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Steve Blank(257)

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Architect Innovation Corps Curriculum, Principal Investigator I-Corps at National Science Foundation
San Francisco, California
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Current Investing Position
National Science Foundation
Investments On Record
25

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Steve Blank's Investments On Record (22)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Traysar
SeedJun 2026$25M
$25M
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Josh Wolfe (Lux Research)
SalesPatriot
SeedOct 2025$5M
$5.5M
Co-investors: Caitlin Bolnick Rellas (CRV), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Paul Graham, Mark Pincus, Rich Miner
Usul
SeedMay 2025$3M
$3M
Rain Industries
SeedSep 2023$10M
$10M
Co-investors: Kareem Dabbagh (VoLo Earth Ventures), Daniel Gross (Various), Patrick Collison (Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation), Dylan Field (Figma, Inc.), Nancy Pfund (DBL Partners), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Geoff Ralston (Y Combinator), Nat Friedman (Self-employed), John Collison
Artera
Series UnknownMar 2023$90M
$220M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Victor Echevarria (Jackson Square Ventures), Michael Driscoll (DCVC (Data Collective)), Rajiv Khemani (Moment Ventures), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund), Amarjit Gill (Nepenthe Capital), Lip-Bu Tan (Celesta Capital), Marc Benioff
Valar Labs
SeedMar 2022$4M
$26M
Co-investors: Vineeta Agarwala (Andreessen Horowitz), James Hardiman (DCVC (Data Collective)), Cavin Mozarmi (REMUS Capital), Johannes Schildt (Heritage Holdings), Nikita Andersson (Hummingbird Ventures)
Syndicate
SeedJun 2021$800K
$28M
Co-investors: Courtney Chow (Battery Ventures), Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Maria Shen (Electric Capital), Ken Deeter (Electric Capital), Niraj Pant (Polychain Capital), David Eckstein (Sequoia Capital), Matthew Ball (Makers Fund), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Baek Kim (Hashed), Alice Lloyd George (Rogue Capital Collective), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Joon Ian Wong (Seed Club Ventures), Do Kwon (Terraform Labs), Luis Cuende (Aragon), Sina Habibi (Cambridge University Entrepreneurs), Rene Reinsberg (cLabs), Tyler Scott Ward (Sanctum AI), Anastasia Andrianova (Alex & Thiago), Andrew Steinwold (Sfermion), Illia Polosukhin (Uncle Nearest), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), Erikan Obotetukudo (Kravis Leadership Institute), Gabby Dizon (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), George Lambeth (Divergence Ventures), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Monarch Collective), Min Teo (Ethereal Ventures), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Jess Sloss (Seed Club Ventures), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Bo Shao (Matrix Partners China), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Steve Weinstein (SpectraWAVE, Inc.), Tom Bedecarre (WPP Ventures), Aliaksandr Hudzilin (sasha.page), Evan Feng (CoinFund), Tom Shaughnessy Jr (Delphi Ventures), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), Imran Khan (Volt Capital), Curtis Spencer (Curated), Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures), Monica Desai Weiss (Kleiner Perkins), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Dan Elitzer (IDEO), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Adam Jackson (Cambrian Asset Management LLC), Ash Egan (Archetype), Ryan Junee (Electric Ant), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Biz Stone (Jelly Industries), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Balaji Srinivasan, Nathaniel Whittemore, Brad Holden, Regan Bozman, Tegan Kline, David Nage
Bot MD
Series ADec 2020$5M
SeedAug 2018$2M
$7M
Co-investors: Ann Miura Ko (Floodgate), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Supachai Kid Parchariyanon (HOF Capital), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator), Yoh-Chie LU (Vertex Ventures HC)

Steve Blank's Experience

Lecturer Imperial College London2015 - Present
Architect I-Corps @ NIH Curriculum National Institutes of Health2014 - Present
Architect Innovation Corps Curriculum, Principal Investigator I-Corps National Science Foundation2011 - Present
Adjunct Professor Stanford University2011 - Present
Department of the Navy’s Science and Technology Board BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Department of the Navy’s Science and Technology Board Interactive SystemsPresent
Electronic Warfare United States Air ForcePresent
Field Engineering NewCoPresent
Training Manager NewCoPresent
VP Marketing, Unix Division Convergent Technologies GroupPresent
VP Marketing, acting VP Sales NewCoPresent
Cofounder, President, VP Marketing EpiphanyPresent
Director Immersion CorporationPresent
Director PlanetArtPresent
Director NewCoPresent
Trustee University of California, Santa CruzPresent
Commissioner NewCoPresent
Board Member California Environmental VotersPresent
Lecturer NYU SteinhardtPresent
Lecturer Underrespresented Researchers of ColorPresent
Lecturer NewCoPresent
Defense Business Board United States Department of WarPresent
Department of the Navy’s Science and Technology Board NewCoPresent
Architect Innovation Corps Curriculum, Principal Investigator I-Corps National Science Foundation (NSF)Present
Director IMVU, Inc.Present
Lecturer University of California, San FranciscoPresent
Lecturer BerkeleyLawPresent
Expert Advisory Panel California Ocean Protection CouncilPresent
Board Member California League of Conservation VotersPresent
Advisory Board Member Applied MaterialsPresent
Co-Author Hacking For... Diplomacy, Defense. Technology, Innovation & Great Power Competition Stanford UniversityPresent
Department of the Navy’s Science and Technology Board U.S. NavyPresent
Founding Faculty - Gordian Knot Center For National Security Innovation Stanford UniversityPresent
Defense Business Board United States Department of DefensePresent
Co-Author Hacking For... Diplomacy, Defense and Recovery. Technology, Innovation and Modern War Stanford UniversityPresent
Lecturer Imperial College Public Awareness and Social Service SocietyPresent
Senior Fellow Columbia Business School2012 - 2022
Lecturer UC Berkeley, Haas Business School2002 - 2017
Radio Show Host Sirius XM Radio Inc.2015 - 2016
Lecturer New York University2014 - 2016
Lecturer UCSF2013 - 2015
Commissioner California Coastal Commission2007 - 2013
Trustee UC Santa Cruz2009 - 2011
Director Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST)2007 - 2011
Director Audubon California2002 - 2010
Director CafePress.com2002 - 2009
Director IMVU2004 - 2009
Director National Audubon Society2005 - 2008
Director Macrovision2002 - 2007
Director Immersion1996 - 2005
Cofounder, President, VP Marketing E.piphany1996 - 1999
cofounder, CEO Rocket Science1993 - 1996
VP Marketing SuperMac1989 - 1992
cofounder, VP Marketing Ardent1986 - 1988
VP Marketing, acting VP Sales MIPS Computer1984 - 1986
VP Marketing, Unix Division Convergent Technologies1981 - 1984
Product Marketing Manager Zilog1978 - 1980
Training Manager ESL1976 - 1978
Field Engineering Interactive Systems1976 - 1978
Electronic Warfare U.S. Air Force1971 - 1975

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