Where does Steve Krausz work?

Steve Krausz is General Partner at US Venture Partners and Board director at Human Interest and Board director at Zefr and Board director at Informed.

What does Steve Krausz invest in?

Steve Krausz invests in Consumer, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software.

What check size does Steve Krausz write?

Steve Krausz typically writes checks of $2M – $10M.

Where did Steve Krausz go to school?

Steve Krausz studied at Stanford University (MBA, Business); Stanford University (BSEE, Electrical Engineering).

Steve Krausz

InvestorFounder

General Partner at US Venture Partners · Board director at Human Interest · Board director at Zefr · Board director at Informed

Menlo Park, California

Writes $2M – $10M checks · typically $6M

About

Steve Krausz has over 35 years of venture capital experience at USVP, having led or served on the boards of numerous investments including Guidewire, Box, Imperva, and Check Point Software. He currently sits on the boards of Badge, Cato Networks, Human Interest, Informed.iq, Quantifind, Quokka, and Zefr, and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from Stanford.

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Invests in

ConsumerCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Board director at Human Interest YC S15

Intro paths

Steve went through Y Combinator (Summer 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was Tyler Bosmeny, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Human Interest's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Steve can intro founders to Human Interest's investors below.

Human Interest's investors · 20

Better Tomorrow VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checks CrunchFund FundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checks Glynn Capital ManagementMenlo Park Great Oaks Venture CapitalNew York · $50K – $500K checks ImmeasurableLos Angeles · $25K – $100K checks Jude GomilaLynnwood NewView CapitalBurlingame SemperVirens Venture CapitalSan Mateo Slow VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $1M checks SoftBank Vision FundLondon Susa VenturesSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks SV AngelSan Francisco Toba CapitalIrvine · $1M – $10M checks TRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)San Francisco · $250K – $2M checks Tuesday CapitalSan Francisco Uncork CapitalSan Francisco · $3M – $5M checks US Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks WingPalo Alto · $200K – $20M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Human Interest

Roger LeeFounder/CEO

Paul SawayaFounder/CTO

Board director at Zefr

Intro paths

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In turn, Steve can intro founders to Zefr's investors below.

Zefr's investors · 6

Felicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checks · since 2016 GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2016 IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checks · since 2016 MK CapitalNorthfield · $2M – $10M checks · since 2016 Shasta VenturesMenlo Park · $250K – $6M checks · since 2016 US Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks · since 2016

Co-founders at Zefr

Richard RaddonExecutive Officer, Director

Zacharias JamesExecutive Officer, Director

Zach JamesFounder

Board director at Informed

Intro paths

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In turn, Steve can intro founders to Informed's investors below.

Informed's investors · 6

Aspect VenturesPalo Alto · since 2021 NycaNew York · $2M checks · since 2021 Nyca PartnersNew York · $1M – $10M checks · since 2021 Owl Capitalsince 2021 The Perkins Fundsince 2021 US Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks · since 2021

