Grow your CollabTech venture with the Swarm
Build with operators who deeply understand your market. Access customers, hands-on execution support, and an aligned investor network.
Our ecosystem partners
We build with you
Our team executes alongside yours. We are operations who have done it before.
Hands-on execution
Work with embedded operators who help execute product, design, go-to-market, and fundraising tasks. They act as fractional cofounders who share accountability for your success.
Instant distribution
Gain access to our network of community users for early adoption, fast feedback loops and first integration opportunities.
The swarm effect
Collaborate with other builders and accelerate faster together, leveraging cross-ownership, shared playbooks and co-distribution strategies.
Welcome to the Swarm
We connect founders, ventures, and contributors in a living ecosystem where everyone benefits from shared work and shared success. This is how collaboration works at scale.
Cross Ownership
Every founder contributes a small portion of their venture’s equity or tokens to RnD Ventures. In return, you gain tokens, allowing you to govern RnD Ventures and it's portfolio of projects.
Shared Playbooks
Our teams continuously document what works, from fundraising templates to product launch systems. Every new founder inherits proven frameworks, saving months of trial and error.
Co-Distribution
Ventures share audiences, distribution channels, and early adopters. That means co-marketing campaigns, joint pilots, and integrations that multiply traction for everyone.
Community Support
Founders in a Swarm aren’t isolated. They have direct access to peers, coaches, and cross-venture relationships that lighten the load and reduce the mental health strain typical in startups.
Joining with your venture
Join our Discord
Introduce yourself and your project in our #introductions channel so our team can set up an interview.
Speak with the RnD Ventures Team
We make sure we're aligned, answer questions you may have, and explore opportunities for collaboration.
Apply with your venture
Share your pitchdeck, information about your team, and anything else you want us to know. Our team will schedule additonal calls if your idea is a fit.
Sign our agreement
We work with you to find terms that offer the best alignment. Then we're ready to take off!
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How we work with ventures
Learn how the best ventures are scaling with collaborative models.
How RnD Ventures Works With Startups - 2025
Is this right for you?
We're selective. Not every venture belongs here.
CollabTech focus required
Your product is on productivity, collaboration and the future of work.
Collaborative mindset essential
You give credit where it's due. You share resources. You share growth.
Early stage preferred
You are pre-launch or early traction. We build with you from here.
Driven and focused energy
You're ready to work hard and focus your attention with our team.
FAQs
Questions about how we work and what we're looking for.
Collaboration Technology (CollabTech) are tools that improve how people coordinate, learn, and make decisions together.
Some examples:
- ERPs and CRMs
- Decision-making tools for distributed teams
- Workflow automation
- AI copilots for collaboration
- Incorporation and contracting
You do. Founders keep control of their ventures. RnD Ventures takes a minor, aligned stake for the operational support it provides - usually in the form of a SAFE and Token Warrant.
Every founder contributes a portion of their venture’s tokens or equity to the RnD Ventures pool. In return, once you prove yourself, you receive tokens in RnD Ventures, which govern the pool of all ventures in the RnD Ventures portfolio and RnD Ventures itself.
→ You give: a small shared stake.
→ You get: tokens in a growing product ecosystem.
This aligns everyone — It's an elite club that makes everyone stronger.
We leverage our network to give every founder on demand access to experienced designers, engineers, and growth specialists without hiring full-time teams too early. When you're ready to hire, RnD Ventures can use it's channels to quickly find you values-aligned talent.
Each project has clear agreements outlining IP rights to protect all contributors and partners. Multiple of our projects are open source and we publish publicly a significant amount of research. Each case is decided strategically.
Still have questions?
Ready to build with us?
Apply now and let's build something that matters together.
