Operator Collective
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
Operator Collective is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. Operator Collective represents a distinctive venture fund and community composed of seasoned enterprise leaders who have successfully built, scaled, and managed some of the most prominent technology companies in the industry.The organization introduced the Collective Venture Model, which enables operators to actively invest in emergingbusinesses. This innovative approach allows operators to expand their professional networks, advance their careers, and utilize their collective expertise and vast connections to drive growth in areas such as customer acquisition, talent development, and leadership enhancement.Operator Collective concentrates its investments on early-stage enterprise and B2B companies, where its network of operators can deliver substantial support to help teams scale efficiently. The fund prioritizes founders from diverse backgrounds who demonstrate humility, a dedication to lifelong learning, and a shared belief in the importance of culture, diversity, and operational excellence in building exceptional companies.
- Total investments:
- 77
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
- Fund size:
- $92M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Operator Collective invests in
Stages Operator Collective invests in
Countries Operator Collective invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 21 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $3M–$16M
- Series A
- $8.9M–$35M
- Series B
- $17M–$79M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 25 (32%)
- SaaS 22 (29%)
- Software 21 (27%)
- Enterprise Software 11 (14%)
- Machine Learning 9 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 28 (36%)
- Series A 25 (32%)
- Series B 10 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (6%)
- Series C 1 (1%)
Country
- United States 50 (65%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- United Kingdom 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pam Kostka
Operator In Residence and Limited Partner
|
Operator In Residence and Limited Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Susan Kim
Limited Partner Operator Collective
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Limited Partner Operator Collective | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| LP | Total investments: 8 | Find email | ||
Ambrosia Vertesi
Operating Partner
|
Operating Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Amy Bohutinsky
Limited Partner
|
Limited Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 21 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| The agentic economy is here, but it cannot progress until AI agents can autonomously access and operate across real-world systems and services.Sapiom gives AI agents trusted access to the API economy.We provide the essential infrastructure (KYA, wallets, spending and usage controls, and multi-rail payments) to unlock secure, programmaticcommerce for the AI era.Built for the next era of commerce where agents buy, sell, and negotiate on our behalf.We're backed by world-class investors and are hiring exceptional engineers in SF to define the financial infrastructure for the agentic era.Learn more & join us: https://www.sapiom.ai | $35M / Series A / Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Glow is an AI-powered endpoint security company.Glow’s AI agents create a single source of truth across devices, people, and software, understand risk in the context of your policies, and - within the guardrails you set - autonomously prevent problems before they become incidents. | $100M / Series B / Jul 22, 2026 | ||
| Fireworks.ai offers generative AI platform as a service. We optimize for rapid product iteration building on top of gen AI as well as minimizing cost to serve. | $1.5B / Series D / Jul 15, 2026 | ||
| Numos develops an AI-powered platform designed to automate financial operations for businesses. Its platform integrates with existing enterprise systems and uses advanced reasoning to turn raw financial data into actionable insights, helping finance teams reduce manual work and focus on strategic decision-making. | $4.3M / Seed / Apr 02, 2026 | ||
| Santé provides liquor stores with custom inventory management, e-commerce, and industry-specific tools. | $7.6M / Seed / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| The agentic economy is here, but it cannot progress until AI agents can autonomously access and operate across real-world systems and services.Sapiom gives AI agents trusted access to the API economy.We provide the essential infrastructure (KYA, wallets, spending and usage controls, and multi-rail payments) to unlock secure, programmaticcommerce for the AI era.Built for the next era of commerce where agents buy, sell, and negotiate on our behalf.We're backed by world-class investors and are hiring exceptional engineers in SF to define the financial infrastructure for the agentic era.Learn more & join us: https://www.sapiom.ai | $15.8M / Seed / Feb 05, 2026 | ||
| Poetiq develops an AI meta-system that builds self-improving reasoning agents on top of existing large language models. The system discovers task-specific reasoning strategies, optimizes multi-step knowledge extraction, and synthesizes fragmented information into reliable answers. It focuses on recursive self-improvement, allowing agents to learnfrom solved tasks to perform better on new ones. Poetiq applies this approach to benchmarks like ARC-AGI and real-world workflows, improving accuracy and cost across models from multiple providers. The company works with partners to address complex AI reasoning and retrieval challenges in practical applications. | $45.8M / Seed / Jan 30, 2026 | ||
| Clarity Pediatrics is reimagining pediatric chronic care, starting with ADHD. Nearly 10% of American children are diagnosed with ADHD, and for parents it can feel impossible to get the right care. We are building a virtual pediatric ADHD clinic that delivers trusted care to all families. Our new clinical model is tech-enabled, backed by the bestscience, and has the potential to deliver exceptional health outcomes to transform a child’s trajectory. | $14.5M / Series A / Dec 17, 2025 | ||
| We use AI to help you write high-quality patents quickly. We do this by providing a simple in-browser document editor that any patent attorney or inventor can start using straight away.Our product can help with all stages of the patent life cycle, from drafting and filing to prosecution and opposition.If you are an an inventor, a patentattorney, or even just an enthusiast interested in the intersection of AI and intellectual property, we would love to hear from you: https://www.solveintelligence.com/contact | $40M / Series B / Dec 09, 2025 | ||
| Internet Backyard is an AI platform that embraces financial stability of the compute economy by automating quoting and billing. | $4.5M / Pre-Seed / Dec 08, 2025 | ||
| See all 77 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Operator Collective invest in?
Operator Collective invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 77 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Operator Collective's check size?
Operator Collective typically joins rounds of $3M–$16M at Seed, $8.9M–$35M at Series A and $17M–$79M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Operator Collective participates in.
How do I contact Operator Collective?
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Who are the partners at Operator Collective?
The team at Operator Collective includes Pam Kostka (Operator In Residence and Limited Partner), Susan Kim (Limited Partner Operator Collective) and Allison Barr Allen (LP), among 21 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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