Orange DAO is a crypto founder community and fellowship program that describes itself as the largest community of crypto founders. Orange DAO's Twitter Score is 139 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #4,250 (top 1%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Orange DAO runs the Orange Fellowship, a 12-week crypto company-building program that offers accepted startups a $100K uncapped SAFE with a 2% advisory fee. Membership in the DAO is open to graduates of the Orange Fellowship, founders of startups accepted by Y Combinator, Y Combinator staff, and DAO-authorized special invitees. Orange DAO says it has over 1,300 members, and membership is symbolized by minting The Orange Gem NFT, described as a digital badge granting access to DAO spaces and services.
Orange DAO states that its fellowship demo day has drawn over 300 VCs representing $15B in AUM, and that Orange Fellows have collectively raised over $150M for their ventures. Fellows have gone on to Y Combinator and the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator. Fellowship mentors include people from Quantstamp, Cega, and Privy, and alumni span DeFi, infrastructure, social, and wallet categories, with projects including Inco, Neynar, Collar Protocol, Sapien, and Volta, among others.
Orange DAO has published 3,059 posts on the platform and has 19,091 followers as of August 2026. Orange DAO has been mentioned by 205 accounts, with 515 total mentions.
Orange DAO's portfolio includes Decrypt, Curios, Molecule, SpruceID we're hiring, Sturdy, The Sapien Nation, UNXD and Buildspace.
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The accounts that follow Orange DAO include 752 founders, 194 angel investors, 194 influencers and 26 VCs. Among them are Stani, Fred Ehrsam, Luca Netz, Frank, John Wang and Mario Nawfal.