Steve McGrath
InvestorManaging Director and Head of Venture Studios at Roadrunner Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $1M checks
About
Steve McGrath is Managing Director and Head of Venture Studios at Roadrunner Ventures, where he leads efforts to build frontier technology companies in strategic sectors. He has co-founded companies in applied AI, semiconductor manufacturing, and climate tech across the U.S. and Asia, and previously served as President of Shell Ventures for North America and China, and as a Partner at Bain & Company in Singapore where he co-founded ventures in energy, advanced manufacturing, and technology. He earlier co-founded Strategos with Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad, remains a Senior Advisor at Bain, and holds BA and MA degrees in Physics from Cambridge and an MBA from Stanford.
Invests in
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningBiotechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareNew MaterialsSemiconductors
Experience
- Roadrunner Venture StudiosManaging Directorcurrent2026 — presentNew Mexico, United States
- Bain & CompanySenior Advisorcurrent2025 — presentUS, APJ
- Bain & CompanyPartner2021 — 2025Singapore, Sydney, Hong Kong
- Clientbase Pte LtdBoard Advisorcurrent2025 — presentSingapore
- UP.LabsChief Commercial Officer2024 — 2025Santa Monica, CA
- Xnergy Autonomous Power TechnologiesBoard Advisor2018 — 2024Singapore
- Nanyang Technological UniversityAdjunct Professor2020 — 2024Singapore
- Singapore Management UniversitySenior Advisor | Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship2020 — 2023Singapore
- Mach49Managing Director | APJ2019 — 2021Singapore
- ShellStrategic Advisor2018 — 2021Singapore, Beijing
- ShellPresident | Shell Ventures2017 — 2019San Francisco; Beijing; Shanghai
- Sense PhotonicsInvestor2018 — 2019
- AmpleBoard Member2018 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
- AuroraInvestor2018 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
- KespryBoard Member2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- AutoGridInvestor2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- EDPR SunseapBoard Member2017 — 2019Singapore
- GeliBoard Member2017 — 2019San Francisco, California, United States
- MAANABoard Member2017 — 2019
- Shakespeare's GlobeBoard Member2015 — 2019London, England
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Education
- University of CambridgeBA, MA (Cantab)
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, Venture Capital & Entrepreneurship
- Stanford Law SchoolDirectors' College
Skills & more
Technology CommercializationStartup FounderBoard Governance2Early-Stage VCVenture Studio LeadershipBusiness BuildingStrategic Partnerships14Corporate innovationCorporate Development21Mergers & Acquisitions24Deep TechClimate Tech
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AI/MLMobilityLanguages English · French
From Steve's professional profile.
Colleagues at Roadrunner Ventures
Adam Hammer
CEO & GP at Roadrunner Ventures
Chase Kimball
Advisor, Quantum at Roadrunner Ventures
Chris Haugh
Director, Platform at Roadrunner Ventures
Dan Hooks
Advisor at Roadrunner Ventures
Dan Lee
Founder, Perseus Materials at Roadrunner Ventures
Darren Hau
Co-founder & CEO, Halo Materials at Roadrunner Ventures
Dr. Luis Chavez
Principal Engineer at Roadrunner Ventures
Dr. Olaf Conrad
Co-Founder & CTO, Halo Materials at Roadrunner Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Steve McGrath work?
- Steve McGrath is Managing Director and Head of Venture Studios at Roadrunner Ventures.
- What does Steve McGrath invest in?
- Steve McGrath invests in Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware, New Materials, Semiconductors.
- What check size does Steve McGrath write?
- Steve McGrath typically writes checks of $1M.
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