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Steve Foster

Investor

Venture Partner at Piva Capital

Incline Village, Nevada, United States

About

Steve Foster is a venture partner at Piva Ventures and managing director at SF Advisors. He previously held partner roles at Crosspoint Venture Partners and director-level business development positions at Hewlett Packard and 3Com. His professional experience spans communications, semiconductors, computing, and storage sectors.

Experience

  1. Piva VenturesVenture Partnercurrent2019 — presentUnited States
  2. ClearSky Power & Technology FundManaging Director2012 — 2014
  3. Altira GroupPartner2010 — 2012
  4. TPG VenturesPartner2000 — 2010
  5. Crosspoint Venture PartnersPartner1998 — 2000Woodside, CA
  6. 3ComDirector Business Development1995 — 1998
  7. Hewlett PackardCorporate Development1992 — 1995

Education

  1. Northwestern University - Kellogg School of ManagementMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing1988 — 1989
  2. Santa Clara UniversityBS, Accounting1980 — 1984

Skills & more

Strategy14Leadership9Enterprise Software4SaaS5Corporate Development45Venture Capital90Team BuildingFinancial Modeling13Start-ups71Business Development39Mergers & Acquisitions20Corporate Finance6
+12 moreSemiconductorsCloud ComputingBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipMergersPrivate EquityGo-to-market StrategyProduct ManagementComputingDue DiligenceStrategic PartnershipsInvestments

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Colleagues at Piva Capital

Adam Lasics
Partner, Strategy and Operations at Piva Capital
Adzmel Adznan
Co-Founding Partner at Piva Capital
Bennett Cohen
Partner at Piva Capital
Divina Agellon
Office Manager at Piva Capital
Don Wood
Venture Partner, Energy at B4 Capital
Elizabeth Ann Lowery
Senior Advisor at Piva Capital
Issam Dairanieh
Venture Partner at Piva Capital
Jillian Noel
Investor at Piva Capital

Frequently asked questions

Where does Steve Foster work?
Steve Foster is Venture Partner at Piva Capital.

Same school

Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management558

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Also attended Santa Clara University142

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Shared employers

Also worked at Altira Group5

Dirk McDermottManaging Partner at Altira Group LLCSean EbertSenior Partner at Altira Group LLCJ.P. BaumanPartner at Altira Group LLCTom BiegalaFounding Partner at Bison VenturesCory SteffekPartner, Private Equity at Ara Partners

Also worked at Crosspoint Venture Partners2

Walter KortschakFounder at Firestreak VenturesBarbara LubashManaging Director at Versant Ventures

Also worked at 3Com25

Job SimonVenture Partner and CTO at Monta Vista CapitalHowardAdvisor at Clear VenturesKip McClanahanGeneral Partner at Silverton PartnersEric BenhamouVenture Advisor at Think+ Ventures Management, LlcDave HusakVenture Partner & Founding Pillar at Pillar VCMichael DolbecManaging Partner, Momenta at The Hive

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Also worked at Hewlett Packard262

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