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title: "Collaborative Fund"
description: "Collaborative Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. It provides capital to entrepreneurs building companies at the intersection of for-profit and for-good initiatives. The firm focuses on startups at the beginning of their journey. Between December 2012 and February 2017, Collaborative Fund participated in four funding rounds totaling $41.4 million, all in Kenya within the fintech sector. It invested across seed (two rounds), Series A (one round), and Series B (one round) stages, primarily backing Tala, a company offering instant credit and a digital wallet. Collaborative Fund frequently co-invested with Lowercase Capital in all four rounds, alongside others including Mesa Ventures, Female Founders Fund, and DCVC."
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# Collaborative Fund

Collaborative Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. It provides capital to entrepreneurs building companies at the intersection of for-profit and for-good initiatives. The firm focuses on startups at the beginning of their journey. Between December 2012 and February 2017, Collaborative Fund participated in four funding rounds totaling $41.4 million, all in Kenya within the fintech sector. It invested across seed (two rounds), Series A (one round), and Series B (one round) stages, primarily backing Tala, a company offering instant credit and a digital wallet. Collaborative Fund frequently co-invested with Lowercase Capital in all four rounds, alongside others including Mesa Ventures, Female Founders Fund, and DCVC.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Investors](/investors)
- [Collaborative Fund](/investors/collaborative-fund)

## Summary

Collaborative Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. It provides capital to entrepreneurs building companies at the intersection of for-profit and for-good initiatives. The firm focuses on startups at the beginning of their journey. Between December 2012 and February 2017, Collaborative Fund participated in four funding rounds totaling $41.4 million, all in Kenya within the fintech sector. It invested across seed (two rounds), Series A (one round), and Series B (one round) stages, primarily backing Tala, a company offering instant credit and a digital wallet. Collaborative Fund frequently co-invested with Lowercase Capital in all four rounds, alongside others including Mesa Ventures, Female Founders Fund, and DCVC.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tala | /tala | Series B | 30000000 | 2017-02-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Tala | /tala | Series A | 10000000 | 2015-09-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Tala | /tala | Seed | 1200000 | 2013-08-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Tala | /tala | Seed | 240000 | 2012-12-01T00:00:00.000Z |

## Related pages

- [All investors](/investors)
- [Funding rounds](/funding)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/investors/collaborative-fund)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)