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Steve Collins

Investor

Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures

London

Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $100K

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About

Steve Collins is a venture partner and advisor at Frontline Ventures, where he supports seed-stage deep-tech and AI/ML investments. He previously served as CTO of King, overseeing technology strategy and platform modernization to cloud infrastructure over four years. Collins has founded or co-founded multiple companies including Havok (1998, acquired by Intel in 2007), Swrve (2010), and the team behind Kore VM (acquired by Havok), and he established the ISG Lab at Trinity College Dublin and its MSc program in Entertainment Technology.

Experience

  1. Frontline VenturesVenture Partner and Advisorcurrent2020 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. Frontline VenturesPartner2017 — 2019London
  3. UnityChief Technology Officer2024 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
  4. KingChief Technology Officer2020 — 2024London Area, United Kingdom
  5. CloudsmithBoard Member2019 — 2023
  6. Logical ClocksBoard Observer2018 — 2020Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
  7. BlokurBoard Member2019
  8. ModulzBoard Member2019
  9. LocalisticoBoard Member2018 — 2019
  10. AstronomerBoard Member2018 — 2019Greater Boston
  11. SpirableBoard Member2017 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
  12. Goldsmiths, University of LondonVisiting Professor2015 — 2019London
  13. MoltinBoard Member2017 — 2019Greater Boston
  14. understand.aiBoard Observer2017 — 2019
  15. ArtomatixChair Of The Board Of Directors2016 — 2019Dublin, Ireland
  16. SwrveChief Scientist & Founder2016 — 2018London
  17. SwrveFounder / CTO2010 — 2016Dublin, Ireland
  18. Trinity College DublinAdjunct Assoc. Professor2010 — 2014
  19. Trinity College DublinAdjunct Senior Lecturer and MSc Co-Director2008 — 2010
  20. Trinity College DublinSenior Lecturer, MSc. Director2007 — 2008
  21. Trinity College DublinLecturer & Research Lab Director2005 — 2007
  22. Kore.netCo-Founder & CTO2008 — 2010
  23. DyoptykaDirector2006 — 2008
  24. HavokStrategy & Technical Advisor2005 — 2007
  25. HavokCo-founder & CTO2000 — 2005
  26. Telekinesys Research Ltd. (trading as Havok)CEO1999 — 2000
  27. Department of Computer Science, Trinity College DublinLecturer & Director of Graphics Research Group1994 — 1999
  28. Hitachi Research Lab, Tokyo Japan.Visiting Researcher1993
  29. Hewson, Teque/DomarkC64 Game Programmer1986 — 1990

Skills & more

Strategy4Marketing Strategy11Business Planning5Research27Software Development26Teaching9Game Development94Software Engineering28Computer Graphics60Lua10Scripting4Console2
+10 moreAlgorithmsProgrammingStart-upsMobile GamesComputer ScienceArtificial IntelligenceDistributed SystemsStrategic PartnershipsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)OpenGL

From Steve's professional profile.

Colleagues at Frontline Ventures

Allison Graf
Investor Relations Manager at Frontline Ventures
Aoife Kane
Office Manager at Frontline Ventures
Brendan O'Donnell
Partner at Frontline Ventures
Brennan O’Donnell
Partner at Frontline Ventures
Brian Shortall
Finance Manager at Frontline Ventures
David Clarke
Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures
Dylan Scully
Associate at Frontline Ventures
George Radford
Principal at Frontline Ventures

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David Clarke
Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Steve Collins?
Steve Collins is a venture partner and advisor at Frontline Ventures, where he supports seed-stage deep-tech and AI/ML investments. He previously served as CTO of King, overseeing technology strategy and platform modernization to cloud infrastructure over four years. Collins has founded or co-founded multiple companies including Havok (1998, acquired by Intel in 2007), Swrve (2010), and the team behind Kore VM (acquired by Havok), and he established the ISG Lab at Trinity College Dublin and its MSc program in Entertainment Technology.
Where does Steve Collins work?
Steve Collins is Venture Partner at Frontline Ventures.
What check size does Steve Collins write?
Steve Collins typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
Where did Steve Collins go to school?
Steve Collins studied at Trinity College Dublin (Ph.D., Computer Graphics); Trinity College Dublin (B.A.(Mod.), Computer Science).

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Also attended Trinity College Dublin182

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cloudsmith6

Muz AshrafGeneral Partner at TCVMorgan GerlakPartner at TCVBruce MacfarlaneFounder Partner at MMC VenturesWill PrendergastPartner at Frontline VenturesEvan HochhauserPartner at Technology Crossover VenturesLee SkillenDirector at Cloudsmith

Also worked at Blokur3

William McQuillanPartner at Frontline VenturesPhil BarryFounder at BlokurWilliam McQuillanGeneral Partner at FRONTLINE EUROPE EARLY STAGE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Also worked at Astronomer12

Tim GuleriInvestor at Sierra VenturesTim StreitGeneral Partner & Co-Founder at Grand VenturesTim SchigelManaging Partner at Refinery VentureRob WardCo-Founder and Partner at Meritech Capital PartnersHarsh PatelCo-Founder, Managing Director at Wireframe VenturesWill PrendergastPartner at Frontline Ventures

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Also worked at Goldsmiths, University of London2

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