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Steve Beck

General Partner, Serra Ventures Funds III through AgTech I

San Diego County, California

Invests in

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2015

    Serra Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies in emerging Midwest technology centers and selected other geographies. Sectors we focus on include information technology, devices/instrumentation and agricultural technologies.

  • Lead Co-Investor and Former Director

    2000

    Stephen was an early-stage, lead investor and Director of Baidu. Baidu is China's leading technology company providing Chinese language web search. With over a $40b market capitalization, Baidu now offers 57 search and community services including Baidu Baike, an online collaboratively built encyclopedia, and a searchable keyword-based discussion forum.[

  • Director

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2019

  • Board Observer

    2021

2019

  • Board Observer

    2019

2011

  • Investor and Former Advisor

    2011

    PayStand empowers anyone to take credit card payments online, even without a merchant account. Like Square for online transactions, PayStand helps independent merchants quickly, easily and effectively sell online.

2019

  • Investor

    2019

  • Investor

    2022

  • Investor

    2021