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Craig Wilson

Founder of The Crop Project

New York, New York

Overview 

Craig Wilson is the Executive Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at NYU Tandon School of Engineering, with a background in data analysis and entrepreneurship. He has founded Climate Collective and worked with various organizations such as Founder Collective and Collaborative Fund, focusing on investments in ClimateTech/CleanTech and Web3/Blockchain sectors. Wilson holds a Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College and an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. His career highlights include leading innovation initiatives at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and founding Climate Collective, demonstrating a strong commitment to technology and climate-related ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Partner

    2024 - Current

    Collaborative Fund backs entrepreneurs pushing the world forward

Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption.

  • Prize Advisor

    2025

    The David Prize is a celebration of New Yorkers with ideas for extraordinary change. 5 New Yorkers. $200,000 each. No strings attached

  • Visiting Professor

    2022 - 2025

    Teach J-Term Class on Climate & Technology

  • Executive Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

    2024 - 2024

    Institute for Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (IIIE), Urban Future Lab, Data Future Lab, Veterans Future Lab, NYC Media Lab, FLAX Venture Studio

  • Adjunct Professor

    2020 - 2024

    Department of Technology Management & Innovation

  • Manging Director of NYU Tandon Future Labs

    2014 - 2023

    The Future Labs are a public-private-academic partnership with New York City and State leveraging the economic engine of NYC and the resources of a world class engineering university Cofounder of Veterans Future Lab

  • Co-Founder & Advisor

    2019 - 2024

    The Crop Project is an agricultural processing and wholesale ingredient company devoted to bringing regenerative crops to the marketplace

The Crop Project is an agricultural processing and wholesale company that sells Atlantic kelp.

  • Venture Partner

    2021 - 2022

    Allegory is flexible capital that invests in digital climate innovation *Transitioned away to go on paternity leave

Allegory Labs is an investment company that invests and builds at the intersection of web3 and climate.

  • Founding CEO

    2021 - 2022

    The Climate Collective is an innovation network that supports companies building for maximum climate impact *Transitioned away to go on paternity leave

  • Associate

    2013 - 2014

    Founder Collective aims to build the most aligned VC fund for Founders at the seed stage

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses.

  • Investor

    2012 - 2013

    Collaborative Fund backs entrepreneurs pushing the world forward

Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption.

  • Founding Associate

    2009 - 2012

    Locus Analytics (now Syntax Data) is a software and asset-management company that has the most comprehensive, transparent, and accessible financial data in the world

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