Orange Fund V

Y Combinator is the Harvard of startup accelerators, often the top choice for the most promising startups, with an acceptance rate under 3%. The combined valuation of all startups is over $80 billion. Alumni include AirBnB, DropBox, Stripe, Twitch, Coinbase, Cruise, Heroku, Zenefits, & Reddit.

We're YC alumni that invest in early-stage founders that deserve to be accepted to Y Combinator. When we meet promising founders that are not yet ready for YC, we'll put our money and experience on the line, and help get them to the next step. We want to "pay it forward" to the next generation.

If a good investment opportunity arises, we may also periodically invest in select YC graduates at Demo Day.

We're unofficial. We have no special or inside access to YC.

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Co-founder at Next Caller, investor, & YC alum. Seed invested in unicorns like Flexport, Checkr, Mighty, Zenefits, Apptimize, Ginkgo Bioworks, and more.

Cofounder & CEO of Hipmunk (YC S10) - raised over $50 million in venture capital before acquisition. Graduated MIT with degrees in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering.

Co-founder and CEO of Disqus (YC S07). Grew to over $20 million of revenues and 75+ employees before acquisition.

Co-founder and CEO of FutureAdvisor (YC S10). Future Advisor was acquired by BlackRock for $150 million. Opened first IRA at age 7.

CEO and Cofounder of Wefunder (YC W13). General Partner of Wefunder Advisors. MBA from Babson. Holds Series 65. Alumni of Y Combinator (W13) and Techstars.

Founder, CEO at Equidate. Founding Partner at S2 Capital. Investor at Zenefits, Coin, 20+ others. Formerly: Zynga, Hiptype, Chartboost, Google, Carnegie Mellon, MIT Media Lab.

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