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Operator Collective

Venture capitalActively deploying

Palo Alto · Pre-Seed–Series A · 57 people tracked

Also known as Allison Barr Allen · Operator Collective 506 · Operator Collective F506 · OPERATOR COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.

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Investment thesis

Operator Collective is an early-stage venture firm focused on B2B software and enterprise startups. Founded in 2019, it pairs a core investment team with a community of accomplished operators, executives, and advisors from iconic technology companies who provide functional expertise and warm introductions to founders. Its model leverages part-time Operating Partners and an extended network to help early-stage companies scale in areas such as go-to-market, finance, talent, and product. The firm emphasizes supporting founders post-investment and building durable, category-defining enterprise businesses.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 13, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
Check
$500K – $1.5M
HQ
Palo Alto, CA, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2019
Last 12 months
8 investments
Private fund assets
$339.1M
VC funds
10
Tracked investments
94
Unicorns
11
Acquisitions
4

Team · 57 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Anna Jacobson· Partner & Chief AI Enablement Officerin

Partner and Chief AI Enablement Officer building the firm's AI approach across research, workflows, and investment processes. A trained data scientist and engineer, she has led the firm's operations vertical since 2020.

Caroline Caswell· Marketing Partnerin

Marketing Partner overseeing content, social, PR/communications, and brand marketing. She previously ran marketing at All Raise and was a Partner and Managing Director at Pramana Collective.

Aarti Borkar· Partnerin𝕏
Alka Tandan· Partnerin
Anirma Gupta· Partnerin𝕏
Ann Funai· Partnerin𝕏
Anne-Renee Hartman· Partnerin𝕏

Anne-Renee Hartman is co-founder and Chief Medical Officer at Adela and serves as a strategic advisor at intoDNA. She has over 15 years of experience in the molecular diagnostics industry.

Aubrey Blanche· Partnerin𝕏
Bonney Pelley· Partnerin𝕏
Christina Crawford Kosmowski· Partnerin𝕏
Christine Heckart· Partnerin𝕏
Dawn Dobras· Partnerin𝕏
Dorothy An· Partnerin
Erin Figueroa· General Partnerin
Janine Pelosi· Partnerin𝕏
Jessica Rusin· Partnerin𝕏
Karen Peacock Peacock· Partnerin𝕏
Katie Guzman· Partnerin
LaFawn Davis· Partnerin𝕏
Laura Palmer· Partnerin
Lauren Antonoff· Partnerin𝕏
Leyla Seka· Partnerin𝕏
Monique Covington· Partnerin𝕏
Phoebe L. Yang· Partnerin𝕏
Ritika Butani· Partnerin
Shveta Mujumdar· Partnerin𝕏
Terell Sterling· Partnerin𝕏
Zaina Orbai· Partnerin
Allison Barr Allen· Investorin𝕏

Member of the investment team focused on early-stage startups. She led Global Product Operations for Uber's Money Team, co-founded a payments startup, and invests via her fund Trail Run Capital.

Lynn Carter· Operating Partner, Talent & Growthin𝕏

Operating Partner focused on talent and executive hiring. She was Global Head of Executive and Strategic Search at Confluent through its IPO and previously a talent acquisition leader at Netflix.

Anu Bharadwaj· OpCo Board of Advisors & Operator LP; President, Atlassianin𝕏

Board of Advisors member and Operator LP; former President of Atlassian, where she led enterprise and cloud platform businesses. She previously spent over a decade at Microsoft.

Claire Hughes Johnson· OpCo Board of Advisors & Operator LP; Corporate Officer, Stripein𝕏

Board of Advisors member and founding LP to Operator Collective. She is a corporate officer at Stripe and served as its COO from 2014 to 2021, having earlier spent a decade at Google.

Dan Scheinman· OpCo Investment Advisory Committee; Board Director: Zoom, Arista, SentinelOnein𝕏

Investment Advisory Committee member and prominent angel investor known as the first check into Zoom, with a portfolio including Arista, SentinelOne, and Drata. He spent 18 years at Cisco, including as SVP of Corporate Development.

Dana Marohn Spiliotis· Partnerin

Partner at Operator Collective and former SVP of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development at ZoomInfo, where she led seven acquisitions. She previously advised on technology M&A and capital markets at Morgan Stanley.

