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Steven Waterhouse

Investor

CEO and Founder at Nazare Ventures

Lisbon, Portugal

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Steven Waterhouse is founder and general partner at Nazaré Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on AI systems and infrastructure. He holds a PhD in AI from Cambridge and has founded and exited multiple companies, including RPX, which went public. His prior experience includes early partnerships at Pantera Capital and Fabric, along with engineering roles at NASA and Sun Microsystems, and he co-founded Orchid Protocol, a privacy-focused project.

Experience

  1. Nazare VenturesCEO and Foundercurrent2024 — presentZurich, Switzerland
  2. SquidAdvisorcurrent2021 — presentSwitzerland
  3. Orchid LabsCo-Founder & CEOcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. RISC ZeroAdvisor2022 — 2024Seattle, Washington, United States
  5. Fabric VenturesVenture Partner2020 — 2023Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  6. BitstampBoard Member2014 — 2016Slovenia
  7. Pantera CapitalPartner2013 — 2016San Francisco
  8. Fortress Investment GroupManaging Director, Intellectual Property Finance Group2013San Francisco
  9. RPX CorporationChief Technology Officer2008 — 2012San Francisco
  10. Foundation CapitalEIR2005 — 2006
  11. Sun MicrosystemsDirector, Honeycomb Storage Product2002 — 2005
  12. Sun MicrosystemsDirector, JXTA peer to peer group2001 — 2002San Francisco, California
  13. InfrasearchVP Engineering2000 — 2001
  14. NASA Ames Research CenterNASA contractor1997 — 1999California, United States
  15. UltimodeCo founder / Partner1997 — 1999Berkeley

Skills & more

Patents74Start-ups

Languages French

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Colleagues at Nazare Ventures

Oliver Bell
General Partner at Nazare Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Steven Waterhouse?
Steven Waterhouse is founder and general partner at Nazaré Ventures, an early-stage fund focused on AI systems and infrastructure. He holds a PhD in AI from Cambridge and has founded and exited multiple companies, including RPX, which went public. His prior experience includes early partnerships at Pantera Capital and Fabric, along with engineering roles at NASA and Sun Microsystems, and he co-founded Orchid Protocol, a privacy-focused project.
Where does Steven Waterhouse work?
Steven Waterhouse is CEO and Founder at Nazare Ventures.
What check size does Steven Waterhouse write?
Steven Waterhouse typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Where did Steven Waterhouse go to school?
Steven Waterhouse studied at University of Cambridge (PhD, Computer Science / Engineering / AI); University of Cambridge (MPhil, Speech Recognition).

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Fortress Investment Group mafia9

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Shared employers

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