The Collaborative Fund is our venture partner and one of the leading sources of capital and strategic support for creative entrepreneurs who want to change the world.

We have a growing portfolio of Collaborative Consumption start-ups that are reinventing how we do business and transform our daily lives. Our approach is to provide a combination of financing and strategic support. With certain portfolio companies, we help the ventures scale, partner with global brands and mentoring the entrepreneurs on growth including team development, media, brand and competitive differentiation.

A selection of the Collaborative Fund’s ventures:

Kickstarter is the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Every month, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.

CreativeMornings is a monthly breakfast lecture series for creative types. Each event is free of charge, and includes a 20 minute talk, plus coffee! You can currently join us in New York, Zurich, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and soon Chicago and London.

Groundcrew activates your social networks and lists. It turns them into action networks, and it puts mission control in your pocket. Groundcrew can see who's available and collect input in advance, contact them via SMS, IM, email, or Twitter, and assemble teams by location, interests, and skills.

ProFounder was created to ensure all entrepreneurs have access to the resources they need through the engagement of robust, supportive communities. It believes that communities can be the best source for the encouragement, tools, and capital small business entrepreneurs need to succeed.

Real food. Real people. Real good. Gobble is a marketplace for home-cooked food from local chefs. Gobble sources home-cooked food from individuals, not restaurants, bringing consumers more healthy, natural, and homemade food.

Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone. Skillshare democratizes learning by flipping the notion of traditional education on its head.

TaskRabbit is an online and mobile marketplace that helps people live smarter by enabling them to outsource their errands and tasks. An on-demand delivery network, TaskRabbit also partners with local businesses looking to expand their reach and revenue at no cost.