Steve Berg
InvestorPartner at Lytical Ventures · Board director at MontyCloud
New York City
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Steve Berg is a Venture Partner at Lytical Ventures who advises portfolio companies and maintains ecosystem relationships. He was previously a Partner at Lytical, General Partner at Antecedent Ventures, and part of the RTP Ventures investment team, with earlier roles in strategy and corporate development at Emulex and as a sell-side technology analyst at Punk, Ziegel & Co. He holds an MBA from Northern Illinois University, a BS from Miami University, and the CFA designation.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Board director at MontyCloud
Intro paths
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In turn, Steve can intro founders to MontyCloud's investors below.
MontyCloud's investors · 6
Co-founders at MontyCloud
VK
Venkat KrishnamachariChief Product Officer & Co-Founder
KP
Kannan ParthasarthyChief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Experience
- MontyCloudChief Development Officercurrent2025 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- MontyCloudMember, Board of Directorscurrent2019 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Lytical VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
- Lytical VenturesPartner2018 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
- Intangibles PodcastCreatorcurrent2017 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- AgoloMember, Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- Antecedent VenturesManaging Directorcurrent2014 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Reciprocity, IncMember, Board Of Directors2018 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- TrueFort, Inc.Board Observer2019 — 2025Greater New York City Area
- ClausematchMember, Board Of Directors2021 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
- Reality AIMember, Board of Directors2019 — 2022Greater New York City Area
- VISO TrustBoard Observer2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- SocureMember, Board of Directors2015 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- RTP VenturesSenior Analyst2012 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- EmulexSenior Vice President - Corporate Development2006 — 2009Southern California
- Punk, Ziegel & Company (now Ladenburg Thalmann Co.)Vice President / Senior Equity Analyst2000 — 2006Greater New York City Area
Skills & more
Strategy DevelopmentStrategy10Corporate StrategyCorporate DevelopmentLong Term Business PlanningDeal SourcingDeal Execution1Angel Investing9Enterprise ValuationTechnology Evaluation1Emerging Technologies2Advisory Boards
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Contract NegotiationTerm SheetsTechnological InnovationTrend IdentificationInvestmentsBoard PresentationsCFAIPOVenture CapitalDue DiligenceEntrepreneurshipValuationLanguages Chinese · Python
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) — CFA Institute
From Steve's professional profile.
Colleagues at Lytical Ventures
Alex Stamos
Chief Security Officer Corridor at Lytical Ventures
Allie Miller
Global Head of Machine Learning BD, Startups & VC, Amazon Web Services at Lytical Ventures
Bob Hammer
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Commvault at Lytical Ventures
Brad Arkin
Chief Trust Officer Salesforce at Lytical Ventures
Brett Goldstein
Former Director, Defence Digital Service U.S. Department of Defense at Lytical Ventures
Charles Henderson
Executive Vice President of Cyber Security Services Coalfire at Lytical Ventures
Charles Tango
Chief Information Security Officer, Sysco at Lytical Ventures
Charles Tango
Venture Partner at Bloccelerate VC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Steve Berg?
- Steve Berg is a Venture Partner at Lytical Ventures who advises portfolio companies and maintains ecosystem relationships. He was previously a Partner at Lytical, General Partner at Antecedent Ventures, and part of the RTP Ventures investment team, with earlier roles in strategy and corporate development at Emulex and as a sell-side technology analyst at Punk, Ziegel & Co. He holds an MBA from Northern Illinois University, a BS from Miami University, and the CFA designation.
- Where does Steve Berg work?
- Steve Berg is Partner at Lytical Ventures and Board director at MontyCloud.
- What does Steve Berg invest in?
- Steve Berg invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What check size does Steve Berg write?
- Steve Berg typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Steve Berg go to school?
- Steve Berg studied at Miami University (BSBA, Finance); Northern Illinois University (MBA, Finance).
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