About Orange Collective
Jason Freedman

Jason Freedman

General Partner

S09W12

Jason Freedman is a two-time founder and long-time YC insider.

Founder and CEO of FlightCaster (S09, acq by Next Jump) and 42Floors (W12, acq by Knotel and JLL). Backed by NEA, Bessemer, Thrive, a16z, Initialized.

He's spent over a decade building and backing startups, with a focus on what actually works at the earliest stages.

As an investor, he's built a 12x DPI track record in YC companies, including unicorns Moonvalley, Snapdocs, Ironclad, and Bellabeat.

Founders work with Jason because he's direct, practical, and has real pattern recognition from seeing what great looks like up close.


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