Orion Parrott
InvestorFounderFounding General Partner at Orange DAO · Founder/Founding CEO at Lendsnap
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedLendsnap · YC
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About
Orion Parrott is CEO at OpenFPGA, Founding General Partner at Orange DAO, and Venture Partner at Taisu Ventures.
Founder/Founding CEO at LendsnapYC S16
Intro paths
YC
Orion went through Y Combinator (Summer 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Co-founders at Lendsnap
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Mike RomanoFounder/| Vice President of Business Development
Experience
- OpenFPGA.aiFoundercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Orange DAOFounding General Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Shared Estates FundFounding General Partnercurrent2019 — presentLenox, MA
- Intelligence Cubed i³Investor & Advisorcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Mutual Fintech (P2P Lending)Advisorcurrent2019 — presentSão Paulo Area, Brazil
- Triangle AcceleratorMentor2024 — 2025Singapore, Singapore
- stealth VR startupChief Technology Officer2019 — 2021San Francisco, California, United States
- YektaSonics Inc.Business Development Advisor2019 — 2020Berkeley, CA
- LendsnapFounding CEO2014 — 2019Berkeley CA
- Teledyne Microwave Solutions (TMS)Product Line Manager, Airborne TWTs2013Rancho Cordova, CA
- Teledyne Microwave Solutions (TMS)Program Manager2011 — 2013Rancho Cordova, CA
- Frontier WindControls Engineer2008 — 2011
- RaytheonSenior Systems Engineer II2008Beale AFB, CA
- RaytheonSenior Systems Engineer2002 — 2008
- New England Vegetable Oil CoopFounder2004 — 2005Greater Boston Area
Skills & more
Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)Verification and Validation (V&V)Multi-agent SystemsHardware Bring-upPublic Relations11Business Development11Investment Funds2Investor Relations2InvestingExecutive ManagementClient RelationsNew Business Opportunities
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P&L ManagementComplex SystemsDigital AssetsWealth Management ServicesBusiness LeadershipBusiness AcumenArtificial Intelligence (AI)CryptocurrencyGenerative AICryptoFFIECCommunicationLanguages Japanese
- Duolingo
- Introduction to Unity Development — Universe
- OpenCV for Python Developers — LinkedIn
- Machine Learning — Coursera
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Colleagues at Orange DAO
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Orion Parrott?
- Orion Parrott is CEO at OpenFPGA, Founding General Partner at Orange DAO, and Venture Partner at Taisu Ventures.
- Where does Orion Parrott work?
- Orion Parrott is Founder/Founding CEO of Lendsnap and Founding General Partner at Orange DAO.
- What companies did Orion Parrott found?
- Orion Parrott founded Lendsnap.
- Where did Orion Parrott go to school?
- Orion Parrott studied at Y Combinator (Summer 16 Batch); University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)); Northeastern University (Master of Science, Communications and Signal Processing).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Raytheon85
Mark T. EsperChairman, National Security Practice & Director at Red Cell IncubationDan KultranCo-Founder & CEO, Claros at Red Cell IncubationJosh CondousIT & Security Manager at AirTree VenturesJonathan LimPartner at SignalFireJJ MoiDesign Partner at Prime Movers LabAnne WooInvestor at Sand Hill Angels
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