Operator Collective — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$1.5M Checks)
Operator Collective is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States investing in Enterprise, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $500K–$1.5M checks and has 68 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$1.5M
- Portfolio
- 68 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- AUM
- $143M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Enterprise, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Palo Alto, California, United States
Last verified: 2026-09-24
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $1.5M
$143M
68+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in early-stage enterprise and B2B companies, including AI-forward companies, where its operator network can help founders grow.
How Operator Collective invests
Operator Collective is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Enterprise, Developer Tools.
Operator Collective typically writes checks of $500K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $143M in assets under management.
Operator Collective has backed 68 companies in our records, including Vanta, Apollo GraphQL, dbt Labs.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (68)
Other
Vanta
Apollo GraphQL
dbt Labs
Vercel
Ramp
Midi
Ironclad
Guild
Hightouch
Hex Technologies
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Enterprise, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $1.5M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Caroline Caswell, Marketing Manager.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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