A Private Fintech Network of VCs

Curated to build synergies with leading founders, enterprises, and LPs

Mission

An activation network for VCs to build cadence with external stakeholders

Founder Dinners

Active VCs meeting leading startups

Quarterly Cadence
Private dinners in SF, NYC and LA
Application Process
Founders accepted based on scale and fundraise round

LP Dinners

GPs sharing fintech trends with family offices, institutional firms, and enterprises

Fintech Market Pulse
Discuss latest fintech trends with leading active allocators
Diverse Fund Strategies
Meet emerging and established managers

Enterprise Program

Strategic enterprises match with VCs and their portfolio companies

Market Reports
Access VC-backed startups across market trends
Partnership Funnel
Select startups on specific partnership areas
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Our Network

Most active VCs covering the fintech market

US Coverage

Built for collective market visibility for leading fintech trends

Invite-Only

Led by member-referrals and vetted for fintech experience and network

Every Stage

Diversified investment strategies from pre-seed to Series B

Key Networks

Hosting events across multiple cities and centralize networking through closed loop in-person discussions

San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge

San Francisco

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New York

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London

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Los Angeles

Our Mission

We bring founders to a network of leading operators, investors and resources to support startup building, while driving individual brand development and investment optionality for XIRs and VCs

The mission was born out of experiences from VCs, angels, advisors and founders looking for a better way to scale innovation. Through the community, we aim to help the lonely journey of being a founder, increase knowledge transfer, and build relationships amongst founders, operators and investors excited about Fintech.

Traditional accelerator models have two flaws that lead to low impact: unscalable and lack of domain focus. The typical accelerator model is focused on generalized classrooms, while The Collective focuses on impactful guidance by leveraging an XIR network to create a customized experience across mentorship, networking, and fundraising - similar to having your own personal advisory board.

We incentivize XIRs to be involved by providing opportunities to add value at the forefront of innovation, driving impactful advise during key periods of scale.

We are building a platform that drives collaboration amongst founders, VCs, XIRs, angels, and ecosystem leaders, where personal brand development, fairer equity distribution and economics, and value-add drive innovation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why should I participate in this network?

Funds look to build a consistent relationship with enterprises, LPs and founders on key thesis areas for thought leadership and portfolio value creation. It takes time and resources to plan and map these stakeholder relationships for scale.

As a network, we centralize the market's interests from startups fundraising to enteprise design partnerships. We give external stakeholders a consistent setting to interact with VCs - highly active fintech connectors in the early stage ecosystem.

What does it cost?

VCs don't pay to join the network but are expected to collaborate in the ecosystem through founder referrals.

C150 has a network of sponsors who support the ecosystem across all gatherings and enterprises partner with us for partnership and market dives.

If you are interested in collaborating with us, please reach out at our contact below.

How do I know what gatherings are happening?

If you are a fintech VC, apply to be a member.

If you are a founder, send us an email to learn more.

If you are an enterprise, please send us an email to the link below.

If you are an LP, please reach out to learn more.

Who runs Collective150?

Christian Vela built C150 (Collective150) after leading investments at American Express Ventures, supporting scale a members-only network, and advising and investing into multiple fintech and software startups at incubation and growth. Taking his learnings, he found the broader ecosystem missed a consistent touch point to drive more deal flow, partnerships, and capital. C150's mission is to provide more connective infrastructure for the VCs in the ecosystem.

Interested to collaborate through partnerships?

We are always evolving the network and working on partnerships with external parties as we centralize nodes of innovation.

I'm a founder and I would like to join the dinners?

It's highly likely your investor may be part of the network already so please ask them to invite you to the dinner. Otherwise, feel free to send an email to us found at the bottom of this page.