Elena Gomez· OpCo Board of Advisors & Operator LP; President & CFO, Toastin𝕏

Board of Advisors member and Operator LP; CFO at Toast and former CFO at Zendesk, with prior senior finance roles at Salesforce, Visa, and Charles Schwab.

Haley Daiber Brannan· Partnerin

Partner at Operator Collective focused on early-stage B2B software founders. She was previously VP of Business Operations at data.world and a founding investment team member at Unusual Ventures, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Julia Holmes· Head of Financein

Leads Operator Collective's accounting and finance functions, including fund accounting, compliance, and reporting. She previously led finance at Next Coast Ventures and spent eight years in EY's assurance practice.

Kate Mitchell· OpCo Investment Advisory Committeein𝕏

Investment Advisory Committee member and Founder and Partner Emeritus of Scale, an early-stage enterprise software firm. She is a past chairman of the NVCA and active in venture policy matters.

Linda Tong· OpCo Board of Advisors & Operator LP; CEO, Webflowin𝕏

Board of Advisors member and Operator LP; CEO of Webflow, previously its President & COO, with prior leadership roles at AppDynamics, the NFL, Nextbit, Tapjoy, and Google.

Magdalena Yesil· OpCo Investment Advisory Committee & Operator LP; Board Director: SoFi, Zuora, Smartsheetin𝕏

Investment Advisory Committee member and Operator LP; founding board member and first investor of Salesforce, early investor in over 30 companies, and founder of Broadway Angels.

Mallun Yen· General Partnerin𝕏

Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of Operator Collective, which she founded in 2019. She previously built RPX, SaaStr, and ChIPsNetwork.org, and served as VP of Worldwide Intellectual Property at Cisco.

Tekedra Mawakana· OpCo Board of Advisors & Operator LP; Co-CEO, Waymoin𝕏

Board of Advisors member and Operator LP; Co-CEO and former COO of Waymo, with over two decades advising consumer technology companies and prior leadership roles at eBay, Yahoo, and AOL.

Amy Laoin
Anne Kornblutin𝕏
Carol Carpenterin𝕏
Cathy Polinskyin𝕏
Claire Houghin
Eda Gultekinin
JJ Ramberg· Investorin𝕏
Kathleen Lordin𝕏
Kristin Kaiser Mulligan· Vice Presidentin
Kristy Friedrichs (McBride)in𝕏
Loni Mahantain𝕏
Maelle Gavetin𝕏
Poulomi Damanyin𝕏
Sara Coadyin𝕏
Vanita Patelin

Founder mafia

8 people who came through Operator Collective went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 83 of 94 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×63SaaS ×45Enterprise Software ×40Developer Tools ×14Data & Infrastructure ×13Future of Work ×11HR Tech ×10Sales Tech ×9

HQs:United States×56United Kingdom×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 62 portfolio companies
26%
solo founders
16 of 62 mapped founding teams
37%
repeat founders
of 99 founders with career history
~2 yrs
old at investment
median across 14 dated deals

Founding team size:solo founder×162 founders×153 founders×164+ founders×15

Where their founders studiedfrom 91 founders with education data

Stanford University ×7Harvard University ×5University of Pennsylvania ×5Harvard Business School ×4Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×3Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3UCLA ×3University of Cambridge ×3

What their founders studiedfrom 91 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×42Engineering ×18Business & Management ×16Economics ×8Politics & Policy ×6Mathematics & Statistics ×5Humanities ×3Law ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 99 founders with career history

Microsoft ×15Google ×14LinkedIn ×7Meta ×4Apple ×3Dropbox ×3NEXT Canada ×3Qualcomm ×3

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×5Techstars ×3

10 founders hold a PhD · 13 hold an MBA (of 98 with degree data)

Investments · 94 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 52025 · 42024 · 62023 · 62022 · 92021 · 22018 · 234 dated

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Christina LaMontagne(Founder)

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Clayclay.comin𝕏

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AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaS

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AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechSeattle, US

Manny Medina(Founder)inManuel Medina(Founder)Wesley Hather(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Kinzer(Founder)inGordon Hempton(Founder)inWes Hather(Founder)in

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Overmind is a platform that simulates the live production environment to show engineers the blast radius, dependencies, and risks of infrastructure changes before a pull request is merged.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Dylan Ratcliffe(Founder)inPavel Ronin(Founder)Yul Bahat(Founder)

Co-investorsMotive ForceOsney Capital14Peaks CapitalAntlerKortschak Investments L.P.Portfolio Ventures+1 more

People Leader Acceleratorpeopleleaderaccelerator.comin

People Leader Accelerator (PLA) is a 16-week, cohort-based executive development program for senior HR leaders such as Heads of People, VPs, and first-time CHROs who partner with CEOs, CFOs, and boards.

