# Steve Huffman

> Steve Huffman is a seed investor at Reddit (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Reddit](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reddit)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuffman56
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/wtfspez

Steve Huffman is a seed investor at Reddit in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. Steve Huffman is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the CEO of Reddit. Steve previously worked at Hipmunk as a Co-Founder and CTO. Steve Huffman attended the University of Virginia.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $485k–$6.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 39% |
| SaaS | 3 | 17% |
| Apps | 2 | 11% |
| Mobile | 2 | 11% |
| Mobile Apps | 2 | 11% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 78% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Series | A Network of AI Friends | $5.1M | Pre-Seed | Apr 04, 2025 |  |
| Valid | Validated helps you discover what customers want by simulating that your product ideas exist with hundreds of AI generated ads and observing conversion. | $5.5M | Seed | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| atla | Atlas helps in assists legal practitioners in searching through millions of texts and then using machine learning to extract crucial information from each source. | $5M | Seed | Dec 07, 2023 |  |
| JustPaid | JustPaid is a financial platform that helps startups control their spending and gives them financial oversight. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Fathom | An audiovisual recording service that integrates with both Zoom and Google Calendar. | $4.7M | Seed | Jan 24, 2022 |  |
| Agora | Agora is a compensation platform that helps companies figure out how to pay their employees by making data-driven decisions. It helps companies centralize their data, set their pay structure, benchmark themselves against similar companies in real-time, and communicate total rewards to their candidates and employees. Figure streamlines complicatedmanual compensation processes into simple, secure, and collaborative workflows.Agora's mission is to bring equity and transparency to compensation for companies, employees, and candidates. | $7.5M | Seed | May 06, 2021 |  |
| Nothing | Nothing is a consumer electronics company that designs and manufactures smartphones, earbuds, and other connected devices. The company focuses on product integration and user experience, aiming to create a digital ecosystem through hardware and software development. | $6.4M | Seed | Dec 09, 2020 |  |
| Cerberus Interactive | Cerberus Interactive is a mobile games company based in Austin, Texas. We are changing the way the mobile industry creates bold new titles with our unique marketing-first demand testing model. Our mission is to de-risk the "hit driven" game industry and bring gamers more fresh titles to play, more often. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 28, 2019 |  |
| Dapper Labs | Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, uses blockchain technology to bring NFTs and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world. Since it was founded in 2018, Dapper Labs has given consumer enthusiasts a real stake in the game by bringing them closer to the brands they love, building engaged and exciting communities for them tocontribute to, and producing new pathways for them to become creators themselves. | $15M | Series A | Oct 19, 2018 |  |
| Dapper Labs | Dapper Labs, the company behind NBA Top Shot, uses blockchain technology to bring NFTs and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world. Since it was founded in 2018, Dapper Labs has given consumer enthusiasts a real stake in the game by bringing them closer to the brands they love, building engaged and exciting communities for them tocontribute to, and producing new pathways for them to become creators themselves. | $12.9M | Series A | Mar 20, 2018 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Maven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-ventures-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rising Tide](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rising-tide-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [47Th Street Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/47th-street-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Reddit

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Reddit is an online platform that enables users to submit links, create content, and have discussions about the topics of their interest.

5 contacts available at Reddit.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fredrick Lee | Chief Information Security Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fredrick-lee |
| Jonathan Flesher | VP Business Development & Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-flesher-2 |
| Jonathan Flesher | VP Business Development & Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-flesher |
| Serkan Piantino | VP Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serkan-piantino |
| Aaron Rudenstine | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-rudenstine |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Huffman invest in?

Steve Huffman invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 18 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 Huffman's check size?

Steve Huffman typically joins rounds of $485k–$6.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Steve Huffman participates in.

### When did Steve Huffman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Huffman closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 18 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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