Ryan Bednar

Engineer turned founder turned investor. It's been a weird, wonderful ride. I co-founded Orange Collective, a YC alumni fund that invests early in breakout AI startups coming out of YC.

Before that, I went through YC twice as a founder — Tutorspree (W11, backed by Sequoia and Thrive) and RankScience (W17, backed by Initialized and SV Angel). I got my start as a founding engineer at SeatGeek, and most of my career has lived at the intersection of software, search, and growth, helping companies like Calm, Zapier, Rippling, and Shutterstock figure out how to scale.

When I'm not working, I'm either playing basketball, down at the Jersey Shore, or being bossed around by my Old English Sheepdog, Rondo.