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Steve Schultz

Partner at Diagram Ventures

Menlo Park, California

Overview 

Steve Schultz is a Partner at Diagram Ventures, specializing in seed-stage fintech investments. With a background as Chief Operating Officer at Check (acquired by Intuit) and experience as a General Manager at Yahoo!, he brings a wealth of strategic leadership and product development expertise to his current role. Steve has successfully invested in companies like Trice at the seed stage, contributing to his reputation as a seasoned investor and business leader in the fintech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2023 - Current

    Building and funding seed stage fintechs.

  • Venture Partner

    2019

    Investing in innovative fintech and software startups.

F-Prime Capital is a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology.

  • Board Member

    2023

Operating System for Modern Credit Cards

Raised $13,500,000.00 from Portage Ventures and Marco Mahrus.

  • Board Member

    2023

Trice is a payment solution that provides intelligent, secure, and cost-effective money movement.

Raised $2,989,999.00 from JAM FINTOP, Royal Bank of Canada, Diagram Ventures and JAM FINTOP.

  • Board Observer

    2021 - 2023

Notabene helps businesses perform crypto transactions that are regulatory compliant.

Raised $27,000,000.00 from Apollo, Y Combinator, ParaFi Capital, Jump Capital, CMT Digital, Green Visor Capital, DRW Venture Capital, Signature Ventures, Wintermute and Next Block Accelerator.

  • Business Development Leader, AWS Early Stage Startups

    2019 - 2023

    Led strategic partnership with Y Combinator (YC); worked directly with hundreds of YC founders to help them grow and build their companies.

Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.

  • Strategic Advisor | Operating Executive

    2017 - 2019

    Board advisor, strategy consultant, and interim operating executive in startups, including Connect Homes, Sigfig, Finxera, Captial Preferences, Tapingo, and Reach150.

  • Executive in Residence

    2016 - 2017

    Backed my previous company Check; focused on fintech investment sourcing and analysis.

Canvas Ventures is an early-growth fund focusing on AI transforming digital health and fintech.

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2010 - 2015

    Early member of this consumer finance and payments company. Grew payment volume from $0 to $1B, users from 1M to 11M and employees from 15 to 110. Acquired for $360M by Intuit.

Mint aggregates all your financial life in one, easy-to-understand place. Mint also gives you free advice on how to save money

Raised $31,775,000.00 from Benchmark, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, DAG Ventures, Shasta Ventures and Sherpalo Ventures.

  • General Manager | Sr. Director of Product Management

    2005 - 2010

    Head of Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Real Estate businesses in North America.

Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services.

Raised $6,800,000.00 from Visa, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital and Reuters Venture Capital.

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