Venture Capital General Partner | YC Alum & Multi-Time Founder | Built & Scaled Tech Startups
I am a seasoned entrepreneur and investor with a deep passion for identifying and nurturing groundbreaking startups. As Co-founder and General Partner at Orange Collective, a Y Combinator-focused venture fund, I actively invest in the most promising early-stage companies pre-Demo Day, leveraging my extensive experience to support their growth. My entrepreneurial journey includes founding and scaling RankScience, an SEO automation startup, from inception to a 7-figure ARR business, successfully raising capital from leading investors like Y Combinator and Initialized Capital. Prior to that, I co-founded Tutorspree, an edtech platform, where as CTO, I led product and engineering, scaled to tens of thousands of users, and secured funding from Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator. These experiences provided invaluable lessons in product-market fit, growth strategies, and effective team building. My career began as the founding engineer at SeatGeek, where I played a pivotal role in building the initial product and infrastructure, contributing to its early launch and growth. This hands-on experience in building breakout companies from the ground up profoundly shapes my approach to strategic investment and my ability to identify and support generational founders. I bring a founder-first perspective, a track record of scaling businesses, and a commitment to helping early-stage teams achieve their full potential.