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.
Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Their most common stage is seed (80% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.5M (across 13 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
14
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
5
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
15 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sazabi | Seed | $8M | Jun 2026 |
 Didit | Seed | $6M | May 2026 |
| DDidit | Seed | $7.5M | May 2026 |
| Didit | Seed | $7.5M | Jan 2026 |
 Beglaubigt.de | Seed | $3.3M | Jan 2026 |
 Overlap | Seed | — | Feb 2025 |
 Venta | Pre-Seed | $2M | Jan 2025 |
 Venta AI | Unknown | $2M | Jan 2025 |
 TrueClaim | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | Jan 2024 |
 airweave | Seed | $6M | — |
 Leaping AI | Seed | $4.7M | — |
 Apollo Atomics | Seed | $26M | — |
 Luel | Seed | $31.2M | — |
 Overlap | Seed | — | — |
 Leaping | Seed | $4.7M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator15 shared
Pioneer Fund8 shared
Founders Future3 shared
Rebel Fund3 shared
Phosphor Capital3 shared
Ritual Capital2 shared
Nexus Venture Partners2 shared
Gaingels2 shared
Gradient Ventures2 shared
Lux Capital1 shared
Alphabet Inc.1 shared
Explorer Investments1 shared
Kaya VC1 shared
Liquidity Capital1 shared
J2 Ventures1 shared
Village Global1 shared
Robinhood Ventures1 shared
New Era Capital Partners1 shared
Alumni Ventures1 shared
E14 Fund1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026