Stephen Marcus
General Partner at Riot Ventures
Los Angeles County, California
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & General Partner
2017 - Current
We are a top tier seed fund dedicated to deep technology. Backing audacious founders working on transforming the world around us with cutting edge technology. #hardtech, #deeptech, #venturecapital, #VC, #hardware, #frontiertech, #AI, #biotech, #3dprinting, #AI, #robotics
Riot Ventures invests in deep technology with a focus on intelligence, sensing and control, communications, mobility and security.
Board Member
2022
Enhance AI productivity with Kindo. The first platform that supports any AI model while being centralized, compliant, and secure.
Raised $27,600,000.00 from Marlinspike Capital, Riot Ventures, Sunset Ventures, Drive Capital, New Era Ventures, Eniac Ventures and RRE Ventures.
Board Member
2019
We made our latest growth investment in Shield.AI, an artificial intelligence platform that enables robots to see, reason about, and search the world. #drones, #defense, #AI, #artificialintelligence, #hardware
Shield AI is an artificial intelligence company that aims to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems.
Raised $1,073,144,999.00 from Cacti.
Investor
2019
Excited to announce our second growth investment at Riot into the Toast Series E alongside Tiger Global, TCV, Bessemer, Lead Edge and T. Rowe #restaurants, #technology, #fintech
Toast is a point-of-sale and restaurant management platform designed for businesses in the food service and hospitality industry.
Raised $961,950,000.00 from 12 West Capital.
Investor
2019
We are proud to have made our first growth investment in Desktop Metal's Series E alongside Koch, NEA, Lux, Kleiner Perkins, and Google Ventures. #3dprinting, #deeptech, #manufacturing, #bostontech
Desktop Metal is a provider of metal and carbon fiber 3D printing accessible to all engineers, designers, and manufacturers.
Raised $816,760,835.00 from Baron Capital, XN, Chamath Palihapitiya, JB Straubel, Miller Value Partners and HPS Investment Partners.
Catalyst
2016
Angel Investor
2010
Okta is a management platform that secures critical resources from cloud to ground for workforce and customers.
Raised $1,229,250,000.00 from Junipero Capital and Employee Stock Option Fund.
Angel Investor
2014
Stripe is an API technology company that provides online payment processing and commerce solutions for Internet businesses.
Raised $9,440,247,725.00 from E1 Ventures.
Founder & CEO
2011 - 2015
Matchbox is an award winning enterprise software company building cutting edge enrollment and registration tools for educational institutions. Matchbox was acquired by Noodle.
Matchbox develops tools for universities to carry out inbound application processes.
Raised $2,500,000.00 from Floodgate.
Member of Admissions Committee
2009 - 2011