About

Designer Fund Collective is a community of leaders who help startups improve the world through good design. This is a private community for designers, founders, and angels from the Designer Fund portfolio, programs, and select design-centric companies. We meet in-person and virtually to share advice, referrals, investments and job opportunities with each other. We aim to demystify what it takes for founders and designers to produce exceptionally designed products, brands, teams, cultures and businesses.

Membership benefits

• Access to our private Slack workspace and member directory
• Curated how-to resources on using design to help your company succeed
• Invites to private virtual and in-person events
• Member-only talks and Q&As with design leaders and founders
• Angel investing, advising, and freelance opportunities
• Talent referrals and posting on Designer Fund’s job board
• …and more! 🎁

📍 Designer Fund Collective is currently invite-only.

Membership requirements

1. Be a design leader, founder and/or angel who values design. Priority is given to leaders from Designer Fund portfolio companies, programs, workshops and select design-centric companies.
2. Connect and participate. To build a valuable community where everyone can benefit, we ask members to engage on a monthly basis in a variety of ways ranging from answering questions on Slack to contributing to how-to resources to attending events.
3. Contribute membership dues in the future. We’re exploring a nominal membership subscription that can be expensed as professional development by your company to help manage the community sustainably.

Community benefits

Connect Access our private Slack workspace and member directory to meet fellow designers, founders and angels that will help you and your company grow.

Gather Get invites to private in-person and virtual events featuring talks and Q&As with design leaders and founders.