# Gary Steele, Executive Chairman, Investor

> Gary Steele, Executive Chairman, Investor. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/gary-steele (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Guildford, GB · Angel

# Gary Steele

Executive Chairman, Investor

Latest rounds

- **HiLight** Series C · $20M Mar 2019

Backs *Manufacturing* *Software*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Mar 2019
- **Filings:** 3 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 2 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 3 filings with a regulator
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $20M
- **Active:** 2019

2019

- [HiLight](https://millionrounds.com/company/hilight) *Series C* **$20M** *GB* Mar 2019 Joined · +2 investors

By stage

- Series C **1**

What they backed

Manufacturing **1** Software **1**

Alongside

- [Atlantic Bridge *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atlantic-bridge)
- DB *1*

Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [HiLight Semiconductor](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hilight-semiconductor)

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **MODERNIZING MEDICINE, INC.** Director since 2022
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Synack, Inc.** Director on 2 filings · since 2017
- SEC Form D · Company raising **Phasor Inc** Director on 2 filings · since 2017

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Hear them before you pitch them

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Gary Steele in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The a16z Show](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/a16z) · 1 Nov 2025 · 39 min Why Speed, Not Size, Will Define the Next War Mentions [Gary Steele](https://millionrounds.com/person/gary-steele)[Horacio Rozanski](https://millionrounds.com/person/horacio-rozanski) About this episode As global tensions rise, AI and autonomy are transforming how nations prepare for conflict. In this episode, Horacio Rozanski, CEO of Booz Allen Hamilton and Gary Steele, CEO of Shield AI join Erik Torenberg to discuss how technology, speed, and public–private partnerships are reshaping America’s… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Grit](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/grit) · 18 Mar 2024 · 1h 12m #182 CEO & Co-Founder Cribl, Clint Sharp: Finding Traction With [Clint Sharp](https://millionrounds.com/person/clint-sharp) Mentions [Doug Merritt](https://millionrounds.com/person/doug-merritt)[Gary Steele](https://millionrounds.com/person/gary-steele)[Henry Schuck](https://millionrounds.com/person/henry-schuck) About this episode Guest: Clint Sharp, CEO and co-founder of Cribl New employees are joining the remote data platform Cribl every week, and as the staff grows, CEO Clint Sharp has noticed a problem: He can’t file a bug report without a lot of caveats. When there were a handful of users, no one would bat an eye at… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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