# Orange Collective: portfolio, investments and team > Orange Collective is a vc firm based in United States. 2 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/orange-collective (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Orange Collective Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 2 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $500K, Oct 2026 VC firm Seed Series A AI Infrastructure Applied AI Follow Orange Collective and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Forange-collective) Deploying now **100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record Since the last cheque **3** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$11M** Rounds led **0 of 2** Pitch Orange Collective ## Orange Collective highlights - 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > The AI-native YC alumni fund. Backing breakout YC founders building in AI infra and applied AI. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A - **Sectors:** AI Infrastructure Applied AI - **Based in:** San Francisco, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances** - **2026** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Sava](https://millionrounds.com/company/sava)** Seed · US · Pulse 2.0 **$10M** With 7 others - **Oct** **[Paradev](https://millionrounds.com/company/paradev)** Seed · US · Google News search **$12M** With 10 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **3 named** DY **Dave Yen** Managing Member of the Issuer's General Partner and Management Company i Filing they signed JF **Jason Freedman** Managing Member of the Issuer's General Partner and Management Company i Filing they signed RB **Ryan Bednar** Managing Member of the Issuer's General Partner and Management Company i Filing they signed We also hold **2** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. New fund on file **$500K** raised in Oct 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$11M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *2* - Series A said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 2 **Pitching Orange Collective?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Orange Collective. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Y Combinator** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) ## Recently backed The latest companies Orange Collective put money into. [**Sava** $10M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/sava) ## Quick answers about Orange Collective ### What does Orange Collective invest in? Orange Collective invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Infrastructure and Applied AI. ### How active is Orange Collective? 2 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Orange Collective invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Sava (Seed, Oct 2026) and Paradev (Seed, Oct 2026). ### How big are Orange Collective's cheques? The median round it joins is $11M. ### Is Orange Collective investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Orange Collective invest alongside? Most often Y Combinator (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Orange Collective? Orange Collective is a VC firm based in San Francisco, United States. ### Has Orange Collective raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Oct 2026, reporting $500K raised. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=orange-collective) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=orange-collective)