Collab Capital

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

About

Collab Capital invests financial, human, and social capital to grow businesses and build lasting economic equity through increased ownership in the innovation economy.

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Mar 1, 2024	Applied Intuition	$250.0M Series E	—	10100, 1confirmation, Abstract Ventures, Kevin Hartz, Adverb Ventures, AirAngels, Amplo, Andreessen Horowitz, Chloe Sladden, Anti fund, Atomico, Base Partners, Bond, BoxGroup, Brainchild, C2 Investment, Catapult Capital, Coatue, Commerce Ventures, Construct Capital, Daffy, Divergence Ventures, Dynamo Ventures, Electric Capital, Entrepreneur First, Expa, Founders Fund, Fuel Capital, General Catalyst, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Greylock, Haystack, Hersh Interactive Group, Index Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, InterWest, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, LGF, Liquid 2 Ventures, Lux Capital, MaC Venture Capital, Menlo Ventures, Rick Yang, New Form Capital, Next Play Ventures, No Label Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Outcast Ventures, Polychain Capital, Quiet Capital, Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Robot Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Softbank Group, Sound Ventures, SparkLabs Group, The Hit Forge, Thrive Capital, UpHonest Capital, Visionaire Ventures, Aaron Levie, Aston Motes, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Carmelo Anthony (Melo7 Tech Partners), Diego Berdakin, DJ Patil, Dylan Field, Erik Moore, Gokul Rajaram, Jim Pitkow, John Legend, Justin Mateen, Kevin Colas, Marc Benioff, Mark Pincus, Mike Krieger, Rick Wagoner, Sahin Boydas, Stani Kulechov, Thomas Tull, Vitalik Buterin
Jan 1, 2024	Masa	$5.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Initialized Capital, Kapor Capital, Maveron, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Sequoia Capital, TechSquare Labs, Ulu Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Vista Venture Partners, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Anthony Pompliano, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Halle Tecco, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein, Kevin Lee, Nick Caldwell
Dec 1, 2023	Lolli	$8.0M Series B	—	2048 Ventures, ACME Capital, Acrew Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Craft Ventures, CRV, Curie.Bio, Curious Capital, Jenny Fielding, FJ Labs, Matchstick Ventures, New Voices Fund, Night Ventures, Operator Partners, Plug & Play Ventures, Reign Ventures, REMUS Capital, Section 32, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sound Ventures, TechSquare Labs, The Hit Forge, Timespan Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Version One Ventures, Vitalize Venture Group, Abe Burns, Andre Iguodala, Baron Davis, Brandon Leonardo, Brian Sugar, Casey Neistat, Gautam Gupta, Gokul Rajaram, Ian Borthwick, Katy Perry, Logan Paul, Manish Chandra, Max Mullen, Odell Beckham Jr., Pir Granoff, Stacy Brown-Philpot, Varsha Rao
Apr 1, 2023	KiddieKredit	$1.0M Venture Round	—	Fearless Fund
Feb 1, 2023	Kai XR	$2.0M Seed	—	—
Jan 1, 2023	Bezel	$8.0M Seed	—	Greylock, Innovation Endeavors, MATR Ventures, Pantera Capital, Pareto Holdings, sequel, Thirty Five Ventures, TQ Ventures, Andrew Nutter, Aston Motes, John Legend, Justin David Blau, Kevin Hart, LeBron James, Michael G. Rubin, Odell Beckham Jr., Shayne Coplan, Steve Aoki, Steve Stoute, Thomas Vu
Jan 1, 2023	Semilla Co. (Flou / Seed Academy)	$250K Seed	—	Avalanche VC, Overline VC
Nov 1, 2022	Daylight	$15.0M Series A	—	Afore Capital, Alt Capital, Anthemis Group, Bessemer Venture Partners, Framework Ventures, Initialized Capital, Kapor Capital, Maveron, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Precursor Ventures, Sequoia Capital, TechSquare Labs, Ulu Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Vista Venture Partners, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Alex Adelman, Anthony Pompliano, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Halle Tecco, Itamar Lesuisse, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein, Kevin Lee, Nick Caldwell
Oct 1, 2022	Heylo	$2.0M Seed	—	Greycroft, Hyperplane, Precursor Ventures
Oct 1, 2022	FilmHedge	$5.0M Series A	—	Wocstar
Oct 1, 2022	Resilia	$35.0M Series B	—	42Phi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, Accel, Advisors Fund LLC, Asylum Ventures, ATX Venture Partners, Backstage Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bungalow Capital, Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners, Cultivation Capital, Digital Currency Group, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Expert Dojo, Fenway Summer, Fika Ventures, First Round Capital, F-Prime Capital Partners, Framework Venture Partners, Gaingels, General Catalyst, GreaterGoodSociety, Haystack, Include Venture Partners, LocalGlobe, M34 Capital, Mucker Capital, NewMe Accelerator, North Island Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pillar VC, RareBreed Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Share Ventures, TechSquare Labs, Upfront Ventures, Vibe Capital, Aaron Skonnard, Azeem Azhar, Baron Davis, Eric Rea, Esther Dyson, John M. Mueller, Mathilde Collin, Mike Hudack, Oscar Pierre, Sahil Lavingia, Sahin Boydas, Sam Palmisano, Scott Belsky, Zachary Sims
Jul 1, 2022	ImIn	$1.0M Seed	—	42Phi Ventures, Accel, Backstage Capital, Haystack, Include Venture Partners, M34 Capital, NewMe Accelerator, RareBreed Ventures, Share Ventures, TechSquare Labs, Upfront Ventures, Aaron Skonnard, Baron Davis, Eric Rea
