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Orange DAO

Accelerator · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America

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Orange DAO is a community of over 1,300 crypto founders that runs a 12-week Orange Fellowship program for crypto startups. The fellowship offers mentorship, fundraising focus, and a demo day, and membership is granted through minting an Orange Gem NFT.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningFintechCybersecurity

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10portfolio companies
5funding rounds on record
2rounds, last 12 months
$5M to $20Mtypical round it comes in at
Seedmost frequent entry

Orange DAO lists 10 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Fintech (22%) and Cybersecurity (17%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, A.Capital Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Orange DAO, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round
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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
Value
Pre-seed0%
Seed60%
Series A40%
Series B0%
Growth0%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years
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Funding rounds per year
TotalRounds it led
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Investor profile

percentile among all firms
Portfolio size: 10 companiesRecent activity: 2 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 60% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 0% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 22% in its largest sectorReach: 2 countriesPortfolio size23th pctRecent activity69th pctEarly stage76th pctEvidence52th pctSector focus25th pctReach42th pct
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Orange DAO compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size23th10 companies
Recent activity69th2 rounds in 12 months
Early stage76th60% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence52th0% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus25th22% in its largest sector
Reach42th2 countries

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

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Investment themes
This firmAll checked companies
AI & Machine Learning22%18%
Fintech22%12%
Cybersecurity17%4%
Healthcare & Biotech11%15%
Developer Tools11%0%
Education6%7%
Space & Defense6%3%
E-commerce & Marketplaces6%6%

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
Y Combinator3
A.Capital Ventures2
Andreessen Horowitz2
SV Angel2
a16z Frontier2
Aavishkaar Capital1
Backed1
Credibly Neutral1

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

  • Site answers10100%
  • No longer answers00%
  • Points to another company00%
  • Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Co-investor network

who it backs companies with, and who they back together
103 shared companies98 shared companies84 shared companies60 shared companies31 shared companies27 shared companies18 shared companies17 shared companies15 shared companies10 shared companies8 shared companies7 shared companies7 shared companies6 shared companies6 shared companies6 shared companies6 shared companies5 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies4 shared companies3 shared companies3 shared companiesY Combinator: 3 shared companiesY Combinator3A.Capital Ventures: 2 shared companiesA.Capital Ventures2Andreessen Horowitz: 2 shared companiesAndreessen Horowitz2SV Angel: 2 shared companiesSV Angel2a16z Frontier: 2 shared companiesa16z Frontier2Aavishkaar Capital: 1 shared companiesAavishkaar Capital1Backed: 1 shared companiesBacked1Credibly Neutral: 1 shared companiesCredibly Neutral1Crosslink Capital: 1 shared companiesCrosslink Capital1Divergence Ventures: 1 shared companiesDivergence Ventures1Draft Ventures: 1 shared companiesDraft Ventures1Electric Capital: 1 shared companiesElectric Capital1
Shared portfolio companies with Orange DAOFirms that also back companies together

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Compare Orange DAO head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Orange DAO
DateCompanyStage
16 Jul 2026Apalumaapaluma.comSeed
1 Apr 2026Alienalien.orgSeed
20 Apr 2022Sprucespruceid.comSeries A
6 Jan 2022Goldfinchgoldfinch.financeSeries A

Round details for Orange DAO

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Orange DAO's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

10 companies checked against their own sites
CompanyWhat it doesThemesFirst round with itEvidence
Alienalien.org · United StatesAlien is a fair, decentralized human network that lets you establish proof of humanity without sacrificing your privacy or agency.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity
Apr 2026SeedFunding round
Apalumaapaluma.com · United StatesApaluma transforms fragmented regulatory records into one connected ecosystem
Healthcare & BiotechCybersecurity
Jul 2026SeedFunding round
Butternut AIbutternut.aiButternut AI builds websites for small businesses using artificial intelligence
AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces
Portfolio page
Ethxyethxy.com
Portfolio page
Fun.xyzfun.xyz · United StatesFun provides payment infrastructure and technology for moving money on blockchains and between crypto and fiat currencies
FintechDeveloper Tools
Portfolio page
Goldfinchgoldfinch.finance · United StatesGoldfinch Finance provides access to private credit funds on a blockchain platform.
FintechFintech
Jan 2022Series AFunding round
Operatoriooperator.ioThe company provides an AI-powered virtual assistant that helps with tasks such as email management, calendar organization, and data monitoring.
AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense
Portfolio page
Sprucespruceid.com · United StatesSpruceID builds digital trust infrastructure for government services, including identity verification, fraud prevention, and workflow optimization.
CybersecurityHealthcare & Biotech
Apr 2022Series AFunding round
Zerodevzerodev.app · United StatesZeroDev provides infrastructure for web3 applications, including smart accounts and embedded wallets.
FintechDeveloper Tools
Portfolio page
Zero Gravityzerogravity.co.uk · United KingdomZero Gravity provides AI-powered tutoring and mentoring services to students
EducationAI & Machine Learning
Portfolio page

About this data

site last read 8 Nov 2026
The homepage of Orange DAO, as last read
orangedao.xyz as VCinfo last read it
Site
orangedao.xyz
Last read
8 Nov 2026
Watching since
5 Nov 2026
Rounds since
6 Jan 2022
Companies checked
10

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