General Info
Chris Orndorff, Chief Investment Officer at Vulcan Capital, brings 30 years of investment management experience. He leads the identification of investment opportunities at Vulcan Capital, with a focus on optimizing returns. Vulcan Capital has invested in companies like Alibaba, Flipkart, and Uber. Orndorff’s role involves collaborating with other executives to achieve Vulcan’s investment goals. Vulcan strives to be at the forefront of impact investing. The investment check size is approximately $10 billion for ultra-high-net-worth individuals, managed by Orndorff. His collaborative style emphasizes making a greater impact through investments in developing economies. Previous investments at Vulcan include projects aligned with Paul G. Allen’s vision for solving global issues.
Location: Seattle, Washington
Country: United States of America
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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🤖 AI Activity Report
Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: Search results show Chris Orndorff (leading Cercano Management, formerly Vulcan Capital) active in 2025: Bloomberg (Feb 20, 2025) reports Cercano selling Microsoft shares through 2024, indicating investment activity into 2025; FA-Mag (Feb 22, 2023) notes the spinout. The most recent specific activity is selling shares reported Feb 2025, which is less than 6 months before the reference date; additionally Bloomberg mentions ongoing 2024 transactions. Also NFX/Signal and other profiles list recent investments. A startup mentioned associated with Vulcan/Cercano is Microsoft (stock transactions) and portfolio companies previously include Alibaba/Flipkart/Uber. Given evidence of activity in Feb 2025, classify as very-active.
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Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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