About Orange Collective
Dave Yen

Dave Yen

General Partner

S15

Dave Yen is a founder, engineer, and product designer who's spent his career building products from the ground up.

Founder and CEO of Roomblocker (S15, backed by Soma Capital). First PM at Rigetti (S14) before IPO, launched Quantum Cloud Services. Product & GTM at Shopify and Salesforce.

He's closest to the code, and it shows in how he evaluates companies and works with founders.

At Orange Collective, Dave focuses on building internal tools that give the fund leverage — quickly shipping AI-powered systems that improve sourcing, diligence, and portfolio support.

Seed investor into Kontigo, Starcloud, Kobalt Labs, Trigger, Revision Dojo.

Founders work with Dave because he understands how things actually get built and how to move quickly without overcomplicating things.


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Dave Yen - General Partner | Orange Collective