Steve Collins
InvestorVenture Partner at Frontline Ventures
London
Writes $100K – $1M checks · typically $100K
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
- Frontline VenturesVenture Partner and Advisorcurrent2020 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
- Frontline VenturesPartner2017 — 2019London
- UnityChief Technology Officer2024 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
- KingChief Technology Officer2020 — 2024London Area, United Kingdom
- CloudsmithBoard Member2019 — 2023
- Logical ClocksBoard Observer2018 — 2020Greater Stockholm Metropolitan Area
- BlokurBoard Member2019
- ModulzBoard Member2019
- LocalisticoBoard Member2018 — 2019
- AstronomerBoard Member2018 — 2019Greater Boston
- SpirableBoard Member2017 — 2019London Area, United Kingdom
- Goldsmiths, University of LondonVisiting Professor2015 — 2019London
- MoltinBoard Member2017 — 2019Greater Boston
- understand.aiBoard Observer2017 — 2019
- ArtomatixChair Of The Board Of Directors2016 — 2019Dublin, Ireland
- SwrveChief Scientist & Founder2016 — 2018London
- SwrveFounder / CTO2010 — 2016Dublin, Ireland
- Trinity College DublinAdjunct Assoc. Professor2010 — 2014
- Trinity College DublinAdjunct Senior Lecturer and MSc Co-Director2008 — 2010
- Trinity College DublinSenior Lecturer, MSc. Director2007 — 2008
Education
- Trinity College DublinPh.D., Computer Graphics1991 — 1996
- Trinity College DublinB.A.(Mod.), Computer Science1987 — 1991
Skills & more
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AlgorithmsProgrammingStart-upsMobile GamesComputer ScienceArtificial IntelligenceDistributed SystemsStrategic PartnershipsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)OpenGLFrom Steve's professional profile.
Colleagues at Frontline Ventures
Network1
Investors connected to Steve in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
Same school
Also attended Trinity College Dublin107
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Shared employers
Also worked at Cloudsmith5
Also worked at Blokur1
Also worked at Astronomer8
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