# Steve Reale

> Steve Reale is a seed investor at Midwestern Bioag (San Francisco) backing Software and SaaS. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Midwestern Bioag](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/midwestern-bioag)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-reale-8454651/

Steve Reale is a seed investor at Midwestern Bioag in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. Steve Reale is based out of San Francisco, California and is the Board of Director of TrueMeter and also Partner & CFO of Ulu Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 6% |
| Mobile | 1 | 6% |
| Billing | 1 | 6% |
| FinTech | 1 | 6% |

25 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 31% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Series E | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |
| Series C | 1 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TrueMeter | EcoTrove is an AI Energy Agent that replaces unpredictable power bills with flat-price subscription to lower-cost, greener power. |  | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| TrueMeter | TrueMeter is an AI Energy Manager that guarantees 7 - 15% lower power bills to brick & mortar businesses, with no investment required. | $4M | Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| Empo Health | Empo Health is an in-home health monitoring that fits seamlessly into patients' lives. | $7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| Vytala | Vytala is a food tech firm focused on improving nutrition through innovative solutions. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 19, 2024 |  |
| Novel Capital | Novel Capital’s fintech funding platform breaks down the traditional growth barriers faced by today’s B2B software companies. Their tech-first approach makes it easy for customers to leverage future recurring revenue for immediate access to non-dilutive capital. Paired with online data-driven insights and curated learning resources, the Novelplatform empowers entrepreneurs to capitalize on their momentum. | $15M | Seed | May 29, 2024 |  |
| Dwellsy | Dwellsy is an internet company that specializes in the fields of consumer applications, internet, and property management. It features a web-based platform for residential home rentals, built on the radical concept that true, organic search in a free eco-system creates more value than the pay-to-play model embraced by all of the current rentallisting services.The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Altos, California. | $11.5M | Seed | Nov 15, 2023 |  |
| CoreChain Technologies | CoreChain Technologies is a business-to-business payments network built on blockchain technology. | $4.2M | Seed | Apr 28, 2022 |  |
| Dwellsy | Dwellsy is an internet company that specializes in the fields of consumer applications, internet, and property management. It features a web-based platform for residential home rentals, built on the radical concept that true, organic search in a free eco-system creates more value than the pay-to-play model embraced by all of the current rentallisting services.The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Altos, California. |  | Seed | Jan 27, 2021 |  |
| Dwellsy | Dwellsy is an internet company that specializes in the fields of consumer applications, internet, and property management. It features a web-based platform for residential home rentals, built on the radical concept that true, organic search in a free eco-system creates more value than the pay-to-play model embraced by all of the current rentallisting services.The company was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Los Altos, California. |  | Seed | Sep 11, 2020 |  |
| Atria Systems | Aria helps enterprises grow recurring revenue businesses with an agile billing system. The company helps clients to take advantage of each customer-driven event − known as revenue moments − with agile billing, active customer engagement, and the rapid development of new products and services. With Aria's end-to-end active monetizationplatform, global brands can get to market faster with a wider variety of products and services, while maximizing customer satisfaction, retention, and lifetime value. | $30M | Private Equity | Dec 11, 2018 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hummer-winblad-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [InterWest Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/interwest-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Rembrandt Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rembrant-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Venrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venrock) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Costanoa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/costanoaventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Midwestern Bioag

VC Fund · Blue Mounds, United States

Midwestern Bioag is a biologically-based agricultural consulting company that provides a route to better farming through better soils. They show farmers how to create a tailored farm management plan that builds the capacity of the soil to provide a wide range of economic and environmental benefits for the farm. It was founded in 1982 andheadquartered in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin.

4 contacts available at Midwestern Bioag.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gary Zimmer | President and Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-zimmer |
| Mike Beringer | Director of Human Resources | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-beringer |
| Ronnie Kurschner | Vice President of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ronnie-kurschner |
| Steve Reale | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-reale |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Reale invest in?

Steve Reale invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 16 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 Reale last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Reale closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 16 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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