Co-founders at Informed

Justin WickettExecutive Officer, Director

Jatin AgrawalFounder

Experience

U.S. Venture PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent1985 — presentMenlo Park, CA
U.S. Venture PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent1985 — present
KryptowireMember of Board of Directorscurrent2022 — presentMcLean, Virginia, United States
InformedMember Board Of Directorscurrent2021 — present
Human InterestMember of Board of Directorscurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco
Cato NetworksMember Board of Directorscurrent2015 — presentTel Aviv, Israel
QuantifindMember Board of Directorscurrent2015 — present
ZefrMember Board of Directorscurrent2012 — presentVenice, CA
Stanford University - GSB Venture Capital CommitteeMember of Boardcurrent2009 — present
AirEyeBoard Member2021 — 2024
SmartlingMember Board Of Directors2009 — 2021
InsideSales.comBoard Observer2014 — 2021Provo, UT
BoxMember Board of Directors2013 — 2019
Active Semiconductors IncMember Board of Directors2013 — 2019Dallas, Texas
Electric CloudBoard of Directors2011 — 2019
Electric CloudBoard of Directors2003 — 2019
Kaiam CorporationMember Board of Directors2012 — 2019Newark, California
AppthorityMember Board Of Directors2012 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
PrevotyMember Board of Directors2015 — 2018Greater Los Angeles Area
Megapath IncBoard of Directors2001 — 2018
QuixeyBoard of Directors2011 — 2017Palo Alto, California
XirrusBoard of Directors2006 — 2017
ExabloxMember Board of Directors2013 — 2017Santa Clara
BlekkoBoard Member2011 — 2015
ReadyforceBoard Observer2011 — 2014
Guidewire SoftwareBoard of Directors2010 — 2013
TrusteerBoard of Directors2008 — 2013Tel Aviv
Savings.comBoard of Directors2010 — 2012
ThreatMetrixBoard of Directors2009 — 2012
Force10 Networks, INCBoard of Directors2005 — 2011
Occam NetworksBoard of Directors2000 — 2011
Sierra MonolithicsBOD2000 — 2009
VontuBoard of Directors2003 — 2008
Object ReservoirDirector1995 — 2007
Agility CommunicationsBoard of Directors1999 — 2006
VerityBoard of Directors1988 — 2005
VerityMember of Board of Directors1988 — 2005Mountain View, CA
New FocusBoard Observer1999 — 2003
Mayan NetworksBoard of Directors1996 — 2002
Optimal NetworksDirector1994 — 1999

Education

Stanford UniversityMBA, Business1983 — 1985
Stanford UniversityBSEE, Electrical Engineering1973 — 1977

Skills & more

Investments17Board LeadershipMergers10Venture Capital99Start-ups78MobileMobile Devices17Angel Investing9Mergers & Acquisitions66Strategic Partnerships45Cloud Computing26Entrepreneurship81

+12 more

Management ConsultingVenture FinancingProduct ManagementExecutive ManagementGo-to-market StrategyBusiness AlliancesBusiness DevelopmentProduct MarketingMentoringLeadershipStrategyManagement

Languages English

From Steve's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Prevoty, Inc.Board seat

via US Venture Partners · filed Dec 2017 · $13M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Accelerated NetworksActive SemiconductorAppthorityBoxCheck Point SoftwareCiphertrustEpic DesignGuidewire SoftwareImpervaNetDynamicsNew FocusOccam NetworksParametric Technology (Rasna)QuantifindSavings.comSierra MonolithicsStratacomTrusteerVerityVontuXylan

Sources: the firm's website · SEC Form D filings.

Colleagues at US Venture Partners

Casey Tansey

General Partner at US Venture Partners

Dafina Toncheva

General Partner at US Venture Partners

Dale Holladay

CFO at US Venture Partners

Irwin Federman

Senior Advisor at US Venture Partners

Jacques Benkoski

General Partner at US Venture Partners

Jonathan Root

General Partner at US Venture Partners

Matt Garratt

General Partner at US Venture Partners

Mike Maher

Senior Advisor at US Venture Partners

Network1

Casey Tansey

General Partner at US Venture Partners

Investors connected to Steve in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Steve Krausz?: Steve Krausz has over 35 years of venture capital experience at USVP, having led or served on the boards of numerous investments including Guidewire, Box, Imperva, and Check Point Software. He currently sits on the boards of Badge, Cato Networks, Human Interest, Informed.iq, Quantifind, Quokka, and Zefr, and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.B.A. from Stanford.
Where does Steve Krausz work?: Steve Krausz is General Partner at US Venture Partners and Board director at Human Interest and Board director at Zefr and Board director at Informed.
What does Steve Krausz invest in?: Steve Krausz invests in Consumer, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software.
What check size does Steve Krausz write?: Steve Krausz typically writes checks of $2M – $10M.
What boards does Steve Krausz sit on?: Steve Krausz holds tracked board seats at Accelerated Networks, Active Semiconductor, Appthority, Box, Check Point Software, Ciphertrust, Epic Design, Guidewire Software, Imperva, NetDynamics.
Where did Steve Krausz go to school?: Steve Krausz studied at Stanford University (MBA, Business); Stanford University (BSEE, Electrical Engineering).