# Stephen Forte

> Stephen Forte is a seed investor at Fresco Capital backing Analytics and Developer APIs. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Fresco Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fresco-capital-advisors)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenforte
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/worksonmypc
- Website: http://fresco.vc

Stephen Forte is a Managing Partner of Fresco Capital. Prior to Fresco, Stephen was Chief Strategy Officer of Telerik, a leading vendor of developer and team productivity tools and acquired by Progress Software in 2014. At Telerik Stephen oversaw international expansion, partnerships, and corporate development. Previously, he founded and operatedthe Mach5 accelerator in Silicon Valley, AcceleratorHK, Hong Kong’s first startup accelerator, and the Laudato Si’ Challenge Accelerator, the Vatican’s first accelerator. Stephen was the co-founder of several startups, including Chassis Finder (acquired in 2012), Triton Works (acquired in 2010) and Corzen (acquired in 2007). Prior to Corzen, Stephen served as the first CTO of venture backed Zagat Survey in New York City (acquired in 2011) and also was co-founder of the New York-based software consulting firm The Aurora Development Group.Stephen has an MBA from the City University of New York, did post grad work at LSE and has written several books on application and database development. An avid mountain climber, he leads an annual charity fundraising trek in the Mt. Everest region.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 1 | 100% |
| Developer APIs | 1 | 100% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 100% |
| Predictive Analytics | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moesif | Moesif helps product-led teams grow and monetize usage of AI and API products with a powerful API analytics and billing platform. Moesif's customers span financial, healthtech, logistics and enterprise software including fast-growing startups like You.com and PandaDoc as well as large enterprises like UPS and Sinch. | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 04, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alchemist Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemist-accelerator) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Heavybit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heavybit-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Merus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Test Kitchen Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/test-kitchen-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TiE Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tie-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Fresco Capital

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Investing at the intersection of people and technology.

5 contacts available at Fresco Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Stephen Forte | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-forte |
| Angie Lau | Impact Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angie-lau-1a66 |
| Cory Kidd | Impact Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cory-kidd |
| Eriko Suzuki | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eriko-suzuki |
| Furuzonfar Zehni | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/furuzonfar-zehni |

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## FAQ

### What does Stephen Forte invest in?

Stephen Forte invests primarily in Analytics, Developer APIs and Developer Tools startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Stephen Forte last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Stephen Forte closed in Jan 2019. Shizune tracks 1 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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