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Operator Collective

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Operator Collective is an early-stage B2B venture firm that connects founders to exceptional enterprise operators. They invest in high-potential founders from all backgrounds building B2B software companies, with a focus on early-stage businesses where their community of experienced operators can provide meaningful support.

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Investment Thesis

Operator Collective believes that companies succeed because of the people who build them. Their core philosophy centers on the principle that operators—experienced enterprise leaders—are critical to turning ideas into successful businesses. They view venture capital as traditionally exclusive and inaccessible, and have restructured their model to democratize access by making their network of 200+ successful operators actively invested (literally and figuratively) in founder success. They operate on the belief that aligned incentives drive shared success and expanded access to wealth creation.

What Sets Them Apart

  • Activated Limited Partners model - Operator LPs are not passive investors; they actively participate in diligence, bring investment opportunities, make customer introductions, and provide expert guidance across all functional areas
  • 200+ Operator LPs with 5,000+ years of collective operating experience from category-defining companies
  • Diverse and inclusive approach - explicitly designed to break the traditionally 'exclusive, white, and male' venture model with new access points for founders and investors from underrepresented backgrounds
  • Collective Venture Model® - structured as a platform that mobilizes expertise and networks, not just capital
  • Multi-functional expertise across all stages - LPs provide deep expertise in operations, go-to-market, finance, product, talent, and strategy at every stage of company building
  • Active community infrastructure - regular gatherings and structured support systems that facilitate ongoing founder-operator connections
  • Needle-moving introductions - founders consistently cite OpCo's ability to facilitate introductions that become customers, board members, and strategic partners

Portfolio Highlights

AgentSync

Vertical Solutions

Airspace Intelligence

Vertical Solutions

Amberflo

Security It

Augment

Developers Product

Blueprint

Vertical Solutions

Clarity Pediatrics

Vertical Solutions

Common Room

Go To Market

ConductorOne

Security It

+ 59 more companies in their portfolio

Investment Team

16 Partners at Operator Collective

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