# Operator Collective

> Operator Collective is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and SaaS. See 77 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 77
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 9%
- Fund size: $92M
- Last fund: Oct 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/operator-collective/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/operatorcollect
- Website: https://operatorcollective.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OperatorCollective/

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$16M |
| Series A | $8.9M–$35M |
| Series B | $17M–$79M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 24 | 31% |
| SaaS | 22 | 29% |
| Software | 20 | 26% |
| Enterprise Software | 11 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 9 | 12% |

90 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 28 | 36% |
| Series A | 25 | 32% |
| Series B | 10 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 1% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 50 | 65% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pam Kostka | Operator In Residence and Limited Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pam-kostka |
| Susan Kim | Limited Partner Operator Collective | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susan-kim |
| Allison Barr Allen | LP | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allison-barr-allen |
| Ambrosia Vertesi | Operating Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambrosia-humphrey |
| Amy Bohutinsky | Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-bohutinsky |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sapiom | 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 |  |
| Sapiom | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Santé provides liquor stores with custom inventory management, e-commerce, and industry-specific tools. | $7.6M | Seed | Feb 12, 2026 |  |
| Sapiom | 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 |  |
| Sapiom | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 77 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Bonfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonfire-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Craft Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craft-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Formus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/formus-capital) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Menlo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/menlo-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together

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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?

Public channels for Operator Collective include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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