Welcome, Aubrey Donnellan

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Founder99

50th percentile

Investor0
Combined99
YC W18Serial FounderAcquiredRaised $15M+10+ Employees

Founder Matrix

Credibility

Technical 34Traction 43Operator 84Domain 41GTM 92
this founder typical founder (50th pct)

GTM / Distribution · 92th percentile

  • Bear Flag Robotics is featured on ycombinator.com (Majestic Million rank ~188, floor(10000/188) = 53), a company she co-founded.
  • Associated with chicagobooth.edu (Majestic Million rank 7,288), which features her Distinguished Alumni profile.

Founder score

  • 97%Probability of being accurate (97%)Bear Flag Robotics was acquired by John Deere for $250 million in 2021.
  • 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Y Combinator Winter 2018 alum via Bear Flag Robotics.
  • 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Current founder and COO of Bear Flag Robotics, now operating as an independent Founder, Advisor, and Consultant.
  • 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Past co-founder of Maestro (now Tovala), an IoT food technology company she co-founded in 2014.
  • 85%Probability of being accurate (85%)Bear Flag Robotics was co-founded with at least one other co-founder.
  • 75%Probability of being accurate (75%)Bear Flag Robotics raised $15M in total funding across multiple rounds.
  • 60%Probability of being accurate (60%)Associated with chicagobooth.edu (Majestic Million rank 7,288), which features her Distinguished Alumni profile.
  • 55%Probability of being accurate (55%)Bear Flag Robotics is featured on ycombinator.com (Majestic Million rank ~188, floor.

Investor score

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What you likely need

You're a proven founder with a high-profile exit — Bear Flag Robotics acquired by John Deere for $250M — and strong YC credentials. Your current positioning as a Founder, Advisor, and Consultant suggests you're in a transition phase, likely evaluating your next venture or deepening advisory work. Sharpening your public narrative around your next chapter will help you attract the right co-founders, investors, and opportunities.

Are these your current priorities?

We will tune and customize your Founder Festival experience to make sure you get invited to the events that would be most valuable to you.

  • positioningPublicly announce your next venture focus area (agtech, climate, food systems) to attract co-founders and early investors who followed Bear Flag's journey.
  • introsTap the YC W18 alumni network and YC's Continuity fund for warm intros to Series A/B investors for your next company.
  • tacticalConsider formalizing an angel investing practice in agtech or food tech — your Bear Flag exit and domain expertise make you a highly credible check-writer in this space.
  • positioningFormalize your advisory roles with equity agreements and public announcements to build a visible portfolio of companies you're backing with your expertise.
  • positioningLeverage your Chicago Booth Distinguished Alumni recognition and AI for Good speaker profile to secure keynote slots at agtech and climate-tech conferences.
  • hiringIf starting a new company, use YC's co-founder matching platform and your Booth MBA network to find a technical co-founder with complementary skills.
  • wellbeingAfter a 7-year founder journey culminating in a major acquisition, give yourself intentional space to explore what energizes you before committing to the next high-intensity venture.