Steve Beck
General Partner at Serra Ventures Funds
Steve Beck
General Partner at Serra Ventures Funds
San Diego County, California
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2015 - Current
Serra Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies in emerging Midwest technology centers and selected other geographies. Sectors we focus on include information technology, devices/instrumentation and agricultural technologies.
Lead Co-Investor and Former Director
2000
Stephen was an early-stage, lead investor and Director of Baidu. Baidu is China's leading technology company providing Chinese language web search. With over a $40b market capitalization, Baidu now offers 57 search and community services including Baidu Baike, an online collaboratively built encyclopedia, and a searchable keyword-based discussion forum.[
Director
2022
Board Observer
2019
Board Observer
2021
Board Observer
2019
Investor and Former Advisor
2011
PayStand empowers anyone to take credit card payments online, even without a merchant account. Like Square for online transactions, PayStand helps independent merchants quickly, easily and effectively sell online.
Investor
2019
Investor
2022
Investor
2021