# Company ## FAQ ### What's the status of your company? We are a US based C corp registered in Delaware. We also have created other separate entities to act as [Fiscal Hosts](https://github.com/contraexemplo/documentation-mirror/tree/64a4ad619be01803dff529e94dd2a76f1f227e98/hosts/README.md), like the [Open Collective Foundation 501c3](https://opencollective.com/foundation), for charitable Open Collectives in the US and the [Open Source Collective 501c6](https://opencollective.com/opensource) for open source projects around the world. ### Where are you based? Our team is distributed between New York, Guadalajara, Paris, Brussels, Berlin, and Wellington. ### When did you start? [Xavier Damman](https://twitter.com/xdamman) created the company in May 2015 and raised a first round of $500k in October 2015 ([deck](https://www.dropbox.com/s/klwxkewuf9mnjy1/OpenCollective.pdf?dl=0)). [Pia Mancini](https://twitter.com/piamancini) and [Aseem Sood](https://twitter.com/aseemsood_) [joined as cofounders in January 2016](https://medium.com/open-collective/pia-mancini-and-aseem-sood-join-opencollective-as-cofounders-2d4549bd46fd) ([Aseem left the company in April 2018](https://medium.com/open-collective/team-update-19749b964e39)). [Pia became CEO in April 2018](https://medium.com/open-collective/my-new-role-at-open-collective-3bbad22f1715). ### Can I see your company budget? We run our company via [mutiple Open Collectives](https://opencollective.com/opencollectiveinc) ourselves. You can also see the [Collective for the Open Source Collective](https://opencollective.com/opensource). We still have some work to do to be even more transparent, and we hope to continue improving in this area. ### How much investment have you raised? We try to be very transparent about our own finances. We raised a total of $2,815,000 so far ($815k on convertible notes in 2015-2016, $2M Series Seed in June 2017). ### How do I get in touch with you? Email or join our [Slack](https://slack.opencollective.com/).