# Steve Hall

> Steve Hall is a Series A investor at Cercano Management (Seattle) backing Software and SEO. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cercano Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cercano-management)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2012
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenhall

Steve Hall is a Series A investor at Cercano Management in Seattle focused on Software and SEO. Steve Hall is Managing Director at Vulcan Capital where he heads up Vulcan's venture capital investment efforts. His investment areas include Internet services, data intelligence, alternative energy, mobile networks, and semiconductors. Mr. Hall oversees an investment portfolio that includes such companies as Redfin, Audience (NASDAQ: ADNC),PTC Therapeutics, Avalanche Technologies, Applied Proteomics, Sionyx, Siluria, Calxeda, Omeros, MOSAID, Sand9 and Vulcan Spectrum. He also serves on the board of the Allen Institute for Brain Science.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| SEO | 1 | 25% |
| Solar | 1 | 25% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Big Data | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Calxeda | Calxeda provides revolutionary efficiency to the data center. Leveraging ultra-low power technology from ARM, servers built on Calxeda’s silicon and software platform consume a fraction of the power and space of today’s best-in-class servers, enabling data centers to realize significant reduction in capital and operating expenses. The Calxedaplatform scales efficiently to thousands of server nodes, with unique network and storage acceleration, and is enhanced with management technology to deliver true “energy-proportional” computing. The result is a stunning breakthrough in performance efficiency, density, and scalability. | $55M | Series C | Oct 09, 2012 |  |
| Omeros | Omeros is a Seattle-based commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company committed to discovering, developing, and commercializing small-molecule and protein therapeutics for large-market as well as orphan indications targeting inflammation, complement-mediated diseases and disorders of the central nervous system. | $20M | Post-IPO Equity | Oct 25, 2010 |  |
| Radar Networks | Radar Networks makes Twine. Think of Twine as your own artificially intelligent personal web assistant. That's the message we get from Radar Networks CEO, Nova Spivack, about his new project from Radar Networks. Twine is a semantic web application that auto-organizes all your information and media based on an auto-tagging engine. It'sbeen in the works for some time, but will make its public debut soon.The company is funded by Leapfrog Ventures and Vulcan Capital, Paul Allen's venture firm. | $13M | Series B | Feb 01, 2008 |  |
| Radar Networks | Radar Networks makes Twine. Think of Twine as your own artificially intelligent personal web assistant. That's the message we get from Radar Networks CEO, Nova Spivack, about his new project from Radar Networks. Twine is a semantic web application that auto-organizes all your information and media based on an auto-tagging engine. It'sbeen in the works for some time, but will make its public debut soon.The company is funded by Leapfrog Ventures and Vulcan Capital, Paul Allen's venture firm. | $5M | Series A | Apr 01, 2006 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Advanced Technology Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advanced-technology-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Austin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/austin-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Battery Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battery-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crosslink Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosslink-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flybridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flybridge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fuse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuse-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cercano Management

VC Fund · Bellevue, United States

Cercano Management is an investment firm.

4 contacts available at Cercano Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stuart Nagae | Venture Capital | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stuart-nagae |
| Cliff Su | Portfolio Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cliff-su |
| Lauren Glatter | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauren-glatter |
| Steve Hall | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-hall |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Hall invest in?

Steve Hall invests primarily in Software, SEO and Solar startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Steve Hall last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Hall closed in Oct 2012. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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