# Steve Taub

> Steve Taub is a funding round investor at JetBlue Ventures backing Software and Compliance. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [JetBlue Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jetblue-technology-ventures)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevetaub

Steve Taub is a funding round investor at JetBlue Ventures in Boston focused on Software and Compliance. Steve Taub is the Managing Director of Investments at JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV). In this role, Steve is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, structuring, and closing venture investments for JTV, as well as leading the investment team.Steve most recently served as an Investment Partner at In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit venture fundthat supports the U.S. government’s intelligence and national security agencies. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President at GE Capital and a founding member and Managing Director at GE Ventures, where he focused on energy and advanced manufacturing. In his early career, Steve worked at the U.S. Department of Energy office of Environmental Management and office of New Production Reactors before moving to Cambridge Energy Research Associates, where he consulted for global energy technology and electric power companies.Steve earned Master’s degrees in Technology and Policy and Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Columbia University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Compliance | 1 | 100% |
| Open Source | 1 | 100% |
| Collaboration | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aras | Aras is a suite of open source product life cycle management (PLM) software solutions that run on a model-based SOA application framework.Aras functionality includes Bill of Materials (BOM), engineering change workflows, document management, CAD / EDA integrations, product costing, new product development & introduction (NPDI),phase-gate project management, supplier collaboration, quality compliance, manufacturing process management, tooling management, and more.It was founded in 2000 and headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts. | $40M |  |  |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Silver Lake Kraftwerk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silver-lakekraftwerk) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About JetBlue Ventures

VC Fund · San Carlos, United States

JetBlue Ventures invests in and partners with early-stage startups improving the future of travel and hospitality. The company provides funding to promising startups.

5 contacts available at JetBlue Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Steve Taub | Managing Director, Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-taub |
| Amy Burr | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-burr |
| Amy Wang | Sr. Investment Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amy-wang-5fae |
| Anna Shimoda | Communications & Marketing Specialist | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-shimoda |
| Arielle Ring | President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arielle-ring-0ca0 |

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## FAQ

### What does Steve Taub invest in?

Steve Taub invests primarily in Software, Compliance and Open Source startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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