Steve Blank Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 48

  • Portfolio
  • 20

  • Exits
  • 26

Exits

Steve Blank General Information

Description

Mr. Steve Blank is a Co-Founder of GLIDR. Mr. Blank is a Co-Founder of Epiphany Biosciences. He is also a Co-Founder of M34 Capital. He served as Board Member at Together Labs. He serves as Mentor at Engineering Capital. He has had a 36-year career as a successful entrepreneur and educator. He was an Advisor of Engineering Capital and Gamalon. He also serves as Advisory Board Member at Synapse Partners. He has been a founder or participant in eight Silicon Valley startups. His last startup, E.piphany, was in enterprise software. His other startups include two semiconductor companies (Zilog and MIPS Computers), a workstation company (Convergent Technologies), a supercomputer firm (Ardent), a computer peripheral supplier (SuperMac), a military intelligence systems supplier (ESL) and a video game company (Rocket Science Games). His book about building early-stage companies: Four Steps to the Epiphany launched the Lean Startup movement. His next book, The Startup Owners Manual became the standard handbook for how to start a company. Since 2000, he has been part of the entrepreneurship faculty at U.C. Berkeley, Stanford, Columbia University, and UCSF. His Lean LaunchPad class, modified for the NSF Innovation Corps and the National Institute of Health, has become the standard for experiential entrepreneurial education. He has served as Board Member at Udacity. He holds a degree from Stanford University & University of California, Berkeley.

Business Details

Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Pescadero, CA
  • United States
+1 (415)

Steve Blank Investments (48)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Usul 12-May-2025 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
QUiCKR 01-Oct-2024 Biotechnology Generating Revenue
WindBorne Systems 21-Jul-2023 Database Software Generating Revenue
Artera (Decision/Risk Analysis) 21-Mar-2023 Decision/Risk Analysis Generating Revenue
Valar Labs 30-Mar-2022 Decision/Risk Analysis Generating Revenue
Rain (Aerospace and Defense) 08-Feb-2021 Aerospace and Defense Generating Revenue
Bot MD 02-Feb-2021 Other Healthcare Technology Systems Generating Revenue
Robust.AI 28-Oct-2020 Other Hardware Generating Revenue
&Ava 09-Dec-2019 Seed Round Application Software Generating Revenue
Mabel (Media and Information Services (B2B)) 01-Jan-2019 Early Stage VC Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue

Steve Blank Exits (26)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Praxis (Educational and Training Services) 07-Mar-2025 Merger/Acquisition
Egnyte 25-Feb-2025
Sharethrough 12-Jun-2024
Udacity 20-May-2024
FreeWire 02-Mar-2024
Career Hackers 25-Apr-2023
Biota (Biotechnology)) 01-Mar-2021
RentLingo 19-Jan-2021
EdSurge 06-Nov-2019 Merger/Acquisition
SymphonyAI Sensa 15-May-2019 Merger/Acquisition

Steve Blank Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Steve Blank Co-Investors (74)

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Steve Blank FAQs

  • Who is Steve Blank?

    Steve Blank is an angel Investor who has made 48 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Steve Blank?

    Steve Blank is an angel investor.

  • What does Steve Blank do?

    As an angel investor, Steve Blank invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • What has Steve Blank invested in?

    Steve Blank has made numerous investments in companies like Usul, QUiCKR, and WindBorne Systems within the Business/Productivity Software, Biotechnology, and Database Software industries.

  • What has Steve Blank invested in recently?

    Steve Blank's latest investment was on 12-May-2025 in Usul, a company within the Business/Productivity Software industry.

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