# Steve Brotman

> Steve Brotman is a Series A investor at Alpha Partners backing Internet. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Alpha Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-venture-partners)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2007
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebrotman
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/stevebrotman
- Website: http://www.vcball.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stevebrotman

Steve Brotman is a Series A investor at Alpha Partners in New York focused on Internet and Real Time. Steve Brotman, an entrepreneur, investor, and fund manager, is the founder and Managing Partner at Alpha Venture Partners. Steve also serves as a Strategic Advisor to the Pritzker Group‘s venture arm, Pritzker Group Venture Capital.Prior to Alpha Venture Partners, Steve was the co-founder and Managing Director of Greenhill SAVP, Greenhill &Co’s venture capital unit (which was spun out as Tribeca Venture Partners), a technology- and business information services-focused venture capital fund with $100 Million under management. Prior to GSAVP, Steve founded Silicon Alley Venture Partners with $15 million assets under management. At his prior funds, Steve invested in 30 portfolio companies and was among the first institutional investors in LivePerson (Nasdaq: LPSN) and Medidata Solutions (Nasdaq: MDSO).Steve was also the co-founder of a venture-backed company, AdOne, the pioneer online classified advertising platform. AdOne was Steve’s first entrepreneurial effort, which started life as an assignment in an Entrepreneurship class at Columbia Business School. AdOne signed over one-third of the newspaper industry, 500 newspapers, and was acquired by a newspaper consortium led by Hearst. During his entrepreneurial and VC firm career, Steve has been recognized a few times: as a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award as well as being named in Crain’s Tech 100, Top 25 Players Shaping Silicon Alley, and Top 40 under 40 among New York business leaders.Steve currently serves on the board of the MIT Enterprise Forum and has previously served on the boards of Critical Mention, DataSynapse (Observer), Medidata (Observer), and Truveris, among others. Steve has been a mentor with the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, Blueprint Health, Startup Health, Columbia Business School Lang, and Greenhouse Funds. Steve received a joint M.B.A. / J.D from Washington University / Columbia and a B.A. in economics from Duke University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Real Time | 1 | 33% |
| Broadcasting | 1 | 33% |
| Social Media Management | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Critical Mention | Critical Mention provides the most comprehensive Web-based real time broadcast monitoring service and is changing the way corporate communications and business intelligence professionals search, track and view vital information from television and radio. The company's CriticalTV platform provides real-time search, monitoring and email alertsfor organizations that require up-to-the-minute news about their company, clients, competitors, industry news and more. | $1M |  | Sep 20, 2007 |  |
| Critical Mention | Critical Mention provides the most comprehensive Web-based real time broadcast monitoring service and is changing the way corporate communications and business intelligence professionals search, track and view vital information from television and radio. The company's CriticalTV platform provides real-time search, monitoring and email alertsfor organizations that require up-to-the-minute news about their company, clients, competitors, industry news and more. | $4M | Series B | Dec 05, 2005 |  |
| Critical Mention | Critical Mention provides the most comprehensive Web-based real time broadcast monitoring service and is changing the way corporate communications and business intelligence professionals search, track and view vital information from television and radio. The company's CriticalTV platform provides real-time search, monitoring and email alertsfor organizations that require up-to-the-minute news about their company, clients, competitors, industry news and more. | $2M | Series A | Oct 06, 2004 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Stonehenge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stonehenge-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Meyer Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meyer-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CIBC Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cibc-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New York Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-york-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Pennell Venture Partners — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Alpha Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Alpha Partners is the Pro-Rata Co-Investment Fund. We are known as the VC's VC.Recently, we have provided over $100 million in growth capital to early stage VC firms to double down in their leading companies. 80% of category leading technology companies have small, early stage investors as their first funders. Due to capital constraints,early stage funds lack the follow-on capital necessary to double down in their winners. Alpha partners with VC firms to provide on-demand capital for their follow-ons. We share up to half of the economics on co-investments.Since 2011, Alpha also serves as a advisor to Pritzker Group.

5 contacts available at Alpha Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Steve Brotman | Founder and Managing Partner | — |
| Brian Smiga | Co-founder and Managing Partner | — |
| Daniel Weinstein | Director of Investor Relations | — |
| Dan Stolar | Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-stolar |
| David S. Bennahum | Venture Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-s-bennahum |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Brotman invest in?

Steve Brotman invests primarily in Internet, Real Time and Broadcasting startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 Steve Brotman?

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### When did Steve Brotman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Brotman closed in Sep 2007. Shizune tracks 3 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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