Steve Munich
Founder
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Steve Munich is an experienced professional in the semiconductor industry, with notable roles including North America Sales Manager at Forte Design Systems (acquired by Cadence Design Systems) and Director of Sales & Marketing at Ambit Design Systems (acquired by Cadence Design Systems). Currently, he serves as an Angel Investor at MVA and has expertise in Verilog, EDA, business development, and strategic planning, among other skills.
Steve has a successful track record of contributing to the growth and acquisition of companies in the semiconductor sector, such as Forte Design Systems and Ambit Design Systems. He is currently leveraging his industry experience and skills as an Angel Investor at MVA, focusing on investing in hardware, social networks, and enterprise startups at seed and pre-seed stages.
Work Experience
Something New
2024 - Current
Ex Investor
2023 - 2024
Venture Partner
2021 - 2022
Angel Investor
2012 - 2022
Seed stage investments in 50+ globally located startups - several have received Series A & B, follow on investments from institutions total $2B+
Business Development Consultant / Investor
2009 - 2012
Worked with cofounders Dave Kelf and Phil Moorby (father of the Verilog language) in growing our software defined radio startup focused on modernizing telecom base stations.
North America Sales Manager / Business Development Consultant / Investor
2005 - 2008
Director, Business Development / Investor
2002 - 2002
Helped cofounders Simon Davidmann and Phil Moorby bring to fruition the standard System Verilog, which was a subset of Co-Design’s Superlog language for hardware development and verification.
Director, Sales & Marketing / Investor
1995 - 1999
Director, Field Operations
1993 - 1995
First full time sales representative for Chronologic, lead team of 50+ sales and support staff from Viewlogic after acquisition in selling Chronologic VCS which is still the industry standard logic simulator in 2024,now owned by Synopsys.
Account Manager
1992 - 1993