Shared Future Fund

Rapid funding for climate change solutions.

[Craig Shapiro ⚽️ @cshapiro]

I’m proud to announce that Washington Capitals forward, Tom Wilson, has invested in Collaborative Fund.

Our team spends a lot of time thinking about the companies we back, but we’re also deliberate about who backs us. In the same way a successful startup can be choosy about what checks to accept, we think our limited partners say as much about us, and what we care about, as our investments do. The source of capital matters.

One of the things I am most proud of is the eclectic group of backers we’ve attracted over the years – including the likes of Nicholas Negroponte, Chad Hurley, Pharrell Williams, Shepard Fairey, and even Sesame Street. Technologists, entrepreneurs, artists, and people who see the world differently. I look at that group and feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude that they’ve trusted us.

Today, I’m excited to officially welcome Tom as an investor in our fund.

If you didn’t grow up going to Caps games with your dad like I did, allow me a brief primer on why for 13 brilliant seasons I’ve been watching Tom establish himself as one of the best hockey players in the world.

Tom came into the league at age 19 as a first-round pick who mostly hit people, a job he was extremely good at. Plenty of players make a fine career out of it. Instead, somewhere in his twenties, he decided to become a different kind of player, so he put in the work and brought back the receipts: back-to-back 30-goal seasons, a Stanley Cup in 2018, and a spot on the top line of the 2026 Canadian Olympic team.

Our industry likes to write lists about what founders should be: relentless, coachable, obsessed. The lists aren't wrong, they're just not that useful, because no one has ever become relentless by reading about it. You learn it by doing it.

Tom is doing it. He is the definition of grit, hardwork, and resilience. Those are qualities I value in entrepreneurs and in anyone I want to build something with.

Tom is already a fan and customer of several of our portfolio companies. I’m excited to build on that connection as we continue backing companies pushing the world forward, especially in sports, health, and wellness (and dogs!).

Let’s go, #43!

[Years Progress @year_progress]

2026 is 81% complete.

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

21 years ago I named "Reddit" and everyone said it was a horrible name, but I insisted one day people would say "I read it on reddit" and used my CEO-privilege to overrule everyone + kept the name. Now the company twitter account (unbeknownst to them) is making the joke. Heh.

[Craig Shapiro ⚽️ @cshapiro]

John spoke at a Collab Fund summit.

This quote from him is such a good articulation of our worldview.

"Business is good because it creates value, it is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange, it is noble because it can elevate our existence and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity."

[80s on the Brain @80sOnTheBrain]

Happy Back to the Future Day to all that celebrate!

[Black Hole @konstructivizm]

NASA just shared this insane new shot of the Grand Canyon from space 💥

From orbit, the Grand Canyon still looks immense—a vast, winding scar sliced into the Colorado Plateau by the Colorado River over roughly 5–6 million years. Stretching 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep, its layered walls and dramatic depth remain unmistakable even from hundreds of miles above Earth.

Yet the view is also a quiet reminder of scale: what feels monumental to us on the ground shrinks into a single, striking detail when seen against the full curve of the planet.

[Craig Shapiro ⚽️ @cshapiro]

Collab Fund: proud investors since June 2023 -- before any of this existed.

Congrats Kyle and the @MarathonFusion team. Just getting started. 🚀

[Craig Shapiro ⚽️ @cshapiro]

Hard not to feel hopeful reading this one.

The Allen Institute is using AI to design DNA that delivers treatments directly to the brain cells most vulnerable to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Everything open-sourced. Arc Institute is doing great work here too.

These are awful diseases that touch nearly every family (mine included). Grateful for people spending their careers on this. 👏 @Googleorg @AllenInstitute

[Harley Finkelstein @harleyf]

Pedigree is overrated. Grit isn't.

Bloomberg on who he'd hire: "the person whose father never was there, whose mother was in a drug treatment program. And he had to go and work three shifts at McDonald's to take care of his siblings."

"No matter how bad things are — looks on the bright side, takes the bull by the horns, puts in the sweat capital. That's where the results are."

[nature @Nature]

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”

More to follow.

[Sesame Street @sesamestreet]

To teach is to change a life forever! ❤️ To our teachers, thank you for everything you do to help us grow smarter, stronger, and kinder. #WorldTeachersDay

[Craig Shapiro ⚽️ @cshapiro]

Mad respect.

Since 1999, the Skoll Foundation has invested ~$500 million to support over 100 entrepreneurs pushing the word forward.

[Craig Shapiro ⚽️ @cshapiro]

Liam Fedus (ex-OpenAI) says real scientific progress needs the physical world, not just more inference:

“The data simply just doesn’t exist…you have to build new knowledge.”

His new company (Periodic Labs) builds artificial intelligence scientists coupled with autonomous robotic laboratories to accelerate discovery in the physical sciences like physics and chemistry.

[Craig Shapiro ⚽️ @cshapiro]

In 1997, Apple released the “Here’s to the crazy ones” ad.

It was classic Steve Jobs. Didn’t sell specs or pricing to customers. It was a philosophy that attracted a certain community.

Bandit Running is using similar playbook in 2026. Its ads aren’t asking runners to buy gear, but join something.

[WHOOP @WHOOP]

True wealth goes far beyond your bank account.

On the WHOOP Podcast, @willahmed sits down with NYT bestselling author @SahilBloom to unpack what it means to build a truly wealthy life — one rooted in health, relationships, time, purpose, and financial freedom.

His message: focus on the fundamentals, invest in the relationships that matter, and don’t optimize your life so much that you forget to enjoy it.

Listen to the full episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.

[Craig Shapiro ⚽️ @cshapiro]

The most powerful word in the world is "yes".

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

On this day in 2008: first Android phone released.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

I’m glad to see more people talking about the future of AI, both within the tech industry and outside of it. https://t.co/N0feP3XRGc

[Quaise Energy @QuaiseEnergy]

Our team has been selected by the U.S. Department of @Energy for up to $25 million in funding under the Next-Generation Geothermal Field Tests and Geothermal Resource Characterization and Confirmation funding opportunity.

Read the full press release below for more.