Announcing Cobalt Collective
And a Welcome to Clark McKown, Founding Executive Director
We help builders, funders, and the public use evidence to create solutions that improve real-world outcomes.
We connect builders in learning, health, and work with expertise and funding to strengthen how they measure and improve impact. We share insights, tools, and methods that advance the broader field.
Determine the most impactful evidence to collect, given your product stage.
Catalytic capital to fund research on achieving outcomes, not just growth metrics.
A network of builders, researchers, and funders who believe in impact.
Reach Capital has invested in industry-defining companies like Desmos, Lovevery, and Stepful. Through that work, a pattern emerged: the most impactful startups pair commercial ambition with scientific rigor.
Cobalt Collective was formed to take those learnings further — as an independent nonprofit dedicated to helping more founders build what actually works, and to share insights with the field.
