# Steve Berg

> Steve Berg is a seed investor at Lytical Ventures (New York) backing Software and SaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lytical Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lytical-ventures)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sbberg1/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/sbberg1
- Website: http://www.lyticalventures.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/

Steve Berg is a Partner at Lytical Ventures where he invests in early-stage cyber, data & analytics and artificial intelligence. His investment background is in datacenter technologies with experience in both public and private investments.Steve holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Farmer School of Business of MiamiUniversity in Oxford, Ohio and a Master of Business Administration from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. In addition, Steve holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.In his spare time, Steve hosts a podcast called 'Intangibles' which can be found at https://www.intangiblespodcast.com/

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VISO TRUST | VISO Trust is a SaaS third-party cyber risk management for the modern enterprise. VISO Trust puts reliable, comprehensive, actionable vendor security information directly in the hands of decision-makers who need to make informed risk assessments. | $7M |  | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| Agolo | Agolo does one thing exceptionally well: we turn messy, freeform unstructured product data into a clean entity graph-based data store that, in turn, powers many enterprise use cases. Use cases range from GenAI Apps to LLMs and RAG Pipelines to Business Intelligence Dashboards and Reports to Support Site Augmentation to Enterprise and ApplicationSearch.Taken together, the business impact is clear line of sight to your customers' product experience, leading to improved product quality, lower support costs, and faster detection of emerging issues. |  | Series A | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| Clausematch | Clausematch is an award-winning regulatory technology (RegTech) company that enables heavily regulated organizations and other regulated companies to run their businesses safely and meet compliance obligations. Clausematch’s AI-powered platform provides end-to-end policy management and regulatory compliance solutions to help organizations navigatethe compliance lifecycle. | $11.4M |  | Oct 04, 2021 |  |
| Clausematch | Clausematch is an award-winning regulatory technology (RegTech) company that enables heavily regulated organizations and other regulated companies to run their businesses safely and meet compliance obligations. Clausematch’s AI-powered platform provides end-to-end policy management and regulatory compliance solutions to help organizations navigatethe compliance lifecycle. | $11.8M | Series B | Oct 04, 2021 |  |
| VISO TRUST | VISO Trust is a SaaS third-party cyber risk management for the modern enterprise. VISO Trust puts reliable, comprehensive, actionable vendor security information directly in the hands of decision-makers who need to make informed risk assessments. | $3M | Seed | Apr 28, 2021 |  |
| Reality AI | Reality Analytics, Inc. (Reality AI) was founded by Jeff Sieracki and Stuart Feffer in 2015 to make software that helps R&D engineers develop products using sensors. Reality AI uses proprietary algorithms for optimized feature discovery and model generation, component selection and specification setting, BoM optimization, and data collection/ synthetic augmentation/curation. Use cases include sound recognition, gesture recognition, and predictive maintenance using vibration, accelerometer, sound, radar, current/voltage/capacitance, and other sensor modalities. Customers in the automotive, industrial, and consumer/commercial products sectors. Reality AI has 14 US patents and 6 more pending, all in the areas of feature discovery and machine learning as applied to sensor and signal problems. Offices in Columbia, MD, Sunnyvale, CA and Tokyo, Japan. | $2M | Seed | Feb 15, 2020 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Expeditions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/expeditions-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sierra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sierra-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sony Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sony-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Work-Bench](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/work-bench) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Allstate Strategic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allstate-strategic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lytical Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Lytical Ventures is an NYC based venture fund which focuses on corporate intelligence including Cyber Security, Data and Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence. We are a robust team comprised of professionals with decades of combined experience in direct investing and extensive knowledge of our focus areas.

5 contacts available at Lytical Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lucas Nelson | Partner, Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-nelson |
| Steve Berg | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-berg |
| Craig Lifschutz | Partner and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/craig-lifschutz |
| Graham Carroll | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graham-carroll |
| Jeffrey Keswin | Founder, Chairman, and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-keswin |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Berg invest in?

Steve Berg invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 6 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 Steve Berg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Berg closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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