What does Steve Blank invest in?
Steve Blank invests most often at Seed and Series A (60% of the rounds on record).

Last cheque observed Feb 2017. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.
QuietAngel
10 rounds on record
Mostly Seed and Series A: 60% of its rounds
Sole investor in 1 rounds, median undisclosed
2 exits from the portfolio
Every round we can evidence, newest first10 appearances
1 round
2 rounds
1 round
2 rounds
2 rounds
2 rounds
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
We hold 1 person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
AnthropicGranolaListen LabsListen LabsLockheed MartinLong Term Stock ExchangeLovablePerplexityTwinmindVercelthe Boring Company20+ in the UKAES-GCMAFTTP 3-32.34v3Agile Combat EmploymentAmerica’s Frontier FundAnthropic MythosArmy Corps of EngineersArmy's Modular ProtectiveChuck EesleyClaude CodeClaude SkillsCommon Mission ProjectCristobal GarciaCsrcDoresearchEntrepreneur & Innovation ExchangeEric VolmarGermanyGet the PodcastsGordian Knot CenterHacking for DefenseHacking for DiplomacyHon Marise PayneJennifer CarolanJeremy WeinsteinJoe FelterJoe FelterLeanlaunchpadMar HershensonMike BrownMissile Defense AgencyMovieLabsNational Institutes of HealthNational Science FoundationNational Science Foundation I-CorpsOpenClawOwen WestPoets and QuantsSbirTHAADThe Cipher BriefViewpoints AIacquired by John Deerebusiness modelv0
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
The investors most often in the same rounds as Steve Blank. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
The latest companies Steve Blank put money into.
3 books written by people at Steve Blank: Steve Blank.

The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win
Steve Blank · 2003
3.96 from 16,810 ratings on Goodreads
The bestselling classic that launched 10,000 startups and new corporate ventures - The Four Steps to the Epiphany is one of the most influential and practical business books of all time. The Four Steps to the Epiphany launched the Lean Startup approach to new ventures. It was…
The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company
Steve Blank · 2012
4.11 from 12,890 ratings on Goodreads
Now a decade after the Four Steps to the Epiphany sparked the Lean Startup revolution, comes its sequel… The Startup Owner's Manual The Manual incorporates 10 years of learning and best practices that have swept the startup world. It: Incorporates the "Business Model…

Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
Steve Blank · 2010
4.35 from 23 ratings on Goodreads
Volume One of Steve Blank s collected blog posts, featuring war stories and lessons from 20 years in Silicon Valley startups, how to build a successful Customer Development model, and real world advice on creating a successful venture capital pitch. Includes thoughtful ideas on…
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6 episodes naming Steve Blank in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Investor Stories 479: Startup Lessons from Steve Blank, Seth Levine, and Ben Orthlieb: Hubris, Influence, and Founder Selection (Orthlieb, Levine, Blank)
MentionsSteve Blank

508. Maintaining U.S. Dominance, Navigating Defense Tech, Prime Obsolence, and Why Your Startup is Likely DOA (Steve Blank)
MentionsSteve Blank

How to find customers in the Dept of Defense: From prototype to the Pentagon | Steve Blank (Hacking for Defense)
MentionsSteve BlankEric RiesFirst Round Capital+2

Mastering modern entrepreneurship | Building lean, starting young, and studying customers | Steve Blank (Author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany)
MentionsSteve BlankAlexander Osterwalder

#148 - How to build products your customers want: Steve Blank
MentionsSteve BlankYuri Danilchenko

Steve Blank on Rebuilding the Department of Defense
MentionsSteve BlankElon MuskPalmer Luckey+1

Investor Stories 486: The Traits of Visionary Founders: Ecosystem-Scale Thinking, Data-Driven Truth-Seeking, and Relentless Customer Experience Design (Blank, Demaree, Cheng)

Marc Andreessen and Charlie Songhurst on the past, present, and future of Silicon Valley

A Sneak Peek at Pattern Breakers

Lockheed Martin
Steve Blank invests most often at Seed and Series A (60% of the rounds on record).
10 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2017.
Its most recent investments on record: Gamalon (Seed, Feb 2017).
The median round it joins is $4.5M.
Rarely, if at all: none of its 10 investments on record names it as the lead.
Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (90%) and Finland (10%).
No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2017.
Most often 500 Global (2 rounds together), Felicis (2 rounds together) and Mohr Davidow Ventures (2 rounds together).
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