Jon Staenberg
Managing Director @ Staenberg Venture Partners
Seattle, United States
Jon Staenberg is a seed investor at Staenberg Venture Partners in Seattle focused on Software and Information Technology. Jon Staenberg has been working with venture backed companies for more than a decade, and has participated in over 100 deals. In this capacity he has started his own company, worked full-time in other companies, and consulted to over 50 startups. He is one of the most experienced venture capitalists in the Pacific Northwest, having raised two funds totaling over $100 million. After working in the marketing area at Microsoft for six years, he joined Virtual i-O as VP of Sales & Marketing. During the last eight years, he has been engaged in business planning, business development, financial planning and fundraising, recruiting and mergers and acquisitions work for a variety of Silicon Valley and Seattle-based startups. Jon serves on the boards of Class.com and Micropath, and is on the advisory boards of New Vine Logistics, Vista Broadband, Prime Advantage, Time Domain, Atlantes.com, OneName, Syncronex, and uReach.com. Jon graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University, where he received his B.S., M.A., and M.B.A. While at Stanford, he started and ran two successful companies. Jon grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and is a hardcore Nebraska Cornhusker fan. In his spare time he collects sports ticket stubs.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Jon Staenberg invests in
Stages Jon Staenberg invests in
Countries Jon Staenberg invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$5.3M
- Series A
- $1.4M–$6M
- Series B
- $3.5M–$4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (25%)
- Information Technology 3 (25%)
- Legal 2 (17%)
- Internet 2 (17%)
- Legal Tech 2 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (42%)
- Series A 4 (33%)
- Series B 2 (17%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (8%)
Country
- United States 10 (83%)
- Ireland 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| ZenLedger is an analytics startup that simplifies cryptocurrency taxes to help investors and tax professionals in portfolio management. Built by expert industry veterans in technology, finance, and accounting, it allows users to easily import crypto transactions, calculate gains and income, and prepare tax returns.Its automated platform helpsinvestors and tax professionals reduce the uncertainty, frustration, and manual grunt work of creating personal crypto brokerage accounts. | $6M / Series A / Aug 03, 2021 | ||
| Our mission is to use technology and design to level the playing field for small businesses and the common person in a world where typically on the wealthiest people and large corporations can afford expensive counsel. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Mar 31, 2021 | ||
| Legalpad makes work visa applications faster, easier, and better for startups by pairing smart software with human support. Legalpad solves the work visa problem for startups and helps people to pursue employment across borders, beginning with startups. Legalpad was founded by Sara Itucas. | $1.7M / Seed / Jun 15, 2018 | ||
| Faira is a real estate technology platform that is revolutionizing the way people buy and sell homes – saving money, time and stress for both buyers and sellers. Faira has created a modern, efficient process with unprecedented accountability and transparency built into the system. Faira makes small changes to the process of selling and buying ahome, which make a big impact on the efficiency, transparency and cost-effectiveness. It uses software to automate what can be automated, but it keeps a human touch where necessary to make it easy for sellers and buyers.Faira is free for sellers and provides photography, MLS listing, marketing tools and collateral, and much more. We also have a team of agents that can help our sellers for just 1%. Either way, you get Faira's online offer platform which is designed to deliver the maximum price to the seller. | $2.5M / Seed / Jun 13, 2018 | ||
| Kindara is devoted to giving women the tools, knowledge, and support to understand how their fertility works, take ownership of their reproductive health, and meet their fertility goals. | $5.3M / Seed / Aug 19, 2015 | ||
| Kitchenbowl is a community for cooking enthusiasts to share and discover new recipes. They are building out both mobile (for easy content creation) and web (for distribution and reach). They allow people to post step-by-step instructions and photos that are easy to follow along and understand visually. | $1M / Seed / Mar 18, 2015 | ||
| Studio POWWOW is a transmedia and Animation Production company based in Dublin, Ireland. We specialize in the creation, development and production of entertainment content solutions across multiple platforms, including mobile, web and TV. Studio POWWOW is currently in development of its first major cross platform entertainment IP ‘The World ofShipAntics.’ The World of ShipAntics is an animated comedy adventure game being developed for iOS & Android devices. We will be developing The World of ShipAntics into Appisodes, a TV series, and more. | $2.5M / Series A / Sep 24, 2014 | ||
| Appvance.ai is the leader in AI-driven test generation, which is revolutionizing how software testing is performed. The company’s premier product is Appvance IQ, the world’s first AI-driven, unified test automation system. It helps enterprises improve the quality, performance and security of their applications, while transforming the efficiency andoutput of testing teams. Appvance.ai is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Costa Rica and India. Investors in the company include Javelin Ventures, Staenberg Ventures, Social Internet Fund, FundersClub, Three Bridges Ventures and HB Asset Management. | $1.4M / Series A / Mar 15, 2014 | ||
| Badongo is the world’s most sophisticated online storage, management and publishing system for personal content.Badongo was co-founded in 2005 by Patrick Boden and Frank Westerholt. The company provides individuals worldwide with a free and deluxe suite of online storage, management and publishing applications for personal content. Thecompany generates revenue through the sale of premium account services and online ads. Today, Badongo hosts millions of files created and uploaded by individuals around the world and in almost every country. The Company is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.Badongo.com is an online software service for storage, management and publication of personal content. Consumers worldwide can easily upload any type of large file (photo, video, music, business documents, etc.) from any type of computer. Once a file is uploaded, Badongo provides users with the ability to manage and manipulate their own files before securely sending to friends, family or colleagues of their choice. In addition, users are offered quick text links which can be easily copy and pasted directly into email and instant message conversation for fast viewing and download of their file. Badongo also boosts user interaction with a set of innovative software widgets that can be embedded into a user’s blog, forum, website and Facebook or MySpace page. | Series A / Jan 01, 2006 | ||
| iStart Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investments. It provides Internet start-up ventures with core business systems, a complete set of resources, and an infusion of initial seed funding. | $4M / Series B / Apr 26, 2000 | ||
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Co-Investors
Staenberg Venture Partners is a Seattle-based venture capital firm focused on the technology industry. With $100 million under management, they invest at all stages of company development from concept to maturity. By leveraging an extensive partner network in Silicon Valley and the Pacific Northwest, their firm provides a unique and important bridge between these two technology centers. Staenberg Venture Partners provides more than just financial contributions. They help their portfolio companies build winning management teams and obtain access to expert resources. All of their Limited Partners work in the high-tech industry, many playing influential roles. They add value through consulting to early-stage companies and co-invest in later-stage companies alongside other institutional funds.
Staenberg Venture Partners Contacts
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Jon Staenberg
Managing Director
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Paul Nortaras
Chief Financial Officer
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FAQ
What does Jon Staenberg invest in?
Jon Staenberg invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Legal startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Jon Staenberg invest in?
Jon Staenberg typically joins rounds of $1M–$5.3M at Seed, $1.4M–$6M at Series A and $3.5M–$4M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Jon Staenberg's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Jon Staenberg took part in.
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When did Jon Staenberg last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jon Staenberg closed in Aug 2021. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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