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Steven J. Taubman
Private Equity Investor at
MARQETA, INC.
Profile
Steven J.
Taubman is the founder of HighGear Ventures Management LLC, which was founded in 2016.
He is currently the Managing Director at Venture Capital Fund of America III Inc. since 1998, Investor at Marqeta, Inc. since 2019, and Investor at DigitalOcean LLC since 2017.
Previously, he worked as an Investor at DocuSign, Inc. from 2017 to 2019, Research Analyst at GSAM Strategist Portfolios LLC, Principal at Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC in 1997, Principal at Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Inc. from 1993 to 1994, Investor at Couchbase, Inc. from 2018 to 2022, and Investor at Anaplan, Inc. from 2017 to 2019.
Mr. Taubman holds an MBA from New York University in 1998, a graduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University in 1993, and an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Davis in 1991.
Steven J. Taubman active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
| MARQETA, INC. | Private Equity Investor | 2018-12-31 |
Venture Capital Fund of America III Inc.
 Venture Capital Fund of America III Inc. Investment ManagersFinance VCFA Group invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for early, later stage and buyout stage capital requirements. | Private Equity Investor | 1998-02-28 |
HighGear Ventures Management LLC
 HighGear Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance HighGear Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of enterprise infrastructure, application security, saas, cloud application and information technology sectors. It provides financing for later stage capital requirements. It also makes investment in venture capital funds. | Founder | 2016-08-31 |
DigitalOcean LLC
 DigitalOcean LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud computing platform | Private Equity Investor | 2016-12-31 |
Former positions of Steven J. Taubman
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| COUCHBASE | Private Equity Investor | 2022-01-31 |
| ANAPLAN, INC. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-12-30 |
| DOCUSIGN, INC. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-12-30 |
GSAM Strategist Portfolios LLC
 GSAM Strategist Portfolios LLC Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment research | Analyst-Equity | 1997-12-30 |
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
 Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance Provides financial market intelligence services | Corporate Officer/Principal | 1997-01-01 |
Training of Steven J. Taubman
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Private companies
Connections
83
1st degree connections
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Linked companies
| Private companies | 13 |
|---|---|
DocuSign, Inc.
 DocuSign, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides cloud-based electronic signature solutions | Technology Services |
Marqeta, Inc.
 Marqeta, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Engages in processing card payments with API platform and issuing credit cards | Commercial Services |
DigitalOcean LLC
DigitalOcean LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops cloud computing platform | Technology Services |
GSAM Strategist Portfolios LLC
GSAM Strategist Portfolios LLC Investment ManagersFinance Provides investment research | Finance |
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC Investment ManagersFinance Provides financial market intelligence services | Finance |
New York University
 New York University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
The Pennsylvania State University
 The Pennsylvania State University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
University of California, Davis
 University of California, Davis Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Venture Capital Fund of America III Inc.
Venture Capital Fund of America III Inc. Investment ManagersFinance VCFA Group invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It provides financing for early, later stage and buyout stage capital requirements. | Finance |
Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Inc.
 Atmospheric & Environmental Research, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides science-based solutions, environmental research, software tools and analysis | Commercial Services |
Couchbase, Inc.
 Couchbase, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops and operates document database management software solutions | Technology Services |
Anaplan, Inc.
 Anaplan, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops AI-based scenario planning and analysis platform for decision making activities | Technology Services |
HighGear Ventures Management LLC
HighGear Ventures Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance HighGear Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of enterprise infrastructure, application security, saas, cloud application and information technology sectors. It provides financing for later stage capital requirements. It also makes investment in venture capital funds. | Finance |
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