# Orange Collective

> Orange Collective is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/orange-collective-vc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/orangecollectv
- Website: https://orangecollective.vc

Orange Collective is a VC fund in Sydney focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. YC Alumni Investment Club investing in the next generation of YC founders. In your corner for demo day and beyond.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.1M–$20M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$2.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 45% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 41% |
| SaaS | 5 | 23% |
| FinTech | 2 | 9% |
| Database | 2 | 9% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 82% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 18% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 15 | 68% |
| Spain | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Akash Mandavilli | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akash-mandavilli |
| Gabe Villasana | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabe-villasana |
| Quinn Wang MD | Venture Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/quinn-wang |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Didit | Website: https://didit.me/ Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.didit.me/ Technical docs: https://docs.didit.me/ Didit App: https://didit.me/download Business console: https://business.didit.me How can we offer free KYC:https://didit.me/blog/how-we-are-able-to-provide-free-kyc-forever Didit vs Worldcoin: https://didit.me/blog/didit-vs-worldcoin | $7M | Seed | May 26, 2026 |  |
| Luel | Luel develops AI training data marketplace that supplies training datasets to connect AI enterprises and content contributors. | $31M | Seed | May 15, 2026 |  |
| Beglaubigt.de | Legaltech startup from Germany https://beglaubigt.de | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Bolna | Bolna offers voice AI agents that transforms business to qualify leads, boost sales, automate customer support, and streamline recruitment. | $6.3M | Seed | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Vybe | Vybe is a software company that provides pre-built integrations and AI tools for users to develop and launch internal AI-powered apps. | $10M | Seed | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| Kontigo | We help underbanked gig workers in Latam build credit and access group financing where small groups of family or friends lend and save money together. Users can validate their income from multiple sources such as gig apps, catalog sales, and open finance (Uber, Rappi, Didi, Indriver, Avon, and all major banks). After verifying the income wedirectly offer them group savings and group loans, without leaving WhatsApp, their primary messaging app. | $20M | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Venta | SaaS, B2B, sales enablement, buying intent data, sales intelligence | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 02, 2025 |  |
| Airweave | Airweave transforms content into searchable knowledge bases for agents to search user apps by connecting productivity tools and databases. | $6M | Seed | Jul 02, 2025 |  |
| Didit | Website: https://didit.me/ Whitepaper: https://whitepaper.didit.me/ Technical docs: https://docs.didit.me/ Didit App: https://didit.me/download Business console: https://business.didit.me How can we offer free KYC:https://didit.me/blog/how-we-are-able-to-provide-free-kyc-forever Didit vs Worldcoin: https://didit.me/blog/didit-vs-worldcoin | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2025 |  |
| Revision Dojo | Revision Dojo uses AI to transform study tools like question banks, notes, and mini-lessons into personalized learning experiences. | $3.4M | Seed | Mar 16, 2025 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
- [Rebel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rebel-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Transpose Platform Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ti-platform-management) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Palm Drive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/palm-drivecapital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Orange Collective invest in?

Orange Collective invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Orange Collective's check size?

Orange Collective typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$20M at Seed and $500k–$2.1M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Orange Collective participates in.

### How do I contact Orange Collective?

Public channels for Orange Collective include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Orange Collective?

The team at Orange Collective includes Akash Mandavilli (Venture Partner), Gabe Villasana (Venture Partner) and Quinn Wang MD (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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