# Steven Alan

> Steven Alan is a seed investor at Steven Alan (New York) backing E-Commerce and Retail. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Steven Alan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-alan)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-alan-3439798

Steven Alan is a seed investor at Steven Alan in New York focused on E-Commerce and Retail. Steven Alan - FOUNDER & CEO @ Steven Alan

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 43% |
| Retail | 2 | 29% |
| Wellness | 2 | 29% |
| Health Care | 2 | 29% |
| Fashion | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Angel | 1 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 57% |
| France | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Archive | Archive is a technology company that builds customized resale programs for brands to take ownership of their secondhand markets. We work with brands such as The North Face, Oscar de la Renta, and Marimekko to create bespoke, authentic resale experiences that keep clothing in wear longer, while simultaneously bringing in a new revenue stream,building customer loyalty, and driving new customer acquisition. Our world-class technology and design teams offer infinite flexibility to build a unique experience tailored to each brand, and our logistics expertise enables a variety of resale models including peer-to-peer, take-back, returns, and brand-owned inventory. | $8M | Seed | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Maude | Launched in April 2018, maude is an essentials brand on a mission to make intimacy better for all people through quality, simplicity, and inclusivity. Working closely with best-in-class factories, each of maude's body-safe products are made to be both easy-to-use and to elevate an everyday experience destigmatizing and modernizing sexualhealth. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 17, 2020 |  |
| Peptalk | Peptalk delivers motivational content to stock people up with energy and keep them motivated every day. Peptalk democratizes self-improvement content by delivering highly relevant motivational audios to users, helping them improve in their habits, develop mental resilience, and achieve their every day self-improvement goals. |  | Angel | Mar 20, 2018 |  |
| Peptalk | Peptalk delivers motivational content to stock people up with energy and keep them motivated every day. Peptalk democratizes self-improvement content by delivering highly relevant motivational audios to users, helping them improve in their habits, develop mental resilience, and achieve their every day self-improvement goals. |  | Seed | Mar 20, 2018 |  |
| Maude | Launched in April 2018, maude is an essentials brand on a mission to make intimacy better for all people through quality, simplicity, and inclusivity. Working closely with best-in-class factories, each of maude's body-safe products are made to be both easy-to-use and to elevate an everyday experience destigmatizing and modernizing sexualhealth. | $550K | Pre-Seed | Dec 12, 2017 |  |
| Casper | Casper is a sleep startup that launches a comfortable mattress sold directly to consumers, eliminating commission ­driven, inflated prices. Casper's mattresses are developed in-house by a team of product engineers with experience from IDEO. The company developed a line of core sleep products, including the Casper pillow, sheets, foundation,bed frame, duvet, and a dog mattress. The startup was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, United States. | $13.1M | Series A | Aug 07, 2014 |  |
| PICT | By using PICT, you're able to turn a normal photo into a content-rich, eCommerce-enabled photo. With PICT, fans, followers and potential customers discover the 'who, what and where' about your products on the spot. And, through its beautiful, interactive photos, PICT makes it possible to blend commerce into discovery. | $1.4M | Seed | Apr 26, 2013 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpha](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alphas) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bain Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bullish](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullish-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CASSIUS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cassius-family) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cendana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cendana-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Steven Alan

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Steven Alan.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Steven Alan | FOUNDER & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-alan-a7af |

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## FAQ

### What does Steven Alan invest in?

Steven Alan invests primarily in E-Commerce, Retail and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 7 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 Steven Alan's check size?

Steven Alan typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$8M 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 Steven Alan participates in.

### When did Steven Alan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steven Alan closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 7 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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