# Launny Steffens

> Launny Steffens, Founder, Chairman and Senior Managing Director. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each...

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New York City, US · Partner

# Launny Steffens

Founder, Chairman and Senior Managing Director

Email

Stages *Series A*

Backs *Internet*

Latest rounds

- **Newsle** Series A · $200k Nov 2013

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Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Nov 2013
- **Filings:** - with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 1 mentions

What this record rests on

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

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## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $200k
- **Active:** 2013

2013

- [Newsle](https://millionrounds.com/company/newsle) *Series A* **$200k** *US* Nov 2013 Joined · +5 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **1**

What they backed

Internet **1**

Alongside

- [Advance Publications *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/advance-publications)
- [Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dfj)
- [Maveron *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maveron)
- Rockwell Schnabel *1*
- [Transmedia Capital *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/transmedia-capital)

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.

## Hear them before you pitch them

### Mentioned in

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

- [VC10X](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/vc10x) · 1 Apr 2025 · 48 min VC10X - What is Special Situation Investing? - Greg Ho, President, Spring Mountain Capital Mentions [Spring Mountain Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spring-mountain-capital)[Launny Steffens](https://millionrounds.com/person/launny-steffens) About this episode Greg Ho is the President & Head of Social Impact at Spring Mountain Capital ($1.6B AUM). Greg formerly spent 16 years at McKinsey, where he helped expand the firm into 30+ new countries and oversaw the launch of its $20B investment arm as CFO. In 2001, Greg founded SMC alongside Launny Steffens,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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