# Steve Kirsch

> Steve Kirsch is a seed investor at M10 (San Francisco Bay Area) backing Internet and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [M10](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m10)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevekirsch
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/stkirsch
- Website: http://skirsch.com

Steve Kirsch is a seed investor at M10 in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Internet and Software. Steve has been at the forefront of tech innovation for more than three decades. He invented and owns a patent on an early version of the optical mouse, founded Infoseek, one of the first Internet search engines, and helped create FrameMaker, a popular publication tool used by technical writers. Sick of having 357 different usernames andpasswords, Steve founded OneID in September 2011. The company is backed by Vinod Khosla’s Khosla Ventures. He helped rid the world of junk faxes, establishing an organization for businesses and consumers and winning lawsuits and judgments against junk fax operations.Steve holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Notey Labs | Notey Labs believe in designing technology that enables companies, businesses, and ideas to be truly global. Their mission is to bridge the digital divide between China and the Western internet and give businesses the tools to more fearlessly embrace a global web. Their company has been featured on Techcrunch, CNBC as well as Business Insider,highlighting Notey as one of the “15 Fastest Growing Startups in the World”. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 17, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Empiricus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/empiricus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VentureSouq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturesouq) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About M10

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

M10 provides a shared ledger where all banks and their customers have digital money accounts.

3 contacts available at M10.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Scott | Independent Board Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-scott |
| Marten Nelson | Co-Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marten-nelson |
| Steve Kirsch | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-kirsch |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Kirsch invest in?

Steve Kirsch invests primarily in Internet, Software and Digital Media startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Steve Kirsch last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Kirsch closed in Feb 2015. Shizune tracks 1 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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