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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 

  • Managing Partner

    2024 - Current

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor and Director

    2022

Barn2Door provides a vertical SaaS solution that allows farmers to manage direct local sales.

Raised $16,285,000.00 from Decathlon Capital Partners.

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2019

VeriSIM Life is a computational bioplatform that predicts the clinical outcomes of new drugs before clinical trials.

Raised $21,655,908.00 from Debiopharm Innovation Fund, Serra Ventures, Intel Capital, Morpheus Ventures, OCA Ventures and Susa Ventures.

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2020

Mast Reforestation is a tech-led reforestation company that provides seedling, project management, and carbon removal credits for forests.

Raised $58,889,999.00 from Pulse Fund.

  • Investor

    2019

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