# Steve West

> Steve West is a seed investor at Jefferies (San Francisco) backing Health Care and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Jefferies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jefferies-group)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Steve West is a seed investor at Jefferies in San Francisco focused on Health Care and SaaS. Steve West - Managing Director @ Jefferies

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 50% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 50% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Worki | Worki.ai is a healthcare workforce infrastructure company that provides an AI-driven platform to help health systems manage. | $2.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 16, 2026 |  |
| Ansana | Ansana develops sterilization solutions for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. This technology is significantly cutting patient risk, reducing the environmental imprint, lowering expenses, and increasing flow. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 29, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BGO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bgo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nlc-accelerating-healthtech-inventions) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Redesign Health](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redesign-health) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Jefferies

VC Fund · New York, United States

Jefferies provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, and foreign exchange markets.Jefferies, a major global securities and investment banking group, has served companies and their investors for nearly 50 years and operates in more than 25 cities around the world. They provide world-class investment banking, sales andtrading, research and asset management to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net worth individuals. They are industry experts, specializing in aerospace and defense, consumer energy, financial services, gaming and leisure, healthcare, industrials, maritime, media, real estate & lodging, technology, and telecommunications, with a dedicated private equity coverage group.

5 contacts available at Jefferies.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paul G. Furer | Analyst (M&A) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-g-furer |
| Steve West | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steve-west-5 |
| Todd Breeden | Managing Director, Head of Venture Directs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/todd-breeden |
| Boyd Jefferies | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boyd-jefferies |
| Brian Fitzgerald | Managing Director - Equity Research Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-fitzgerald-3f78 |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve West invest in?

Steve West invests primarily in Health Care, SaaS and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 2 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 West last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve West closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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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