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David Teten, Partner, Orange Collective; Chairman, Investors for a Better America and Action Tank
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David Teten is a Partner with Orange Collective, a fund backed by 150+ Y Combinator alumni investing in the next generation of YC founders. Orange Collective’s initial fund (vintage 2023-24) has a 1.9x MOIC. David is Chair of Investors for a Better America, a nonpartisan group; Action Tank, which uses AI to empower advocacy groups and other nonprofits to better accomplish their mission; AltsTech, a community of investors in alternatives using AI, technology and analytics to generate alpha; and Founders’ Next Move, for tech founders exploring new ideas. David was formerly a Partner with Coolwater Capital, a seeder of emerging VC funds; Managing Partner with HOF Capital (now $10b AUM); Partner with ff Venture Capital (now $300m AUM); and Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY. David has previously advised such institutional investors as Activate Venture Partners, Birch Hill Equity Partners, Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Icahn Enterprises, LLR Partners, Real Ventures, Right Side Capital, Tiferes.vc, Transform Investment Group, and Orascom TMT Investments (Sawiris family office). He started his career as a strategy consultant, Bear Stearns investment banker, and serial founder with two cash exits as CEO. While in college, he built an outsourced software development firm which he built to 35 clients.
Orange Collective Overview
OrangeCollective.vc invests exclusively in AI companies from Y Combinator, the world’s leading tech accelerator. The median multiple of dedicated YC investors is 5x; top decile is 16x. Our Fund 0 (vintage 2023-24) has a 1.9x TVPI. Unusually, Y Combinator itself has invested in our fund I, i.e., they’re paying us to invest in YC’s own companies before graduation. Our $10m anchor investor is Blue Opal, a fund of funds and close partner of Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund. Our LPs evaluate each YC batch and help us gain access to the best companies. Every time we invest, we share our investment memo with all LPs, making it easy for LPs to co-invest directly at no cost.
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