EdTechFuture of WorkHR Tech

Pledge1Percentpledge1percent.org

Pledge 1% is a movement that encourages companies to commit a portion of their equity, time, product, or profit to fund long-term social impact.

Impact & Social Good

Podiapodia.comin𝕏

Podia offers an all-in-one platform for creators to run their online businesses, consolidating tools for content, memberships, and customer relationships into one place.

Creator EconomyE-commerceEdTechSaaS

Spencer Fry(Founder)

Co-investorsDesigner FundNotation Capital

Poetiqpoetiq.ai

Poetiq builds self-improving AI systems that sit on top of existing LLMs to extract and synthesize their embedded knowledge into reliable reasoning strategies, using far less data than traditional reinforcement learning post-training.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMountain View, US

Ian Fischer(Founder, Co-CEO)inSaurabh Singh(Founder)inShumeet Baluja(Founder, Co-CEO)

Co-investorsOutset Capital468 CapitalCharacterFYRFLY Venture PartnersSurface VenturesY Combinator

Productivproductiv.comin𝕏

Productiv provides IT leaders visibility and control over SaaS and AI applications across their organization, detecting unsanctioned tools, tracking data usage, and optimizing software spend.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US

Ashish Aggarwal(Founder)inJody Shapiro(Founder)inMunish Gandhi(Founder)inAshish D. Aggarwal(Founder)

Co-investorsAccelAtlassian VenturesCrew CapitalIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Ridge VenturesArray Ventures Management Llc

Propense AIpropense.aiinMar 2024 · $3M

Propense provides AI-powered recommendations to professional services firms (accounting, law, consulting) that identify cross-selling opportunities and client needs by analyzing firm data and market signals.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMiami, US

Alexander Diaz Fraenkel(Founder)in

Co-investorsFlorida Opportunity FundHarlem Capital PartnersThomson Reuters VenturesDeepWork CapitalHarlem CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)

Quantausequanta.comin𝕏

Quanta provides SaaS accounting and back-office services, including bookkeeping and controller services, paired with software that produces reporting traceable to the underlying accounting.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Helen Hastings(Founder)inTheodora Chu(Founder)in

Co-investorsElad GilImmad AkhundAccelDesigner FundHomebrewBaron Capital+2 more

Rampramp.comin𝕏

Ramp offers a finance platform that combines corporate cards, expense management, and AI-driven automation for receipt capture, transaction coding, and reimbursements.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York, US

Karim Atiyeh(Founder)inEric Glyman(Founder)inGene Lee(Founder)inScott Bulua(Executive Officer)inRahul Sengottuvelu(Chief Technology Officer)inWilliam (Will) Petrie(Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures8VCA*Alpha Wave GlobalAnti+72 more

Reasonerreasoner.comPre-Seed · Jun 2023

Reasoner analyzes thousands of human behavioral and psychological signals — including what people say, choose, value, and avoid — to identify patterns unique to each individual.

AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBoston Seed Capital186 VenturesAccompliceBaseline VenturesBIOSPRING PARTNERS+5 more

Regalregal.aiin

Regal is an AI Agent platform that enterprises use to run high-touch, AI-driven voice and multichannel customer communications across sales, support, acquisition, and retention.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

Rebecca Greene(Founder)inAlex Levin(Founder)in

BoardDavid Frankel(Director)in

Co-investorsEntrée CapitalFounder CollectiveFrontline VenturesHomebrewInspired CapitalEmergence Capital Partners+1 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

EspaInfringementsInvalidateTalofa

Exits · 4

4 acquisitions · showing 3

Common Roomacq. by ZoomDatapeopleacq. by Payscale Holdings, Inc.Surepathacq. by F5

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Operator Collective made?
Operator Collective has 94 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Operator Collective invest at?
Operator Collective invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Operator Collective's typical check size?
Operator Collective typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
What sectors does Operator Collective focus on?
Operator Collective focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Operator Collective located?
Operator Collective is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
Does Operator Collective lead rounds?
Operator Collective typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Operator Collective co-invest with?
Operator Collective most often shares deals with Accel, Alumni Ventures, Felicis Ventures, among 373 tracked co-investors.

