Alan Huet of Fundora, a friend of Orange Collective, wanted to see Y Combinator from the inside…and share it with the people of France. The result: he made a 90-minute insiders documentary (in English and French). The team spent 4 full days visiting YC founder offices and hacker houses. Going to pre-demo day practice sessions....
[Continue Reading]🇫🇷 Y Combinator and France
My father Jean Teten was native Parisian, so I remain a Francophile. My Partner Jason Freedman just spent a week in Paris, hosted by Fundora. He talked to 100+ French founders and 100+ French investors. In his words, here’s what he learned: “#1 French entrepreneurs are dialed in. Especially in AI. I offered for any French founder to...
[Continue Reading]🇯🇵Japanese private equity fund tech stack: Growth Partners Co
We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Noriatsu Furukawa, Founder & CEO of Growth Partners Co., Ltd. We met via Coolwater Capital, where I was formerly a Partner. David Teten: Please share an overview of your...
[Continue Reading]Mastra – prototype and productionize AI features
Mastra was our first investment out of Orange Collective Fund I, back in early 2025. And we’re very fortunate, because they are doing exceptionally well. Our first investment is a top candidate for a fund returner. Mastra is the TypeScript Agent Framework. It’s built by the team that brought you Gatsby, and allows you to prototype...
[Continue Reading]Search Funds and AI: Aone Partners Tech Stack Profile
We’re happy to share the latest in AltsTech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. We’re fortunate to interview Gelila Bekele, Founder of Aone Partners. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm. Aone Partners is a search fund partnership backed by 14 enterprise software CEOs,...
[Continue Reading]STG acquires Movable Ink
Kudos to ffVC portfolio company Movable Ink and CEO Vivek Sharma! STG, a software-focused private equity firm, has announced they’re acquiring Movable Ink. My old firm, ffVC, invested when Movable Ink was a seed-stage company. Movable Ink has grown to 600 employees, and won more than 100 new enterprise customers in the last year across...
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