I recently led a Lunch and Learn for 37 Angels on “How to Invest in Y Combinator Companies at Demo Day and Before”. Thanks to Angela Lee and Gabriel Mejia of 37 Angels for hosting, and my Partners Jason Freedman, Dave Yen, and Ryan Bednar for sharing their deep experience with Y Combinator....
[Continue Reading]Our Y Combinator Investments from the Current Batch
We’ve announced three new Orange Collective portfolio companies from the most recent P26 Y Combinator batch: Sazabi, Akkari, and Superset. Sazabi is one of the fastest-growing companies in the current YC batch. They’re rethinking observability for the AI era, replacing traditional dashboards with AI that can identify issues across a company’s systems and increasingly take...
[Continue Reading]An Insiders Documentary of Y Combinator
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]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]Launching Orange Collective: Exclusively Investing in Y Combinator Companies
I’m happy to share that I’ve joined the team building Orange Collective! Orange Collective exclusively invests in Y Combinator companies. Our team (Jason Freedman, Ryan Bednar, Dave Yen, Tara Perillo, David Teten) have founded 8 companies which participated in 5 graduating Y Combinator batches spanning from 2009 to 2017. The team has also collectively angel...
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