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Steve Blank(257)

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Architect I-Corps @ NIH Curriculum at National Institutes of Health
San Francisco, California
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24 Investors

Connected to Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Brad Feld (Foundry Group), Mike Maples (Floodgate), and 21 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
National Institutes Of Health
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: Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital)
SalesPatriot
SeedOct 2025$5M
$5.5M
Co-investors: Caitlin Bolnick Rellas (CRV), Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Rich Miner, Paul Graham, Mark Pincus
Usul
SeedMay 2025$3M
$3M
Rain Industries
SeedSep 2023$10M
$10M
Co-investors: Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Kareem Dabbagh (VoLo Earth Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Nancy Pfund (DBL Partners), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Geoff Ralston (Y Combinator), John Collison, Patrick Collison, Dylan Field
Artera
Series UnknownMar 2023$90M
$220M
Co-investors: Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Victor Echevarria (Jackson Square Ventures), Lip-Bu Tan (Walden International), Michael Driscoll (DCVC (Data Collective)), Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund), Amarjit Gill (Nepenthe Capital), Rajiv Khemani, 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: Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures), Ken Deeter (Electric Capital), Curtis Spencer (Electric Capital), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), David Eckstein (Sequoia Capital), Maria Shen (Electric Capital), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Alex Pack (Dragonfly Capital Partners), Matthew Ball (Makers Fund), Baek Kim (Hashed), Scott Belsky (A24), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Joon Ian Wong (Seed Club Ventures), Sina Habibi (Cambridge University Entrepreneurs), Rene Reinsberg (cLabs), Illia Polosukhin (SID Venture Partners), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures), Erikan Obotetukudo (Kravis Leadership Institute), Gabby Dizon (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Courtney Chow (Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA)), George Lambeth (Divergence Ventures), Calvin Liu (Divergence Ventures), Sriram Krishnan (Kearny Jackson), Min Teo (Ethereal Ventures), Todd Goldberg (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Evan Feng (CoinFund), Tom Shaughnessy Jr (Seed Club Ventures), Trevor McFedries (Techstars), Alexander Pack (Hack VC), Jake Brukhman (CoinFund), Imran Khan (Volt Capital), Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures), Monica Desai Weiss (Kleiner Perkins), Eric Wu (Resolute Ventures), Dan Elitzer (Nascent), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Niraj Pant (Hack VC), Adam Jackson (Cambrian Asset Management LLC), Ash Egan (Archetype), Ryan Junee (Electric Ant), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Lenny Rachitsky (Self-employed), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Jeff Morris, Jr. (Chapter One Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Tom Bedecarre (WPP Ventures), Tyler Scott Ward, Luis Cuende, Do Kwon, Alice Lloyd George, Tegan Kline, Biz Stone, Brad Holden, Stani Kulechov, Nathaniel Whittemore, Bo Shao, David Nage, Steve Weinstein, Balaji Srinivasan, Aliaksandr Hudzilin, Jess Sloss, Andrew Steinwold, Anastasia Andrianova, Regan Bozman
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 (Israel Defense Forces), 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 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