Steve Beck

General Partner at Serra Ventures Funds

Solana Beach, California

Overview

Steve Beck is a General Partner at Serra Ventures Funds III through AgTech I, with a focus on investing in seed and Series A stage startups in sectors like Medical Devices and AgTech. He has a strong background in business development, marketing, sales, and financial advisory, and has held key roles at companies like Baidu, Inc. and Barn2Door, Inc. Beck's career highlights include serving as a Lead Co-Investor and Former Director at Baidu, Inc., and his current role as a General Partner at Serra Ventures, LLC, where he plays a crucial role in shaping the strategic direction and growth of startups in the AgTech and Medical Devices sectors.

Work Experience

3rd Reef Partners

Managing Partner
2024 - Current

Serra Ventures, LLC

Consultant
2024
General Partner
2016 - 2024
Serra Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies in emerging Midwest technology centers and selected other geographies. Sectors we focus on include information technology, devices/instrumentation and agricultural technologies.

PayStand

Investor and Former Advisor
2011
PayStand empowers anyone to take credit card payments online, even without a merchant account. Like Square for online transactions, PayStand helps independent merchants quickly, easily and effectively sell online.

Paystand is a cloud-based billing and payment platform for B2B companies.

Raised $98,000,000.00 from Open Opportunity Fund, Transform Capital, NewView Capital, Streamlined Ventures, Industrious Ventures and King River Capital.

paystand.com

Bonsai Robotics

Investor
2022

Bonsai Robotics provides vision-based automation solutions for off-road vehicles, such as agricultural machines.

Raised $10,500,000.00 from Matt Barnard, Andros, Serra Ventures, Lee Redden, SNR.vc, Travis Deyle, Acre Venture Partners, Fall Line Capital, The E14 Fund and Congruent Ventures.

bonsairobotics.ai