Our Investors#

Open Collective is building something for people who want to work for real change.

To do that, we needed investors who were willing to support us - but allow us to retain our independence.

Since our launch in 2015, we have raised a total of $2,815,000 so far, including:

Our investors believe in our mission - so they allow us to focus on real impact over rapid growth, and do not control the platform.

We update our investors annually, in public, on our blog. Our latest update can be found here.

Over the next two years, we aim to prepare Open Collective so that it can become a platform that can scale while maintaining its values.

This will include:

Building a mature team that’s ready for the future, with clear processes and stronger communications
Growing based on what makes us different, and discovering what our community wants next
Co-designing the next phase of our platform with our users and communities
Allow our community to scale by giving hosts the help they need to grow

To find out more about what that means for Open Collective, read our 2023-24 strategy post.

Often, startups develop to the point where they are acquired by a larger organization, or are listed on the stock market. This is known as an “exit”.

Instead of planning for this, we are actively exploring an “exit to community” - in which our users and community become owners of the platform.

This means that Open Collective would continue to grow, in the interests of those that use and value it.

To learn more about this, visit our Exit to Community page [link to https://opencollective.com/e2c]

Our Investors#

Open Collective is building something for people who want to work for real change.

To do that, we needed investors who were willing to support us - but allow us to retain our independence.

Since our launch in 2015, we have raised a total of $2,815,000 so far, including:

$815k in convertible notes in 2015-2016

A $2M Series Seed in June 2017.

Our investors believe in our mission - so they allow us to focus on real impact over rapid growth, and do not control the platform.

Investor Updates#

We update our investors annually, in public, on our blog. Our latest update can be found here.

Our Strategy for 2023-24#

Over the next two years, we aim to prepare Open Collective so that it can become a platform that can scale while maintaining its values.

This will include:

Building a mature team that’s ready for the future, with clear processes and stronger communications

Growing based on what makes us different, and discovering what our community wants next

Co-designing the next phase of our platform with our users and communities

Allow our community to scale by giving hosts the help they need to grow

To find out more about what that means for Open Collective, read our 2023-24 strategy post.

Exiting to Community#

Often, startups develop to the point where they are acquired by a larger organization, or are listed on the stock market. This is known as an “exit”.

Instead of planning for this, we are actively exploring an “exit to community” - in which our users and community become owners of the platform.

This means that Open Collective would continue to grow, in the interests of those that use and value it.

To learn more about this, visit our Exit to Community page [link to https://opencollective.com/e2c]