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50th percentile
YC W18 co-founder of Bear Flag Robotics, acquired by John Deere
Credibility
Domain Expertise · 87th percentile
- Wikidata / Chicago Booth distinguished alumni recognition confirms notable public profile for Aubrey Donnellan.
Relationship Matrix
Founder score
- 97%Probability of being accurate (97%)Past founder of Bear Flag Robotics (acquired by John Deere in 2021) and co-founder of Maestro (now Tovala).
- 97%Probability of being accurate (97%)Bear Flag Robotics was co-founded with Igino Cafiero.
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Bear Flag Robotics raised $12.5M total across its seed and seed extension rounds.
- 95%Probability of being accurate (95%)Y Combinator Winter 2018 alum as co-founder of Bear Flag Robotics.
- 90%Probability of being accurate (90%)Bear Flag Robotics was acquired by John Deere in 2021; acquisition price was not publicly disclosed.
- 80%Probability of being accurate (80%)Wikidata / Chicago Booth distinguished alumni recognition confirms notable public profile for Aubrey Donnellan.
What you likely need
You're at a natural inflection point post-Bear Flag exit, and the events most valuable to you are ones that help you figure out your next chapter — whether that's a new venture, a micro-fund, or a formalized advisory practice. Dinners and roundtables with YC alumni, agtech operators, and climate-tech investors will help you source co-founders, LP relationships, and deal flow while rebuilding your public presence. Smaller, high-trust gatherings where you can speak candidly about the John Deere acquisition and what comes next will do more for your positioning than almost anything else.
Would you attend these IRL Festival events?
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.
- introsA YC W18 alumni dinner to re-engage your batch for co-founder leads, early customer intros, and LP conversations for a potential new agtech venture or micro-fund
- wellbeingA closed roundtable for founders who've navigated corporate acquisitions (think John Deere, CNH, Trimble-scale exits) to swap lessons on post-acquisition transitions and what to build next
- fundraisingA dinner for YC-pedigreed operators-turned-angels writing checks into agtech and climate-tech, to compare deal flow, co-invest structures, and how to formalize a micro-fund thesis
- positioningA small workshop for advisors and emerging fund managers in autonomy, agtech, and sustainability to pressure-test and sharpen a public advisory thesis before publishing it on LinkedIn or a personal site
- fundraisingA YC operator happy hour specifically for founders with exits who are exploring LP relationships with climate and agtech-focused venture funds
- tacticalA founder dinner where 3-4 operators who've scaled hardware or robotics companies share war stories from growth and acquisition — structured so your Bear Flag-to-John Deere arc is a natural centerpiece
- wellbeingA half-day offsite for post-exit YC founders in the 2-4 year window after acquisition to openly explore whether operating, advising, or investing is the right next chapter — no pitching, no LPs
- hiringA mixer for agtech and climate-tech founders at the idea or pre-seed stage actively looking for a technical or operator co-founder with domain expertise and prior exit credibility