Collab Capital

Investing in the building blocks of shared prosperity with capital and community, converging to widen who gets to own the innovation economy.

Collab Capital invests financial, human, and social capital to grow businesses and build lasting economic equity through increased ownership in the innovation economy. Founded by entrepreneurs Jewel Burks Solomon and Barry Givens who built the firm they wished they'd had, Collab is "built by founders, for founders." We are a limited partner in Collab Capital.

Why we invested

The venture economy creates enormous wealth, but it concentrates it by funding a narrow, homogeneous slice of founders while overlooking brilliant entrepreneurs who lack the networks that gate most capital. That's not just unjust; it's a failure of imagination that leaves real solutions and real returns on the table. It's the same gap we wrote about in our own work on alternative funding, and the same conviction behind our support of Catalyze: flourishing requires widening who gets to build and own.

Collab attacks that gap with unusual credibility. Its partners have lived the founder journey by facing the biases, navigating the roadblocks so they invest with foresight and empathy, offering founders "the playbook, perspective, and protection that come from knowing the journey firsthand." As Jewel Burks Solomon puts it, they're "investing in the infrastructure of an inclusive economy, where real solutions generate real returns for our communities and for our investors." That is one-pocket investing at the fund level with economic mobility and financial performance pursued together.

What Collab does

Collab is more than a check; it's a true partner ("no one builds alone"), pairing capital with hands-on coaching and network access. It invests across three thematic focuses where innovation is most needed:

• Community Infrastructure — the systems and services communities rely on.

• Healthcare Access — reimagining the future of care.

• Economic Mobility — unlocking pathways to opportunity and generational wealth.

By its most recent reporting, Collab has:

• $125M+ in assets under management (including a $75M Fund II closed to scale its "shared prosperity" vision)

• 40+ portfolio companies (Goodr, SparkCharge, IntusCare, Culina Health, LoanWell, and more)

• 500+ jobs created across 16 U.S. cities

Why it matters to us

Collab Capital turns venture capital into an engine of shared prosperity by building ownership, jobs, and generational wealth in communities the mainstream too often passes by. Backing it as an LP lets us extend our thesis into the innovation economy: that when perspective and proximity are treated as power, everyone's prospects grow. Real solutions, real returns, more owners.

Our role: Investor (limited partner)

Type: Venture capital fund

Focus: Backing exceptional, often-overlooked founders across community infrastructure, healthcare access, and economic mobility