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Orange Collective

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Danville · Pre-Seed–Series A · 20 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Orange Collective is an AI-native fund run by Y Combinator alumni that backs breakout YC founders. It concentrates on companies building AI infrastructure and applied AI across areas such as agent frameworks, AI billing and compliance, data and reinforcement-learning environments, developer tooling, and AI-driven vertical applications. The firm positions itself as a partner to founders around YC demo day and beyond.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Series A
HQ
Danville, CA, US
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2024
Last 12 months
5 investments
Tracked investments
45

Team · 20 people

from curated

23 people who came through Orange Collective went on to found or lead other companies.

+ 11 more

What they invest in

from 35 of 45 portfolio companies

Enterprise Software ×29AI & Machine Learning ×26SaaS ×16Developer Tools ×13Data & Infrastructure ×11Fintech ×8Cloud Computing ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×2

HQs:United States×26Austria×1Germany×1France×1United Kingdom×1India×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 24 portfolio companies
8%
solo founders
2 of 24 mapped founding teams
60%
repeat founders
of 47 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×22 founders×153 founders×64+ founders×1

Where their founders studiedfrom 47 founders with education data

Stanford University ×4Cornell ×3Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) ×2Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) ×2Harvard Law School ×2Imperial College London ×2Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 39 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×27Engineering ×6Business & Management ×4Economics ×3Humanities ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×3Physics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 47 founders with career history

Etsy ×4Facebook ×3Google ×3Apple ×2IBM ×2Insight Data Science ×2LinkedIn ×2Oracle ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×24

3 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 47 with degree data)

Investments · 45 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 32025 · 42024 · 310 dated

Airweaveairweave.aiin𝕏✓ verified

Airweave is a context retrieval layer that connects AI agents and RAG systems to apps, tools, and databases, enabling them to retrieve accurate, real-time information through a unified search interface.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Lennert Jansen(Founder)inRauf Akdemir(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorFCVCLux CapitalHomebrew468 CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners

Akkariakkari.io

Akkari automates customer operations for B2B SaaS companies, capturing signals from conversations and emails to surface commitments, blockers, and next steps, then executing follow-ups and closing loops.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Jeffrey Byun(CEO, Co-Founder)inHenry A. Lee(Founder)inMichael Moore(Founder)in

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator

Alexalexcodes.appin𝕏

Alex is an AI agent integrated into Xcode that automates code generation, debugging, and development tasks for iOS developers.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Daniel Edrisian(Founder)in

Co-investorsChapter OneDash VCInception Studio CapitalRitual CapitalY Combinator

Apollo Atomics, Inc.apolloatomics.comin𝕏

Apollo Atomics develops compact nuclear power systems designed for rapid deployment.

Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechDeep TechEnergyBoston, US

Assil Halimi(Founder)inDrew Walker(Co-Founder/COO)in

Co-investorsFifty YearsKima VenturesPerceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcScribble VenturesTranspose Platform ManagementValia Ventures+1 more

Ardenardentech.aiinFeb 2025 · $4.3M

Arden provides an end-to-end audit automation platform that collects evidence across systems and executes control tests for SOX compliance.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Aryaman Khanna(Co-founder)inDavid Lomelin(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsLink VenturesY Combinator1Sharpe VenturesCoalition OperatorsStoryHouseSusa Ventures

Autumnuseautumn.comin𝕏

Autumn provides usage tracking, gating, and billing infrastructure for software companies.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSLondon, GB

Ayush Rodrigues(Founder)inJohn Yeo(Founder)in

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator

Bolna AIbolna.aiin𝕏

Bolna provides a voice AI agent platform for building multilingual conversational agents in Indian languages and accents.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBengaluru, IN

Prateek Sachan(Founder)inMaitreya Wagh(Founder)in

Co-investorsGeneral CatalystTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator

Corgi Insurancecorgi.comin𝕏

Corgi is an AI-native, full-stack insurance platform that serves technology companies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Nico Laqua(Founder)inEmily Yuan(Founder)inNicolas Laqua(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAlexander Wortmann(Director)inOliver Jung(Director)

Co-investorsY CombinatorAlumni VenturesContraryFIRST ORDERGlade Brook Capital PartnersKindred Ventures+7 more

Cuacua.aiin𝕏

Cua provides open-source infrastructure and cloud sandboxes for AI agents to run on desktop operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS, Android).

