Colab (startup studio)

Short description: LA based Venture Studio

Colab (Company Laboratory, LLC) was started by cofounders, Jon Bradford and Michael "Squid" Buchanan after moving from Bloomington, Indiana where they met while at Indiana University, to Los Angeles, California in 2013. They based their business model on their experience as Entrepreneurs in Residence while participating in Start Engine, an LA based Startup accelerator.

Colab is a "Venture Studio". Colab takes a founder-first approach to the companies it accepts into its venture program, helping startups bring ideas, resources, and expertise together to create companies that solve problems. Since its start, Colab has founded, advised, and/or invested in over 100 startups. Companies within Colab's portfolio together have raised more than $300m in venture capital, and seen eight exits across its portfolio, with notable acquirers including Google.[1] and Viacom[2]; and most recently, Colab portfolio company, Charge Enterprises was uplisted to Nasdaq in April 2022[3]

Jon Bradford is listed as one of "Los Angeles's top 101 Founders in the the Information Technology Space" by BestStarup US[4] and Colab is ranked amongst "The Top 10 Venture Studios for 2023" by Nine Two Three[5].

Colab is also an early investor in Community.com[6] among other notable companies.

## References

1. ↑ "Orbitera Joins the Google Cloud Platform Team." Google Cloud, 8 Aug. 2016, cloud.google.com/blog/products/gcp/orbitera-joins-the-google-cloud-platform-team. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.
2. ↑ Roettgers, Janko. "Viacom Has Acquired Pluto TV Streaming Service for $340 Million." Variety.Com, 22 Jan. 2019, variety.com/2019/digital/news/viacom-pluto-tv-acquisition-1203114773/. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.
3. ↑ "Charge Shares Uplisted to Begin Trading on Nasdaq." SeekingAlpha, 7 Apr. 2022, seekingalpha.com/news/3821607-charge-shares-uplisted-to-begin-trading-on-nasdaq. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.
4. ↑ Smith, Mark. "Meet Los Angeles’S 101 Top Founders in the Information Technology Space." Best Startups US, 2 Jun. 2022, beststartup.us/meet-los-angeless-101-top-founders-in-the-information-technology-space/. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.
5. ↑ "Top 10 Venture Studios for 2023." Nine Two Three, 17 Nov. 2022, www.ninetwothree.co/blog/top-10-venture-studios-for-2023. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.
6. ↑ "Seed Round - Community." Crunchbase, 15 Sept. 2015, www.crunchbase.com/funding_round/shimmur-seed--42672484. Accessed 27 Feb. 2023.

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