assembled by Máuhan M Zonoozy (ex-Head of Innovation at Spotify, 2x exits), and backed by investors who uniquely get it, including NFX, Mantis, Quiet Capital, Collaborative Fund, Gold House, BoxGroup, SV Angel, RRE, and others. $9M+ raised | $5.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| Diffraqtion develops quantum imaging technology that boosts the visual capabilities of satellites and machines. Their sensors deliver ultra-high magnification with low energy use. This helps aerospace and industrial sectors achieve faster image processing and greater accuracy. | Pre-Seed / Aug 31, 2026 | ||
| Agentic video editing for motion graphics and post-prod. Launch films, storytelling and new media for frontier tech co's | $5M / Seed / Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Hippo Harvest develops an agriculture technology to help scale sustainable agriculture. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Half Moon Bay, California. | $30M / Series C / Jul 09, 2026 | ||
| Fuse is an energy supplier that offers the UK's cheapest electricity tarif. Also active in the US. | $30M / Series B / Jun 04, 2026 | ||
| Mentat is a legal tech company that offers an AI powered platform for legal document preparation. | $737K / Seed / May 12, 2026 | ||
| Era AI, a startup building a software platform for AI‑powered consumer gadgets and peripherals. | $9M / Seed / Apr 23, 2026 | ||
| Plume makes it easy to improve home energy efficiency by assessing home, suggesting upgrades, and finding trusted contractors. | $3.9M / Seed / Apr 09, 2026 | ||
| Highlight is an AI company that offers an on-screen virtual assistant that helps AI models understand desktop activity. | $40M / Series A / Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| See all 402 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Collaborative Fund invest in?
Collaborative Fund invests primarily in Software, Food and Beverage and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 402 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Collaborative Fund invest in?
Collaborative Fund typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$10M at Seed, $4.7M–$31M at Series A and $15M–$75M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Collaborative Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Collaborative Fund took part in.
How do I contact Collaborative Fund?
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Who are the partners at Collaborative Fund?
The team at Collaborative Fund includes Guy Vidra (Partner), Jungju Kim (Partner) and Bryan Chang (Principal), among 10 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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