# Company ## FAQ ### What's the status of your company? We are an American based C corp registered in Delaware. We also have created other separate entities to act as [Fiscal Hosts](/help/fiscal-hosts/fiscal-hosts.md), * [Open Source Collective 501c6](https://opencollective.com/opensource) for open source projects around the world. ### Where are you based? Our team works remotely around the world. Learn more about who works for Open Collective on our [Team page](/help/about/team.md). ### 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. [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 [multiple Open Collectives](https://opencollective.com/opencollective) ourselves. You can also see the [Collective for the Open Source Collective](https://opencollective.com/opensource). ### 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? [Contact us ](https://opencollective.com/contact)or join our [Discord](https://discord.opencollective.com). --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.opencollective.com/help/about/company.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.