# StepStone

> StepStone is a VC fund in Berlin backing B2B, Apps and SaaS. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stepstone
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/stepstonewarsaw
- Website: http://www.stepstone.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stepstonebe

StepStone is a recruitment platform that connects applicants and employers together.The platform enables candidates to create personalized profiles including their personal details and preferred jobs. These details would be transferred to recruiters who would get in contact with them if selected. Recruiters are provided with job adverts,candidate search, and recruitment campaigns.StepStone was founded in 1996 by Walter de Brouwer and is based in Berlin.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for StepStone. Shizune tracks 7 team members at StepStone. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/stepstone?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Billing | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Series G | 1 | 25% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| India | 1 | 25% |
| Belgium | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Susan Standiford | Chief Product and Technology Officer | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susan-standiford |
| Christophe de Rassenfosse | Chief Product Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christophe-de-rassenfosse |
| Michael Elsing | Head of Internal IT DACH | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-elsing |
| Moritz Diekmann | Marketing Strategist (external) | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moritz-diekmann |
| Patrick Wehrmann | Group Managing Director & CEO, StepStone UK | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patrick-wehrmann |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PushPress | PushPress provides a painless end-to-end management platform for boutique gyms, fitness studios, and personal trainers to help them achieve scale and provide best-in-class member experiences. As the leading gym management software, PushPress uses innovative integrations and key products like Core, Grow, Train, Branded App, and Insurance to help gymowners with everything from billing and scheduling to lead generation and progress tracking, so they can spend less time on operations and more time serving clients. | $20M | Series B | Oct 30, 2024 |  |
| Zepto | Zepto is a quick-commerce platform that delivers groceries and daily essentials within minutes through a network of stores. It is an online store that offers a range of fruits, vegetables, snack food, and electronics. It provides a service that enables access to various grocery products. Zepto serves industries such as retail, food and beverage,and logistics. | $340M | Series G | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| Lineage Logistics | Lineage Logistics is an innovator in temperature-controlled supply chain and logistics. Lineage’s expertise in end-to-end logistical solutions, its unrivaled real estate network, and its use of technology combine to promote food safety, increase distribution efficiency, advance sustainability, lessen environmental impact, and minimize supply chainwaste. As a result, Lineage helps customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small family-owned businesses increase the efficiency and protect the integrity of their temperature-controlled supply chain. In recognition of the company’s leading innovations, Lineage was recognized as the No 1. Data Science company on Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2019, in addition to ranking 23rd overall in an evaluation of thousands of companies worldwide. | $1.7B | Private Equity | Jan 04, 2022 |  |
| Swan Insights | Swan Insights focuses on providing businesses with big data solutions for their decision making in marketing campaigns, lead generation, and customer relationship management.Swan Insights enables businesses to obtain business insights and information collected from social media, corporate websites, official business registers, businessactivities, and more. The company develops cloud solutions, APIs, applications, and system integration solutions.Swan Insights was founded by Laurent Kinet in October 2013. And it is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. | $932K | Seed | Sep 12, 2014 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Altos Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avenir](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avenir-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [avra](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avra-7592) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BentallGreenOak](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bentallgreenoak) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does StepStone invest in?

StepStone invests primarily in B2B, Apps and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact StepStone?

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### Who are the partners at StepStone?

The team at StepStone includes Susan Standiford (Chief Product and Technology Officer), Christophe de Rassenfosse (Chief Product Officer) and Michael Elsing (Head of Internal IT DACH), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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