Jun 1, 2022	Goodr	$8.0M Series A	—	1/1 Capital, Alchemy Ventures, Alt Capital, Firework Ventures, Flexsteel Industries Inc., GSV Acceleration, Heretic Ventures, Index Ventures, Initialized Capital, Kapor Capital, Mantis VC, Maveron, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Pear VC, Precursor Ventures, Sequoia Capital, TechSquare Labs, Ulu Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Vista Venture Partners, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Anthony Pompliano, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Chris Fanini, Daniel Kan, Halle Tecco, Henry Davis, James Beshara, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein, Kevin Lee, Nick Caldwell, Odell Beckham Jr.
May 1, 2022	Parallel Learning	$20.0M Series A	—	Alt Capital, Brewer Lane Ventures, CRV, Future Shape, Highbury Group, ICONIQ Capital, Initialized Capital, Kapor Capital, Maveron, NFX, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Silverton Partners, TechSquare Labs, Tiger Global Management, Tusk Venture Partners, Ulu Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Vine Ventures LP, Vista Venture Partners, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Amir Jerbi, Anthony Pompliano, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Halle Tecco, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein, Kevin Lee, Nick Caldwell, Tomer Levy
May 1, 2022	Slutty Vegan	$25.0M Series A	—	ACME Capital, Jenny Fielding, New Voices Fund, Plug & Play Ventures, Reign Ventures, Serena Ventures, TechSquare Labs
May 1, 2022	Masa	$4.0M Seed	—	Afore Capital, Alt Capital, C2 Investment, Initialized Capital, Kapor Capital, Maveron, Not Boring Capital, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Precursor Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Shrug Capital, TechSquare Labs, Ulu Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Vista Venture Partners, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Anthony Pompliano, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Halle Tecco, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein, Kevin Lee, Nick Caldwell, Siqi Chen
Apr 1, 2022	Hairtelligence	$5.0M Seed	—	42Phi Ventures, Accel, Backstage Capital, Convoz, Haystack, Include Venture Partners, M34 Capital, NewMe Accelerator, RareBreed Ventures, Serena Ventures, Share Ventures, TechSquare Labs, Upfront Ventures, Aaron Skonnard, Baron Davis, Eric Rea
Mar 1, 2022	Donde	$3.0M Seed	—	42Phi Ventures, Accel, Backstage Capital, Haystack, Include Venture Partners, M34 Capital, NewMe Accelerator, RareBreed Ventures, Share Ventures, TechSquare Labs, Upfront Ventures, Baron Davis, Eric Rea
Mar 1, 2022	Alife	$22.0M Series A	—	Alt Capital, A'Z Angels, Dunce Capital, Floodgate, General Catalyst, Infinity Ventures, Initialized Capital, Kapor Capital, Lux Capital, Maveron, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Sequoia Capital, TechSquare Labs, Twelve Below, Ulu Ventures, Uncork Capital, Union Square Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Vista Venture Partners, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Anthony Pompliano, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Gokul Rajaram, Halle Tecco, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein, Kevin Lee, Michael Ma, Nick Caldwell
Mar 1, 2022	Atomic	$40.0M Series B	—	Betaworks Ventures, BoxGroup, Comal Ventures, Core Innnovation Capital, DG Incubation, Flashpoint VC, Greylock, Javelin Venture Partners, Locus Ventures, MetaProp Ventures
Jan 1, 2022	Wilder World	$30.0M Venture Round	—	8VC, AIX Ventures, Alt Capital, Alumni Ventures, Angel investor, Axiom Partners, Bain Capital, Balderton Capital, BlueRun Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Climate Capital, Color Capital, Craft Ventures, Divergent Capital, Double Down, DST Global, Footprint Coalition, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Initialized Capital, Insight Partners, Inspired Capital, K9 Ventures, Kapor Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Listen, Madrona Ventures, Maveron, Menlo Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Partners Resolute, RET Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Shrug Capital, Sound Ventures, South Park Commons, Web Smith, TechSquare Labs, Techstars, Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund, Tribe Capital, Twelve Below, Ulu Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Village Global, Vista Venture Partners, WorkLife Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Zeno Ventures, Alex Pattis, Andrew Gluck, Andy Coravos, Balaji Srinivasan, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Casey Neistat, Gokul Rajaram, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Tecco, Jaime Schmidt, Jen Rubio Butterfield, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein, Kelvin Beachum Jr., Kevin Lee, Kevin Weil, Ligaya Tichy, Mark Chou, Mathilde Collin, Moshe Lifschitz, Nick Caldwell, Paul George, Peter Hunn, Peter Sonsini, Sahin Boydas, Tim Ferriss, Trevor McFedries, Yan-David Erlich, Zach Segal
Dec 1, 2021	SkillCycle	$4.0M Seed	—	Alt Capital, Initialized Capital, Kapor Capital, Maveron, Obvious Ventures, Pareto Holdings, Sequoia Capital, TechSquare Labs, Ulu Ventures, Unshackled Ventures, Vista Venture Partners, WorkLife Ventures, Y Combinator, Yes VC, Anthony Pompliano, Bangaly Kaba, Baron Davis, Halle Tecco, John Henry, Justin Rosenstein, Kevin Lee, Nick Caldwell
Oct 1, 2021	KUHMUTE	$800K Seed	—	Blue Victor Capital, LongJump VC, WillowWorks
Oct 1, 2021	Atomic	$22.0M Series A	—	Comal Ventures, Core Innnovation Capital, MetaProp Ventures
Aug 1, 2021	Shamrck	$160K Seed	—	—

