StepStone Group
VC Fund
La Jolla, United States
StepStone Group is a VC fund in La Jolla focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. StepStone Group provides investment solutions and advisory services focused on private markets. The company offers a range of products, including private equity, private debt, real estate, and infrastructure investments. StepStone Group assists clients in developing tailored investment strategies that align with their specific goals and riskprofiles. Additionally, the firm delivers data analytics and market insights to enhance decision-making processes for investors. Through its comprehensive approach, StepStone Group supports clients in navigating the complexities of private market investments.
- Total investments:
- 165
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
- Fund size:
- $126M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries StepStone Group invests in
Stages StepStone Group invests in
Countries StepStone Group invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 14 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $10M–$190M
- Series B
- $16M–$300M
- Series C
- $35M–$500M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 42 (25%)
- Artificial Intelligence 29 (18%)
- Information Technology 28 (17%)
- SaaS 14 (8%)
- FinTech 14 (8%)
Stage
- Series B 33 (20%)
- Series C 32 (19%)
- Series A 24 (15%)
- Series D 17 (10%)
- Private Equity 12 (7%)
Country
- United States 104 (63%)
- India 6 (4%)
- United Kingdom 4 (2%)
- Israel 3 (2%)
- Mexico 2 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Andy Jones
Senior Managing Director
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Senior Managing Director | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
David Jeffrey
Partner - Head of Europe
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Partner - Head of Europe | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Hunter Somerville
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 30 | Find email | |
Lindsay Creedon
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Margaret McKnight
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 14 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| SiMa.ai™ is a machine learning company transforming the embedded edge market through high-performance compute at the lowest power. Initially focused on computer vision applications, the company’s software-first approach simplifies ML integration and supports the broadest set of capabilities through a purpose-built MLSoC™ platform, enabling rapidadoption and creating the best of ease-of-use experience. SiMa.ai is led by technologists and business veterans and backed by a set of top investors committed to helping customers scale machine learning at the edge. | $150M / Series C / Sep 28, 2026 | ||
| US Fertility is a firm that are into health care business serving into fertility market. | Secondary Market / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| Clay provides a platform for go-to-market teams to use unique data and AI. The platform offers access to over 100 data providers for contact information, firmographics, and other data points. It also includes an AI research agent to automate manual research and create flexible workflows. | $115M / Series D / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| Fab2 is a semiconductor technology company that designs and builds chip fabs, manufacturing tools, components, and software in-house. | $500M / Series A / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| Crusoe is on a mission to help the oil industry reduce routine flaring of natural gas. They are passionate about creating solutions that benefit the environment, local communities, and energy producers.Crusoe Energy Systems provides oil and gas companies with a fast, low cost and simple solution to natural gas flaring. As the energy industrystruggles with pipeline constraints and increasing regulations around flaring and combusting, Crusoe is here to help. Their service lets operators preserve or regain regulatory compliance, maintain existing production and facilitate future development. | $3.9B / Series F / Sep 03, 2026 | ||
| System One provides specialized, highly technical outsourced services and manpower solutions to the critical infrastructure, technology, life sciences, and government sectors. | Private Equity / Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| Voya Energy is an energy management company that has developed technology to transform high-energy recycled metals into a safe fuel. | $35M / Series A / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
| Velaura AI develops ultra-low-power computing technology for artificial intelligence applications across cloud, edge, and physical environments. The company provides AI compute solutions designed to reduce power consumption while supporting data center scalability and operating efficiency. Its technology also supports edge AI applications byenabling local processing for responsiveness, autonomy, and deployment across connected devices. For physical and embodied AI, Velaura AI focuses on energy-efficient computing that can extend battery life and support continuously operating intelligent systems. The company also provides resources covering its technology, applications, and developments in AI computing. | $110M / Series A / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Mariana Minerals is a software-first critical minerals company that supplies materials essential for modern energy, AI, and defense applications. The company uses its proprietary platform, MarianaOS, which combines AI, machine learning, and end-to-end project execution tools to accelerate the timeline from discovery to production in the miningsector. | $310M / Series B / Aug 03, 2026 | ||
| Antora Energy delivers zero-carbon industrial heat and power to heavy industries that are more reliable than fossil fuels. Antora’s thermal energy storage soaks up excess solar and wind electricity and uses it to heat blocks of carbon so they glow like inside a toaster. | $550M / Series C / Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| See all 165 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does StepStone Group invest in?
StepStone Group invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 165 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is StepStone Group's check size?
StepStone Group typically joins rounds of $10M–$190M at Series A, $16M–$300M at Series B and $35M–$500M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds StepStone Group participates in.
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Who are the partners at StepStone Group?
The team at StepStone Group includes Andy Jones (Senior Managing Director), David Jeffrey (Partner - Head of Europe) and Hunter Somerville (Partner), among 14 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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