Ryan Bednar

I'm a founder, engineer, and investor. These days I co-founded Orange Collective, a Y Combinator alumni fund backed by 150+ YC founders and operators. We invest early in breakout startups, with a growing focus on AI, and have backed more than 100 companies.

Before that, I was a two-time YC founder: Tutorspree (W11), backed by Sequoia and Thrive, and RankScience (W17), backed by Initialized and SV Angel. Earlier, I was a founding engineer at SeatGeek. My work has mostly lived at the intersection of software, search, and growth, helping companies like Calm, Zapier, Rippling, and Shutterstock scale online.