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Leadership Team

Key people at Collab Capital.

Leadership Team

Key people at Collab Capital.

Deep Dive

Collab Capital is an early-stage investment firm founded in 2019 that focuses on backing Black-led companies with controlling interest, aiming to close the racial wealth gap by growing Black ownership in high-growth startups. Their mission centers on investing in market-making solutions that address critical societal challenges in healthcare access, economic mobility, and community infrastructure—sectors they call the "building blocks of shared prosperity." Collab typically invests at the seed stage with check sizes of $500K to $2M, targeting companies that have the potential to scale to $10M+ in revenue with sustainable profitability. The firm also provides founders with operational support and network connections to accelerate growth and create jobs in predominantly Black communities[1][4][5].

Collab Capital was co-founded by Jewel Burks Solomon, Barry Givens, and Justin Dawkins, who bring entrepreneurial, operating, and technical expertise. Jewel Burks Solomon, notable for selling her startup Partpic to Amazon and leading Google Startups US, helped shape Collab’s mission to support Black entrepreneurs who historically face funding and network barriers. The firm evolved with a novel investment approach that combines equity with profit-sharing to offer an alternative to traditional venture capital, aiming for more sustainable business outcomes rather than the typical VC model that expects most startups to fail. Since inception, Collab has invested in 38 companies, focusing on founders who are in the top 10% of talent and building solutions with large market potential and social impact[1][2][4].

Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Collab uses a SPACE agreement combining equity and profit-sharing, designed to increase founder flexibility and sustainability rather than relying solely on high-risk VC returns.
Focused Founder Support: The firm offers hands-on operational experience, mentorship, and access to a network of growth partners and industry experts.
Targeted Impact: Investments exclusively in Black-led companies addressing economic mobility, healthcare access, and community infrastructure to close wealth and opportunity gaps.
Track Record: 38 investments since 2019 with a clear focus on companies poised for $10M+ revenue and double-digit growth.
Community and Ecosystem Building: Collab emphasizes creating generational wealth and jobs in Black communities, supporting founders beyond capital infusion[1][4][5].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Collab Capital rides the growing trend of inclusive innovation and impact investing, addressing systemic inequities in venture capital funding for Black entrepreneurs. The timing is critical as racial wealth gaps persist and there is increasing recognition of the need for diverse founders to solve pressing societal problems. By focusing on foundational sectors like healthcare, economic mobility, and infrastructure, Collab positions itself at the intersection of technology, social impact, and economic justice. Their approach challenges traditional VC norms by prioritizing sustainable business growth and community wealth creation, influencing the broader ecosystem to rethink how capital and support are allocated to underrepresented founders[1][2][3][7].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Looking ahead, Collab Capital is likely to expand its portfolio and deepen its impact by continuing to back Black founders with scalable, market-defining solutions. Trends such as increased demand for equitable healthcare access, digital infrastructure, and economic inclusion will shape their investment focus. As Collab demonstrates successful exits and sustainable growth among its portfolio companies, it may influence more investors to adopt inclusive, impact-driven models. The firm’s commitment to building generational wealth and jobs in Black communities positions it as a catalyst for systemic change in venture capital and entrepreneurship[1][4][5].

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Core Differentiators

Unique Investment Model: Collab uses a SPACE agreement combining equity and profit-sharing, designed to increase founder flexibility and sustainability rather than relying solely on high-risk VC returns.
Focused Founder Support: The firm offers hands-on operational experience, mentorship, and access to a network of growth partners and industry experts.
Targeted Impact: Investments exclusively in Black-led companies addressing economic mobility, healthcare access, and community infrastructure to close wealth and opportunity gaps.
Track Record: 38 investments since 2019 with a clear focus on companies poised for $10M+ revenue and double-digit growth.
Community and Ecosystem Building: Collab emphasizes creating generational wealth and jobs in Black communities, supporting founders beyond capital infusion[1][4][5].