# Orange Collective

> Orange Collective is an independent San Francisco venture fund built by Y Combinator alumni to back YC founders, with a sharpened focus on AI infrastructure and applied AI. It combines pooled capital, a network of more than 150 alumni venture partners, member voting, internal software and public investment memos to find young companies early and help them after Demo Day.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Dave Yen (Co-Founder and General Partner), Ryan Bednar (Co-Founder and General Partner)
- **Team size:** 41 people listed in supplied company data; the wider investing network includes 150+ YC alumni venture partners.
- **Products:** OC Fund I, LP direct investing, Orange Collective Console, Investment memos, Daily Digest
- **Notable:** Built a network of more than 150 YC alumni venture partners., Invested in 116 YC companies from Winter 2023 through the portfolio count published in 2026., Launched publicly with 14 investments from YC's Winter 2023 batch.

## Products & services

- **OC Fund I** — A venture fund for accredited investors that invests in early-stage YC companies, currently centered on AI infrastructure and applied AI.
- **LP direct investing** — Opportunities for eligible limited partners to invest directly alongside the fund in selected portfolio companies.
- **Orange Collective Console** — A members-only platform for browsing companies, reviewing pitches, submitting votes, tracking the portfolio and collaborating.
- **Investment memos** — Public, research-heavy explanations of why the firm backed selected portfolio companies and what it is watching next.
- **Daily Digest** — A software-assisted briefing that helps members monitor and assess companies appearing in YC batches.

## Achievements

- Built a network of more than 150 YC alumni venture partners.
- Invested in 116 YC companies from Winter 2023 through the portfolio count published in 2026.
- Launched publicly with 14 investments from YC's Winter 2023 batch.
- Built a portfolio spanning AI agent frameworks, browser agents, developer infrastructure, vertical AI, identity, insurance and space-based compute.
- Reached an oversubscribed final close for OC Fund I, according to its portfolio page.
- Developed a public library of detailed investment memos alongside its private member platform.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — The firm published an investment memo on Akkari, an autonomous customer-operations company.
- **2026-07** — Orange Collective published its Exosat memo, extending its AI-infrastructure thesis into sovereign satellite connectivity.
- **2026-06** — The firm published memos on Apollo Atomics and Starcloud as its thesis broadened into the physical power and compute stack for AI.
- **2026-06** — Its portfolio page reported 116 investments in YC companies since Winter 2023.
- **2025-03** — An amended Form D for OC Fund I listed a $59 million offering and $4.42 million sold at the filing date.

## Links

- Website: https://orangecollective.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orange-collective-vc

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Last updated: 2026-08-16