Christopher O'Dore
InvestorSenior Associate at Advance Venture Partners
San Francisco, California, United States
About
Senior Associate who joined AVP in 2025. Previously a Senior Associate at Cerity Partners Ventures investing in early-stage AI, enterprise software, insurtech, and fintech, with earlier roles at Lateral Investment Management and Barclays.
Experience
- AVP | Advance Venture PartnersVenture Capital Senior Associatecurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, CA
- Cerity Partners VenturesVenture Capital Senior Associate2024 — 2025San Francisco, CA
- Cerity Partners VenturesVenture Capital Associate at Touchdown Ventures2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- Lateral Investment Management, LLCGrowth Equity Associate2021 — 2022San Mateo, California, United States
- Barclays Investment BankInvestment Banking Analyst2019 — 2021New York, New York, United States
- CitiSummer Analyst2018Hong Kong
- Anthos CapitalGrowth Equity Intern2018Santa Monica, California, United States
- RemitlyGlobal Product & Expansion Intern2017Seattle, Washington, United States
- Intellectual VenturesInvestor Relations Intern2016Bellevue, Washington, United States
- State FarmCustomer Service Sales Support2015Bellevue, Washington, United States
Education
- Cornell UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Industrial and Labor Relations2016 — 2019
- Cornell University ILR SchoolBachelor of Science - BS, Industrial and Labor Relations2016 — 2019
- Seattle UniversityAccounting and Finance2015 — 2016
- Newport High School2011 — 2015
- Hong Kong International School2003 — 2010
Skills & more
Venture CapitalTransaction ExperiencePrivate EquityInvestingFinancial ModelingInvestment BankingEarly Stage InvestmentCustomer Service10Event Planning3Social Media2Time Management4Research2
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Project ManagementFinancial AnalysisFinanceEquity ValuationDCF ValuationPublic SpeakingLeadershipTeamworkManagementPortfolio SupportGrowth EquityMicrosoft OfficeLanguages Cantonese · Mandarin
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Same school
Also attended Cornell University509
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Also attended Cornell University ILR School4
Also attended Seattle University14
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Also attended Hong Kong International School6
Shared employers
Also worked at AVP | Advance Venture Partners6
Alex ChristPartner at Advance Venture PartnersAmeen DalliVice President at Advance Venture PartnersMegan BlustOperations Manager at Advance Venture PartnersShriya KosuruAssociate at Advance Venture PartnersCharlotte HalliseyAssociate at Advance Venture PartnersSheena JindalFounder & Managing Partner at Sugar Free Capital
Also worked at Barclays Investment Bank184
David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America FundThomas RubensInvestor at DN CapitalKerry WongHead of Investor Relations at Pantera CapitalJohn McCulloughInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersVinnie McSweeneyInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersKeith RobinsonSenior Advisor at Oxx
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Also worked at Citi639
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