Steve Blank
Mentor @ Ava
Steve Blank is a seed investor at Ava focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Steve Blank is the Founding Faculty - Gordian Knot Center For National Security Innovation of Stanford University. He previously worked at California League of Conservation Voters as a Board Member.
- Total investments:
- 26
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Steve Blank invests in
Stages Steve Blank invests in
Countries Steve Blank invests in
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Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$9.7M
- Series A
- $960k–$6.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 7 (27%)
- Software 6 (23%)
- Enterprise Software 4 (15%)
- Education 3 (12%)
- Health Care 3 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (50%)
- Series A 5 (19%)
- Funding Round 3 (12%)
- Angel 2 (8%)
- Series B 2 (8%)
Country
- United States 19 (73%)
- Finland 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Traysar
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Subterranean warfare for allied supremacy. | $25M / Seed / Jun 16, 2026 | |
SalesPatriot
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SalesPatriot serves as an advanced back-office operating system tailored for companies within the defense sector. | $5M / Seed / Oct 26, 2025 | |
Usul
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USUL is a modern government intelligence platform that provides software solutions. | $3.3M / Seed / May 12, 2025 | |
Rain Industries
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Every wildfire starts small. Rain contains wildfires within 10 minutes of ignition with autonomous drones. | $9.7M / Seed / Sep 21, 2023 | |
Artera
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Artera is a provider of precision medicine and develops artificial intelligence (AI) testing to customize treatments for cancer patients. It develops specialized tools to support personalized clinical care. Its test predicts therapeutic benefits and provides risk stratification. | $90M / Mar 21, 2023 | |
Valar Labs
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Valar Labs makes AI to interpret solid tumors and deliver insights, so physicians and patients can make informed treatment decisions. Their AI algorithms analyze digitized pathology slides to assess spatial features, and they design transparent systems grounded in underlying biology so physicians can trust the results. | $4M / Seed / Mar 30, 2022 | |
Syndicate
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Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network. | $800K / Seed / Jun 30, 2021 | |
Bot MD
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Bot MD is an AI assistant for doctors. They provide hospital information to provide instant answers to doctor queries and help automate patient care. Their hospital information systems provide instant answers to call rosters, hospital directories, guidelines, drugs, and HR leave policies. | $5M / Series A / Dec 22, 2020 | |
Crash
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Crash is a career launch platform that helps young professionals to discover their interests, build a strong profile to showcase their talent, and launch into the best early career opportunities. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Charleston, South Carolina. | $1.1M / Seed / Sep 01, 2018 | |
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Bot MD
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Bot MD is an AI assistant for doctors. They provide hospital information to provide instant answers to doctor queries and help automate patient care. Their hospital information systems provide instant answers to call rosters, hospital directories, guidelines, drugs, and HR leave policies. | $1.6M / Seed / Aug 07, 2018 | |
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Co-Investors
About Ava
Ava develops a live captioning platform that uses AI to transcribe what people say. It is committed to total accessibility for the 466M deaf/hh worldwide.
Ava Contacts
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Steve Blank
Mentor
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Marc Frochtzweig
Vice President, Marketing & Growth
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Nicolas El Baze
Investor
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Pieter Doevendans
Co-Founder, COO
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Skinner Cheng
Co-Founder & CTO
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FAQ
What does Steve Blank invest in?
Steve Blank invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 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 Steve Blank's check size?
Steve Blank typically joins rounds of $800k–$9.7M at Seed and $960k–$6.4M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Steve Blank participates in.
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When did Steve Blank last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Steve Blank closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 26 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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