Gordon Pan – Startup Investor Profile

Gordon Pan, President at Baird Capital, oversees the strategic, operational, and organizational activities for Baird’s direct private investment business. He is also Chairman of the Investment Committee for Baird Capital’s venture and global private equity funds. Gordon’s background includes being a principal at One Equity Partners and founder/CEO of The Pangaea Group, an international consulting firm. He serves on Baird’s Executive Committee and advisory boards for Team IMPACT and the Private Equity Alumni Council at the Kellogg School of Management. Gordon’s investments focus on global private equity and venture capital. His investment check size and partnership styles are not explicitly mentioned.

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Country: United States of America

Investment Regions:

Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed

Website: https://www.bairdcapital.com/

AI Reasoning: Baird Capital’s site shows Gordon Pan noted deployment and specific new investments with dates: ModelOp (invested Aug 2024), BlackCloak (Sep 2024), and Newmarket Strategy funded Jan 3, 2025. The most recent known investment tied to Baird Capital was Newmarket Strategy on Jan 3, 2025, which is approximately 10 months before the reference date, placing the last investment between 12 and 6 months ago. However, there is also evidence of activity in Aug-Sep 2025 (Baird Capital news Aug 4, 2025 exit) and articles dated Jul-Aug 2025 referencing Gordon Pan and exits; specifically, a Baird Capital exit announced Aug 4, 2025 indicates investment activity within the last 6 months. Therefore classify as very-active.

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.