Orangedox for YC Founders: Exclusive 40% Discount
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- YC founders get 40% off Orangedox Business, billed yearly. The offer is listed on YC Deals, which is open only to YC companies.
- Orangedox turns your Google Drive or Dropbox folders into data rooms. There's nothing to re-upload, and files you add or update in the folder sync automatically.
- You see who opened your deck and how long they spent on each page. A notification tells you when an investor opens it, so you know who to follow up with first.
- Business adds unlimited data rooms with NDA gating and download control. Each room holds up to 500 participants, and you pay only for admins, never for the investors who view your files.
- Claiming takes three steps. Search for Orangedox on YC Deals, get your code, then apply it at checkout when you start your Business free trial.
In short: YC founders can run their fundraise from a tracked data room built on the folders they already use, at 40% off.
We have some exciting news to share. Every YC company gets access to discounts and free accounts for over 100 products, and Orangedox Business is now one of them, listed on YC Deals.
Whether you're sending your deck after Demo Day, sharing financials with a lead investor or pulling documents together for diligence, knowing who reads your files, for how long and which pages they care about gives you an edge. Orangedox gives you a data room for startups that runs on the Google Drive or Dropbox folders you already use.
Get 40% off Orangedox Business Yearly on YC Deals
Why This Matters for YC Founders
Fundraising runs on documents, and most of them leave your hands. YC's A Guide to Seed Fundraising says your deck should be "a coherent leave-behind," one you can leave with investors "so VCs can show to other partners."
Once it's sent, you lose sight of it. Did the partner you met at Demo Day open your deck? Which slides did they spend time on? Did they open it again before your second meeting?
Orangedox answers these questions in real time. With Orangedox pitch deck sharing, you get a notification when an investor opens your deck and see how long they spent on each page. That matters, because the same YC guide lists being "slow to follow-up" among the mistakes to avoid with investors.
Diligence is where documents pile up. YC's Series A Diligence Checklist warns that closing an A "can take more than a month, much of which is often spent tracking down documents for lawyers." It adds that having everything in one place, a data room, before you sign a term sheet "will cut as much as a week off of your closing process."
Orangedox turns the Google Drive folder you already keep into an investor data room, with your folder structure intact. Our investor data room checklist covers what goes in it at seed and at Series A.
Hamburg-based TrustNXT did exactly that. It shared its pitch deck, financial statements and legal documents with investors from an Orangedox data room built on Google Drive, and closed a €1.6 million round in August 2025.
An Exclusive Offer for YC Founders
As a YC founder, you get 40% off Orangedox Business, billed yearly. Business adds NDA gating, download control in data rooms and custom branding to the page-by-page tracking every plan includes. It lists at $65/month billed yearly before your discount.
How to Access the Deal
- Go to YC Deals. Visit deals.ycombinator.com/deals. You need to be part of a YC company to access it.
- Search for Orangedox. Open the Orangedox deal to get your exclusive discount code.
- Sign up for Orangedox Business. Head to orangedox.com, start your Business plan free trial and apply your code at checkout. The 14-day trial needs no credit card.
What You Get with Orangedox Business
1. Real-time page-by-page tracking
Orangedox document tracking notifies you the moment an investor opens your deck or data room. You see which documents each person viewed, how long they spent on each page and their most viewed pages. Business keeps that history for two years.
2. Built on Google Drive and Dropbox
Turn any folder into a Google data room, or do the same from Dropbox. Your folder structure stays the same, and files you add, update or remove sync automatically, so investors always see the latest version.
3. Unlimited virtual data rooms
Create a separate virtual data room for each round, each lead investor or each partnership. Each room holds up to 500 participants, with no limit on the files you share.
4. One-click NDA gating
Put an NDA gate in front of any document or data room, so recipients accept your NDA with one click before they can open it. Each acceptance is recorded with the recipient, date, time and IP address.
Most professional VCs won't sign an NDA to see a first pitch deck, so save the gate for later stages like due diligence. We cover when to ask in Do investors sign NDAs before seeing a pitch deck?
5. Control over downloads, devices and access
Make a data room view-only so files can't be downloaded, printed or saved. Limit how many devices each person can use, so a forwarded access email won't open on someone else's device, and set expiry dates so access ends on its own. Revoking access takes effect immediately, even mid-session.
6. Custom branding
Remove Orangedox branding and present your data room with your own logo and colors.
7. Two admins for your founding team
Business includes two admin seats, so you and a co-founder can both create and manage data rooms.
8. Onboarding support
Business includes onboarding support from the Orangedox team.
Ready to Get Started?
If you're a YC founder, search for Orangedox on YC Deals to get your exclusive discount code, or visit orangedox.com to see what the Business plan can do for your startup.
Start your 14-day free trial of Orangedox Virtual Data Rooms or book a free 1-on-1 demo today.
FAQ
Who can claim the YC discount?
YC companies. Only YC companies can access YC Deals, where you search for Orangedox to get your exclusive discount code.
Which plan does the discount cover?
Orangedox Business, billed yearly. Dynamic watermarking and document signing are Teams plan features, so they aren't part of this offer.
Do I pay for every investor who views my files?
No. You only pay for admins, the people who create data rooms and share files. Investors and other recipients never need a license, and each Business data room holds up to 500 participants.
Do I need to upload my files to Orangedox?
No. Orangedox connects to the Google Drive or Dropbox folders you already use, so there's nothing to re-upload. Your data room stays in sync as you edit.
Can I revoke access after an investor has my link?
Yes. Revoking access takes effect immediately, even mid-session. You can also set an expiry date so access ends on its own, for example when your round closes.
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