ORCA Ventures

Venture Capital investing in Deep Geek companies

Entrepreneurs and journalists talk about how every VC firm invests in the "most disruptive companies led by the best entrepreneurs".

We are proud to bring an additional perspective.

internal value-add review

Once a month, we have an internal all hands on deck review of one third of our portfolio. For each company, we revisit the mission and product, its status, how we’ve been helpful, and how we can positively impact the company over the coming 90 days. 

This means that the entire partnership reviews your company once per quarter and we evaluate our helpfulness to you.

At many firms, Partners and Associates generally have deep knowledge and are helpful primarily to the companies that they personally led. At Orca Ventures, every investor knows the entire portfolio thoroughly and knows each companies’ needs.

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highly engaged external mentors & co-investors

We have brought in 50 longtime friends who have built some of the best known companies. Other firms would call them “advisors” and “high net worth limited partners”, but we call them Orca family members because they are much more active and engaged than a typical advisor. 

In every Orca investment of $3m or more, we invite the 3-5 Orca family members who have the most domain knowledge. They:

1 – diligence the investment thoroughly with us, leveraging their domain expertise

2 – co-invest alongside us (up to $500k in aggregate of the round) so that they have added incentive to be helpful to your company

3 – are at times invited to take our board observer seat when we have both a board member and board observer seat.

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embrace new funding models

Crowdfunding, rolling funds, and new forms of funding are transforming how startups raise capital. When entrepreneurs choose to raise capital from these new sources of capital, we support this decision and we enjoy partnering with leads of these funding groups.

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DIVERSITY

We proudly value the impact that diversity brings to firms and to companies.

Gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic level, schools, academic degrees, and age are among the ways that leaders and employees bring unique perspectives to companies, firms, and the board room. 

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good for the world

We have the importance of living in a better world. We are organically drawn to startups that have an impact that improves the world in some way.  

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Investing in deep geek companies

DEV OPS, IT OPS, AND DEV TOOLS

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CLOUD CONNECTED HARDWARE

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MACHINE VISION

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API SOLUTIONS

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ALGORITHMIC DECISION MAKING

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DATA AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

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WHERE WE'VE WORKED AND INVESTED

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VMWARE

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Frequently Asked Questions

Bringing transparency to venture capital

What stage of company do you invest in?

We invest heavily in Series A & B rounds. We will also invest in Series A extension and Series B extension into companies that are growingly impressively and would prefer to continue executing and extending their runway rather fundraising.

Do you also invest in pre-seed and seed?

Yes! We view pre-seed and seed rounds as opportunities to more deeply get to know management teams of companies. We encourage companies to find a strong VC firm to specializes in leading pre-seed/seed rounds, and we will participate in some rounds so that we can mutually get to know each other better.

What's your typical check size?

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What countries do you invest in?

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Do you invest in follow-on rounds?

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What are your other investment criteria?

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