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The Community Fund
Community Fund is an SEC-registered investment adviser since 2022. It manages approximately $768 million in regulatory assets. The firm has 6 employees and 3...
The Community Fund
Community Fund is an SEC-registered investment adviser since 2022. It manages approximately $768 million in regulatory assets. The firm has 6 employees and 3 investment advisers.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2018
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
New York
Corporate office
New York, NY, United States
Principals
Jesse Middleton
General Partner
Lolita Taub
General Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How does The Community Fund source its investments?
The firm's LP base is composed of active operators — founders, executives, and domain experts — who contribute deal flow, diligence, and portfolio support. This community-driven model widens the top of the sourcing funnel and gives the firm visibility into companies and talent pools that might otherwise fall outside traditional venture networks.
Is The Community Fund a traditional venture firm?
It operates as a venture capital firm but with a structural twist: the LP community actively participates in sourcing and evaluating deals. This blurs the line between limited partners and a scout network, making the firm's operations more distributed than a typical seed fund.
What check size does The Community Fund typically write?
The firm targets pre-seed and seed rounds, writing initial checks that are likely consistent with the first institutional capital in those rounds. Exact check sizes are not publicly standardized, but the stage focus implies deployment sized to lead or co-lead rounds under $2 million.
Which sectors does The Community Fund prioritize?
Confirmed focus areas include enterprise software, fintech, future of work, and digital health. The firm has also backed companies at the intersection of AI and workforce analytics, reflecting a thesis around technology that changes how people work and access services.
Who makes the final investment decision?
General Partners Jesse Middleton and Lolita Taub lead the firm's investment committee. While the operator community contributes deal flow and diligence input, ultimate approval and check-writing authority sits with the GPs.
Does The Community Fund lead rounds or primarily co-invest?
The firm often co-invests alongside other seed-stage managers such as Precursor Ventures and Backstage Capital, but it has also been known to lead pre-seed and seed rounds when the opportunity aligns with community expertise. The structure favors co-investment whereby the operator network can add value but the firm is not exclusively a follower in syndicates.
How does the firm's operator community actually engage with portfolio companies?
Operator-LPs participate in deal sourcing, diligence calls, and post-investment support — including introductions to customers, hiring, and strategic advice. This engagement is part of the fund's design, with the expectation that LPs who bring capital also bring operating expertise relevant to the companies the fund backs.
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