Steve Eskenazi

Chairman

2023 - Current

After six years of board service, I've become chairman of AbilityPath, which advocates for the acceptance, respect, and inclusion for those with developmental disabilities.

Angel Investor

2008

Investor in the following companies: Hands-On Video Relay Services (sold to Purple Communications for $70 million for an 8X return), Filtrbox (sold to Jive Software for a 6X return), PM Pediatrics (a "do well by doing good" start-up in the pediatric urgent care market), RadiumOne (a real-time advertising platform), Proxio (which provides a linkedin-type service for the international mls/real estate markets), Ensighten (a leading supplier of enterprise SaaS tag-management solutions), Bell Biosystems (a synthetic biology company programming cells), RenovoRX (a medical devices company), Bolt Threads (a synthetic biology company making synthetic silk), Glue Networks (a cloud-based WAN solutions provider), Uber (world's largest mobile-app based transportation network), Broadly (which provides SaaS-based automated marketing for SMBs), Admitsee (online high school/college student network), Superstar Games (VR entertainment studio), Catawiki (Europe's fastest growing online specialty auction site), and Cerium Pharmaceuticals (developer of medicines for the treatment of rare diseases).

Member

2015

Founding member of a group of investors focusing on partnerships between Israeli and Jewish Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors.

Charter Member

2014

TiE Silicon Valley is the largest and founding chapter of the TiE brand, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurship. It provides technology entrepreneurs with mentoring services, networking opportunities, startup-related education, funding, and incubating.

Board Director

1998

Board director with additional responsibilities including non-executive chairman, audit committee, compensation committee chair. Some previous board roles include DigitalThink, Cybertrust, Blue Lithium, Purple Communications, RadiumOne, and Admitsee.

Professor

2013 - 2014

For two years, taught night class, "The Financial Underpinnings of a Start-Up" in continuing education department for students looking to become entrepreneurs.

Member

2012 - 2014

Managing General Partner

1997 - 2008

Built team and raised two venture funds totaling $300+M that invested in digital media, internet, and SaaS. Highlighted portfolio companies include Pandora (first institional investor), Blue Lithium (sold to Yahoo for $300M), Cybertrust (sold to Verizon for $450M), and DigitalThink (went public and achieved a $2B market cap).

Managing Director

1990 - 1997