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The world is undergoing the most significant geopolitical realignment of our generation, presenting complex challenges and opportunities to uplift communities & build wealth. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Washington, DC, CollaborateUp advises philanthropic, private, and public capital for investments in Africa and the Americas in next-generation industries including critical minerals, critical supply chains, energy, food and agriculture, digital and industrial infrastructure, logistics, real estate, technology and tourism.

What We Do

We accelerate collaboration and financing for companies, nonprofits, and governments when they tackle the world’s toughest challenges.

Our team offers clients a strategic advantage by leveraging our skills, experience, and relationships at the highest levels of national governments, multilateral organizations, corporations, and philanthropic organizations. We have helped organizations in over 40 countries structure outcome-oriented programs and investments that amplify impact and deliver results by raising blended capital and stewarding strategic partnerships.

Strategic Advisory Services

CollaborateUp helps clients drive collective impact through multistakeholder engagement, strategic facilitation, and backbone support. We align partners around shared goals and provide training and development to build capacity and sustain progress.

Blended Finance Advisory Services

CollaborateUp advises on blended finance solutions across philanthropic, public, and private capital to raise funding for companies in critical industries across Africa and the Americas, including minerals, energy, agriculture, infrastructure, and technology.

CollaborateUp is an innovative, international consulting firm and a small business. We accelerate collaboration and financing for companies, nonprofits, and governments when they tackle the world’s toughest challenges.

CollaborateUp’s expert guidance of the co-creation process played a critical role in aligning a diverse set of stakeholders under a shared vision and approach. Their toolkit was instrumental in developing fresh, outside-the-box ideas for a critical new USAID work area.

John Harris, USAID/Ukraine Mission

Academy Participant

Extremely practical and extremely easy to implement once you have an understanding of the steps and the formula and the requirements of the process.

– CollaborateUp Academy Participant

Doreen Robinson

CollaborateUp’s expertise in co-creation and facilitation made a significant contribution to our ability to design a collective impact program spanning multiple countries, implementing partners, and stakeholders.”

Doreen Robinson, UNEP Chief for Wildlife (formerly USAID/Southern African Mission)

Cate O'Kane

“I soon discovered that it doesn’t really matter whether your introduction to CollaborateUp is through an issue solving workshop, or at an event as Richard brings all the chaos together with his savvy charm and good humour – the most important thing is that you get to engage and work with these great folks! My biggest take out over the past five years of being a part of their world – collaboration is a process and you’re not going to get very far unless you know what problem you’re all trying to solve together. The CollaborateUp framework helps by asking simple questions to help reveal the big answers.”

Cate O’Kane, Founder, &co partnership consultancy

“The CollaborateUp Workshop gave our delegates a set of tools they can use immediately to collaborate more effectively across multiple departments and organizations.”

Erika Lopez, Global Impact

Academy Participant #2

“The course was great! Great value and great insights into collaborating with various partners in multiple situations. It really change my thought process and how I view situations with our clients and stakeholders.”

CollaborateUp Academy Participant

Academy Participant #3

“The course actually aids with more than just collaboration – it helps drive thinking into issue clarification, meeting handling and setting up, communicating with stakeholders. I loved it!”

CollaborateUp Academy Participant

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