Orion Venture Partners

Orion Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Palo Alto, California, operating the Orion Opportunity Fund I, established in 2019. Though the current fund vehicle was formed that year, the underlying investment team has been active since 2001, having invested in 43 companies with approximately $889 million of cumulative capital deployed and an 87 percent average IRR across trade-sale and IPO exits. The firm positions itself as a differentiated, hands-on investor working alongside founders to scale into category-defining platforms, describing its partners as 'early investors, long-term partners.' The fund's investment parameters include a five-year investment period, early-stage checks of $100,000 to $500,000, and growth-stage checks of $1 million to $5 million, with a target ownership of 7 percent or more per position. Geographic focus spans Greater China and the United States, with a particular emphasis on cross-border technology plays. Thematic priorities include artificial intelligence, medical technology, media and content, retail services, mobile content, wireless and telecom infrastructure, and sports technology. From the 2019 vintage, Orion has made 10 disclosed investments, with notable portfolio companies including Avesha (Kubernetes application services), Verana Networks (5G radio access network equipment), and Paw Paw (consumer food products). Orion Venture Partners takes a long-duration approach to company building, leveraging its partners' two-decade track record of cross-border investing to provide founders with both capital and strategic access across the US and Asia-Pacific markets.