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Co-investors · 99

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

$500K – $50M
Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with founders to build technology companies.

$100K – $50M
Accel

Accel is a venture capital firm that partners with exceptional teams, positioning itself as a first partner to founders globally.

$500K – $100M
Felicis Ventures

Felicis is a venture capital firm that backs early-stage founders, investing primarily at Seed and Series A across artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and defense, global resilience and energy, and health and bio.

$500K – $15M
Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that partners with entrepreneurs across enterprise, consumer, and healthcare sectors from early stages through growth.

$50K – $100M
Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs bold, early-stage, technology-driven companies across deep tech and other sectors, providing hands-on 'venture assistance' to help founders build category-defining businesses.

$100K – $20M
Bonfire Ventures

Bonfire Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that backs founders reinventing how business operates, leading seed rounds in AI-native B2B software.

$2M – $6M
General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a global venture capital and investment firm backing founders across stages and industries, with a notable focus on AI, healthcare transformation, defense, and space.

$30M
Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm that backs founders from Seed through Series F and beyond, emphasizing deep, immersive partnerships with the companies it invests in.

$1M – $5M
Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs founders across industries and geographies, emphasizing the people behind ideas as much as the businesses themselves.

$540K – $10.8M
Redpoint Ventures

Since 1999, Redpoint Ventures has partnered with visionary founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones. The firm invests early in startups building category-defining companies, from AI and infrastructure to security. Redpoint has backed hundreds of companies, including Netflix, Snowflake, Stripe, Ramp, Twilio, Ramp, and Hims, and today backs the next generation of AI leaders like OpenAI, Legora, Modal, Abridge and Physical Intelligence. Redpoint is based in San Francisco and has offices in New York City and Woodside. For more information visit: http://www.redpoint.com/

$100K – $10M
Basis Set Ventures

Basis Set Ventures is an AI-native venture firm that uses a modern machine learning stack and foundation models to find and support AI companies, positioning itself as a hands-on partner to founders.

$1M – $3M
▶87 more co-investors

Coatue ManagementGV (Google Ventures)Menlo VenturesSapphire VenturesGreylock PartnersBain Capital VenturesFirst Round CapitalBoxGroupInnovation EndeavorsBond Capital ManagementVillage GlobalWebb Investment NetworkVista Venture PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)UpHonest CapitalPrecursor Ventures01 AdvisorsUpfront Ventures75 & SunnyLa FamigliaXYZ Venture CapitalAltimeter CapitalSutter Hill VenturesDesigner FundBenchmarkGreycroftHarrison MetalCreandumGSV AccelerationDecibel PartnersUpside PartnershipAllison Pickens VenturesK9 VenturesHummingbird VenturesVoyager CapitalHeretic VenturesStripeValor Equity PartnersAdvance Venture PartnersbyFoundersHyperchain CapitalUnknown VenturesB Capital GroupAtomicoCanaan PartnersGoat CapitalHCVCBling CapitalAME Cloud VenturesC2 InvestmentsFifth WallCaffeinated CapitalAcrew CapitalTrajectory VenturesSherpalo VenturesHanabi CapitalGeneral PartnershipChemistryPelion Venture Partners8-Bit CapitalShaan All AccessLead Edge CapitalWork-BenchTorch CapitalHeavybitWalden InternationalHOF Capital9Yards CapitalPredictive VCSRB VenturesBoost VCMVP VenturesElectric AntDivergent CapitalAllerfund Ventures, LlcBryant StibelXG VenturesGlencrest GroupBoosted CommerceBroadway Venture PartnersTunitas VenturesGaldana VenturesWasabi VenturesMI VenturesCornerstone Venture PartnersVela PartnersCoyote Ventures

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