STEVE BECK, MANAGING PARTNER, SERRA FUNDS III, III (SBIC), AG TECH, II FOLLOW-ON

Steve is passionate entrepreneur and technology investor with over 30 years of experience both launching and guiding start-up companies. Steve originally joined Serra Capital as a Venture Partner in January of 2016, and in January 2017 became a Managing Partner with an emphasis on further developing Serra Capital’s presence on the West Coast. He served as Managing Partner on Serra Funds III, III (SBIC), Ag Tech and II Follow-On.

Steve began his entrepreneurial career by launching California Cheap Skates (CCS) at the age of 23, which grew into the world’s leading action sports retailer eventually selling to Foot Locker (NYSE:FL). Later, Steve joined the founding team of C2B Technologies, one of the Web’s first and leading product search engines which was acquired by Inktomi (Nasdaq:INKT) in 1998. 

Subsequently, Steve joined his longtime C2B Technologies colleagues to form Integrity Partners, a boutique venture firm pioneering the now popular category of super angel investing. At Integrity Partners, Steve assisted in sourcing, analyzing, investing and guiding a portfolio of 15 early-stage companies. Most notably, Integrity Partners became the founding investor of Baidu (Nasdaq:BIDU), the "Google of China", where Steve served as a Director and ultimately helped Baidu become the most successful foreign IPO in stock market history.

Education: Steve holds undergraduate from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and performed graduate studies at both Cal Poly and Fuller Theological Seminary.