Orange Collective
San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2022
Orange Collective is an AI-native YC alumni venture capital fund that backs Y Combinator founders building the next AI stack, from infrastructure and developer tools to agentic coding and vertical AI applications.
36% of their portfolio is in AI. Their most common stage is seed (76% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.0M (across 23 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
22
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
DY
Dave Yen
General Partner and co-founder
JF
Jason Freedman
General Partner
DT
David Teten
Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
25 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ocular AI | Unknown | $2M | Oct 2026 |
 Sazabi | Seed | $8M | Jun 2026 |
 Didit | Seed | $6M | May 2026 |
 Didit | Seed | $7.5M | May 2026 |
| Didit | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Beglaubigt.de | Seed | $3.3M | Jan 2026 |
 Bolna | Seed | $6.3M | Jan 2026 |
 Apollo | Seed | $31M | Jan 2026 |
 Mastra | Seed | $13M | Aug 2025 |
 Venta | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jul 2025 |
 Henry | Seed | $4.3M | Feb 2025 |
 Overlap | Seed | — | Feb 2025 |
| Venta | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2025 |
 Venta AI | Unknown | $2M | Jan 2025 |
 Trueclaim | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | Jan 2024 |
| Ocular AI | Pre-Seed | $500K | Jan 2024 |
 Airweave | Seed | $6M | — |
 Leaping AI | Seed | $4.7M | — |
 Apollo Atomics, Inc. | Seed | $26M | — |
 Luel | Seed | $31.2M | — |
 Overlap | Seed | — | — |
 Leaping | Seed | $4.7M | — |
 Apollo | Seed | $31M | — |
 OpenLaw | Seed | $3.5M | — |
 OpenLaw | Seed | $3.5M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator23 shared
Pioneer Fund11 shared
Gaingels5 shared
Alumni Ventures5 shared
Gradient Ventures4 shared
Founders Future3 shared
Rebel Fund3 shared
Phosphor Capital3 shared
Robinhood Ventures3 shared
New Era Capital Partners3 shared
E14 Fund3 shared
Duke Capital Partners3 shared
Stanford University3 shared
Moonfire Ventures3 shared
Transpose3 shared
Ritual Capital2 shared
Nexus Venture Partners2 shared
Transpose Platform2 shared
General Catalyst2 shared
Everywhere Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026