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Francesco Bonacci(Founder, Product)inDillon DuPontin

Co-investorsY CombinatorScript Capital

Diditdidit.mein𝕏

Didit provides identity verification and KYC/KYB infrastructure for organizations worldwide, offering a programmable API with real-time fraud detection, deepfake protection, and support for 48+ languages.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

Alberto Rosas(Founder)inAlejandro Rosas(Founder)inDavid Paschkes(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsY CombinatorLobster CapitalRebel Fund

egoegoai.comin𝕏

EGO AI builds conversational AI and voice agents designed to create human-like interactions, with a focus on emotional resonance and user experience.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US

Vishnu Hari(Founder)inVishnu H(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator468 Capital

General Legalgeneral.legalin

General Legal is an AI-native law firm that handles commercial contract work using AI integrated into attorney workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech

Ryan Walker(Co-founder & CEO)inJ.P. Mohler(Founder)inJaved Qadruddin(Founder)in

Co-investorsAudaciousDepth VenturesHAWKTAILScribble VenturesY Combinator

Hamming AIhamming.aiin𝕏

Hamming provides quality assurance and monitoring software for voice agents, enabling teams to test voice applications before deployment and track performance in production across accuracy, safety, and compliance metrics.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US

Sumanyu Sharma(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsCoalition OperatorsMischiefTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAI GrantOlive Tree Capital+1 more

Henryhenry.aiin𝕏Feb 2025 · $4.3M

Henry provides AI-powered software for commercial real estate teams to automate property database management, underwriting models, and institutional pitch deck creation.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSNew York City, US

Sammy Greenwall(Founder, CEO)inAdam Pratt(Founder)in

Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesCoalition OperatorsY CombinatorStoryHouseSusa Ventures

Keettrykeet.comin𝕏

Keet is a personal learning platform that generates interactive courses on any topic using AI, featuring Duolingo-style lessons with videos, quizzes, and games structured around roadmaps.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Zack Ashen(Founder)inTommy Tsai(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Kobalt Labskobaltlabs.comin𝕏

Kobalt Labs provides software that analyzes third-party contracts and documentation against internal policies and external regulations to identify and track compliance risks for banks and fintech companies.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Kalyani Ramadurgam(Founder)inAshi Agrawal(Founder)inAshi A(Founder)

Co-investorsRoosh VenturesY Combinator

Leaping AIleapingai.comin𝕏

LeapingAI builds AI voice and text agents that automate inbound and outbound calls for enterprises, handling customer support, appointment setting, and lead qualification.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Kevin Wu(Founder)inArkadiy Telegin(Founder)in

Co-investorsRitual CapitalY CombinatorBasis Set VenturesNexus Venture Partners

Luelluel.aiin𝕏May 2026 · $31.2M

Luel develops proprietary technology for machine perception and AI system training across multiple modalities.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

William Namgyal(Founder)inInigo Lenderking(Founder)in

Co-investorsLightspeed Venture PartnersY CombinatorGeneral CatalystHuman Capital

Metorialmetorial.comin𝕏

Metorial provides a platform for enterprises to connect AI agents and employees to 1,000+ integrations and internal tools with built-in governance, access control, and security.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareVienna, AT

Karim (Wen) Rahme(Founder)inTobias Herber(Founder)in

Co-investorsValia VenturesY Combinator

Parahelpparahelp.comin𝕏

Parahelp builds an AI-powered customer support agent that can be configured to integrate with external tools and APIs to resolve support tickets autonomously.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Anker Ryhl(Founder)inMads Liechti(Founder)in

Co-investorsbyFoundersSkyfall VenturesY CombinatorAlt CapitalHanabi CapitalHidden Capital

PeerDBpeerdb.ioin𝕏Apr 2024 · $3.6Macquired by ClickHouse

PeerDB provides fast and cost-effective data replication from PostgreSQL to data warehouses including Snowflake, BigQuery, and ClickHouse, as well as to event queues like Kafka and EventHubs.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Sai Srirampur(Founder)inKaushik Iska(Founder)in

Co-investorsWayfinder VenturesY Combinator8VCRogue CapitalWebb Investment Network

Promptlesspromptless.aiin𝕏

Promptless automatically generates and suggests documentation updates when product changes occur, such as code PRs, Slack threads, or support tickets.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Prithvi Ramakrishnan(Founder)inFrances Liu(Founder)in

Co-investorsFundersClubY Combinator

Risottotryrisotto.cominJan 2026 · $10M

Risotto is an AI help desk platform for internal support across multiple departments (IT, HR, Finance, Legal, Security) that automates repetitive questions, routes tickets, and manages access control by integrating with knowledge bases and communication tools like Slack and Teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Aron Solberg(Founder)inAlex Confer(Founder)inChris Paul(Founder)in

Co-investors645 VenturesBonfire VenturesRitual CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementY Combinator

