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Steve Blank(151)

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San Francisco, California
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Connected to Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Mike Maples (Floodgate), and 18 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
M34 Capital Managing Partner
Investments On Record
17

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Steve Blank's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Crash
Seed RoundSep 2018$1.1M
$1.85M
Co-investors: James Kim (Reach Capital)
Bot MD
Seed RoundAug 2018$1.6M
$6.6M
Co-investors: Mike Maples (Floodgate), Ann Miura Ko (Floodgate), Supachai Kid Parchariyanon (HOF Capital), Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator), Jared Friedman (Y Combinator)
Bevy
Series AJun 2018$6.4M
$61.4M
Co-investors: Ryan Sweeney (Accel), Semil Shah (Lightspeed Venture Partners), McKeever “Mac” Conwell (RareBreed Ventures), Kobie Fuller (Upfront Ventures), Hamet Watt (Share Venture), Jewel Burks (Collab Capital)
Ava
Seed RoundNov 2016$1.8M
$1.8M
Co-investors: Romain Lavault (Partech Ventures), Xavier Niel
DeepScale
Angel RoundOct 2016$500K
$18.5M
Co-investors: Robert Pollak (SV Angel), Jerry Chen (Greylock), Lip-Bu Tan (Walden International), Albert Azout (Cota Capital), Alex Ferrara (Bessemer Venture Partners), Jeremy Fiance (The House Fund), Peter Barrett (Atlas Venture), Quin Garcia (AutoTech Ventures), Ali Partovi (Neo), Sri Chandrasekar (Point72 Ventures), Jerry Fiddler, Hadi Partovi
Gamalon
Venture RoundSep 2016$4.4M
$28.9M
Co-investors: Todor Tashev (Omidyar Ventures), Georges Harik
FreeWire Technologies
Seed RoundJan 2016$1.8M
$7.5M
Co-investors: TK Kuegler (Wasabi Ventures), Andre De Baubigny (Modern Venture Partners), Andy Smith (Center Electric), Jay Adelson
EdSurge
Series ADec 2015$2.8M
Series AMay 2014$960K
$6.26M
Co-investors: Jennifer Carolan (Reach Capital), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration)

Steve Blank's Experience

Architect I-Corps @ NIH Curriculum National Institutes of Health2014 - Present
Senior Fellow Columbia Business School2012 - Present
Architect Innovation Corps Curriculum, Principal Investigator I-Corps National Science Foundation2011 - Present
Adjunct Professor Stanford University2011 - Present
Lecturer UC Berkeley, Haas Business School2002 - Present
Lecturer Imperial College London2015 - 2016
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 IMVU2004 - 2009
Director CafePress.com2002 - 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