Fundraising FoxStep Function Ventures
Venture capitalBoston · 2 people tracked
Also known as Step Function · Step Function VC
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Fund manager profile
Step Function Ventures is a venture fund manager based in Boston. SEC filings show 2 venture funds on record, most recently Step Function Ventures Fund I LP ($20M offering) filed June 2023.
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D filings. Firm website data not yet available.
Team · 2 people
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Jonathan Howard is Chief Product Officer at Odyssey and previously founded multiple companies that resulted in three exits. He has experience as a full-stack engineer and growth lead in Silicon Valley, and advises early-stage companies at the seed and Series A stages on customer research, product-market fit, and growth experimentation. Howard maintains an interest in cryptocurrency technologies.
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Step Function Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 4 of 4 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×3Cybersecurity ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Developer Tools ×2Enterprise Software ×2SaaS ×2Cloud Computing ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×1United States×1
Investments · 4 tracked
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Geordie is a security platform for governing autonomous AI agents, providing continuous discovery, posture management, behavioral observability, risk intelligence, and remediation across cloud, code, endpoint, and SaaS environments.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Hanah-Marie Darley(Co-founder)inBenji Weber(Chief Technology Officer)inHenry Comfort(Chief Executive Officer)inJosh Kriss(Chief Operating Officer)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalGeneral CatalystTen Eleven
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Nebulock builds an AI-driven threat hunting platform that correlates threat intelligence with organizational context across endpoint, identity, cloud, network, and SaaS, focusing on attacker behavior and TTPs rather than indicators of compromise.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Damien Lewke(Founder)in
Co-investorsAviso VenturesBain Capital VenturesCompanion M Gmb HDecibel PartnersFirstMark CapitalIn-Q-Tel+1 more
Unkey is an API management platform for developers, designed to handle API workflows including integration and scaling.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS
James Perkins(Founder)inAndreas Thomas(Founder)in
Co-investorsUncork CapitalESSENCE VCDeep AcreHomebrewPreston-Werner VenturesEssence Venture Capital+1 more
Zep provides infrastructure that manages and governs agent memory at scale across multiple data sources including chat, documents, events, and business data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Daniel Chalef(CEO)inTyler Gillson(Founder)Travis Beauvais(Engineer)Brent Cadiz(Assistant)Paul Paliychuk(Engineer)Andre Adeyemi(Chief of Staff)
Co-investorsFirst Star VenturesY CombinatorEngineering Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesNebulock · securityweek.com · Jun 26, 2026
Geordie AI · theaiinsider.tech · Jun 22, 2026
Unkey · unkey.com · Apr 23, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Step Function Ventures located?
- Step Function Ventures is headquartered in Boston, US.
Co-investors · 4
SV Angel is a San Francisco-based firm that invests long-term in founders, supporting them with advice, introductions, and network access at key business inflection points.
True Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that has backed founders since 2005, partnering at the earliest moments of company building.
Uncorrelated Ventures is an early-stage investment firm backing infrastructure software and hardware companies, with over $750M in AUM across three active funds and early investments in 100+ companies.
MMC is a European venture capital firm that has partnered with over 100 early-stage founders over more than two decades to help grow their startups.
Firms observed investing alongside Step Function Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Step Function Ventures's recorded portfolio.