ROEgetroe.aiin𝕏

Roe provides fraud detection and risk management software that identifies emerging fraud patterns and coordinated activity across a portfolio of transactions, using typology analysis and real-time monitoring for financial institutions and payment platforms.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

Richard Meng(Founder)in

Co-investorsGradient VenturesY Combinator

s2.devs2.devin𝕏

S2.dev builds infrastructure services and tools for developers.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Shikhar Bhushan(Co-founder and CEO)inStephen Balogh(Co-founder and CTO)inDwarak Govind Parthiban(Co-founder)inMehul ArorainCristian Caciucin

Co-investorsTranspose Platform ManagementY CombinatorAccelResearch Corporation Technologies

Sazabisazabi.comin𝕏

Sazabi builds an observability platform that uses AI to help engineering teams understand and control production systems.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sherwood Callaway(Founder)inAbhi Aiyer

Co-investorsY CombinatorZypsy CapitalVillage Global

Sazabisazabi.aiin𝕏Jun 2026 · $8M

Sazabi builds an AI-driven observability platform that lets engineering teams understand and monitor production systems through a conversational, intelligent interface rather than traditional dashboards and alerts.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Sherwood Callaway(Founder)in

Co-investorsHawk Hill VenturesVillage GlobalY Combinator

Starcloudstarcloud.comin𝕏Dec 2024

Starcloud is a deep-tech company building large-scale data center infrastructure designed to operate in space.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechCloud ComputingDeep TechSemiconductorsSpace TechRedmond, US

Philip Johnston(Founder/CEO)inEzra Feilden(Founder)inAdi Oltean(Founder)in

Co-investorsDnx VenturesFUSEGround Up VenturesHarpoon VenturesImagination CapitalIntegra Groupe+22 more

TaxGPTtaxgpt.comin𝕏

TaxGPT provides tax information access and services to individual taxpayers and businesses.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechLegalTechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Kashif Ali(Co-founder and CEO)inIsabella Maceda-Ali(Founder)in

Co-investorsConvergeTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Y Combinator468 CapitaliSeed VenturesLAUNCH+3 more

TrueClaimtrytrueclaim.cominMay 2024 · $2.1M

TrueClaim provides a modern insurance platform designed to reduce administrative errors and claims processing failures.

HealthtechInsurTechSan Francisco, US

Barbora Howell(Founder)inBobby Bayer(Founder)in

Co-investorsHeadwater VenturesKAYAThe MBA FundY CombinatorRebel Fund

Unsiloed AIunsiloed.aiin𝕏

Unsiloed builds AI models that read and analyze document pages using attention-guided heatmaps to identify and extract structured data from tables, figures, and text regions.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Aman Mishra(Founder)inAdnan Abbas(Founder)in

Co-investorsY Combinator

Venta AIgetventa.aiin

Venta AI develops AI employees for B2B sales teams in Europe, focusing on customer identification and lead generation to replace inefficient outreach methods.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSales TechMunich, DE

Lucas Spreiter(Founder)inStefan Reuther(Founder)in

Co-investorsGradient VenturesY CombinatorGaingels

Vybevybe.buildin𝕏

Vybe builds AI coworkers and custom applications that automate repetitive operations tasks and integrate with existing team workflows through Slack and 3,000+ business integrations.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Quang Hoang(Cofounder/CEO)inFabien Devos(Cofounder/CTO)in

Co-investorsFjor FoundersHAWKTAILY CombinatorFirst Round CapitalPelion Ventures

Vybevybenetwork.com𝕏Dec 2025 · $10M

VYBE Network provides real-time on-chain data and portfolio tracking for Solana traders and developers, offering historical wallet data, trading signals, and intelligence on top traders through APIs and a web dashboard.

Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure

Arun Dass(Founder)in

Co-investorsLemniscapRyze LabsFirst Round CapitalPelion VenturesY Combinator

Vybevybecard.com𝕏Dec 2025 · $10MDefunct

Vybecard appears to be a payment or money-management product oriented toward teenagers, with content on how teens can get paid and manage money.

Fintech

Co-investorsVibe CapitalFirst Round CapitalPelion VenturesSerumTess VenturesY Combinator

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Browser UseCaseyHalluminateMagneticMastraMossOvershootSavaSuperset

Exits · 1

1 acquisitions

PeerDBacq. by ClickHouse

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Orange Collective made?
Orange Collective has 45 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 8 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Orange Collective invest at?
Orange Collective invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does Orange Collective focus on?
Orange Collective focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software.
Where is Orange Collective located?
Orange Collective is headquartered in Danville, US.
Who does Orange Collective co-invest with?
Orange Collective most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Transpose Platform Management, Ritual Capital, among 45 tracked co-investors.

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