Collide
Collide Capital’s mission is to guide founders on their institutional capital journey and equip them with resources, knowledge networks, and hands-on operational support for a successful exit.
Our Portfolio
Collide
Collide Capital’s mission is to guide founders on their institutional capital journey and equip them with resources, knowledge networks, and hands-on operational support for a successful exit.
Hear from our portfolio
"When I think about great investment partners I think of dynamic thinkers, a willingness to truly support the entrepreneur, emotional stability, and conviction! The Collide team is all this and more."
Eugene Johnson
"Collide Capital is the superstar fund for championing founders. Aaron and Brian are building a new vision for VC that's truly about rising together."
Trinity Mouzon Wofford
"Through the ups and downs of fundraising, brand building, recruiting, networking, and mentorship, Collide has always been one of our go-to resources and most helpful investors."
Garry Cooper
"The Collide team brings deep and complimentary experience to the table from both the operating and investing worlds. Even more, they are hungry and clearly willing to do whatever it takes to make their companies successful."
Alex Sambvani
"The ability to combine founder operation experiences with investments makes a huge difference. As founders, we always love to hear more than "strategies" but some firsthand experiences we can resonate with."
Winston Chi
"Throughout my career – from my early start being hired on as one of Snapchat’s first five employees to my current project Sidechat – Aaron and Brian have supported me in helping me to make a difference through my work."
Sebastian Gil
About Us
We believe great companies are built at the intersection of communities led by diverse, fearless change agents. We invest in the most innovative and hard-working founders solving the next generation of global challenges.
Black, Latine, Female founders leading Collide’s portfolio companies
Companies backed
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Black owned
Our Team
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Brian & Aaron
Aaron and Brian met at AfroTech in 2016 and began investing together. They believe capital should be awarded to founders best positioned to solve the next generation of global challenges.Letter From Our Founders
Our investors
At Collide Capital, we partner with leaders across big tech, philanthropy, venture capital, and academia to drive capital to our portfolio companies.
Our Portfolio
Collide Capital is ushering in a new era of venture capital where resources and opportunities are directed toward the most deserving by backing a high-performing portfolio led by a diverse array of founding teams who have the lived experiences, courage, and grit to create solutions for the next generation. Collide Capital invests in early-stage companies from pre-seed to Series A, with a focus on founders building transformational enterprise SaaS, sustainable supply chain, and consumer technology businesses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Collide Capital invests in early-stage companies from pre-seed to Series A, with a focus on founders building transformational enterprise SaaS, supply chain infrastructure, and Gen-Z minded consumer software. Interested? Pitch us!
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Great companies are built at the intersection of communities led by diverse, fearless change agents.
Collide Capital believes that change will come through ushering in a new era of venture capital where resources and opportunities are directed toward the most deserving by backing a high-performing portfolio led by a diverse array of founding teams who have the lived experiences, courage, and grit to create solutions for the next generation.
Collide Capital founders Aaron Samuels and Brian Hollins built two of the largest Black tech ecosystems, AfroTech and BLCK VC, to connect under-networked and overlooked communities to institutional resources. With their latest fund, raised from leading tech and financial institutions, they seek to invest in the most innovative and hard-working founders solving the next generation of global challenges. At their core, Aaron and Brian understand the power that community has to create opportunity. Learn more by reading the Letter From Our Founders.
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