Investor profile
Steve Barans
Corporate VC, Venture debt & Owner, S.E.B. Ventures Inc and Retail Consultant at SEB
Steve Barans is an Owner, S.E.B. Ventures Inc and Retail Consultant at SEB, whose known portfolio counts 24 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- BankingClean EnergyCorporate BankingE-CommerceEmbedded FinanceLendingMarketplacesPaymentsSolar
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Owner, S.E.B. Ventures Inc and Retail Consultant at SEB, whose known portfolio counts 24 companies
- Fundbox
- Matsmart
- AirForestry
- CorPower Ocean
- Sonendo
- Motatos
- Qvantum
- Workdry International
- Candela
- Gradyent
- Collo
- Echandia
- and 12 more
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors Climate, Consumer, FinTech and SaaS, and focus areas Banking, Clean Energy, Corporate Banking and E-Commerce fall inside that listing.
SEB appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Steve Barans is worth approaching.
Colleagues at SEB
Anders Boye
Founder
Stockholm, Sweden
Alma Lovén
Investor
Stockholm, Sweden
Carl Sjödoff
Venture Debt at SEB
Stockholm, Sweden
Kristina Söderberg
Investing in climate startups at SEB Greentech VC
Stockholm, Sweden
Johan Wolf
Head of SEB Venture Capital
Stockholm, Sweden
Tone Bjørnstad Hanstad
Investment Manager, SEB Private Equity
Stockholm, Sweden
Tom Bystedt
CEO
New York, United States
Nigel Pilkington
Head of Venture Capital UK
London, United Kingdom
Gith Höglund Erlandsson
Head of venture and project management
Stockholm, Sweden
Fred Baumer
SEB Venture Capitalist
Stockholm, Sweden
Frequently asked questions
Who is Steve Barans?
Steve Barans is a corporate venture investor and venture debt investor based in Island Lake, Illinois, United States, listed as Owner, S.E.B. Ventures Inc and Retail Consultant at SEB. The known portfolio of that firm counts 24 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Steve Barans personally.
What does Steve Barans invest in?
Listed sectors include Climate, Consumer, FinTech and SaaS; listed focus areas include Banking, Clean Energy, Corporate Banking and E-Commerce. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Steve Barans invest at?
SEB appears in Growth, Late-Stage and Seed rounds across its known deals, and Steve Barans is listed there as Owner, S.E.B. Ventures Inc and Retail Consultant. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Steve Barans listed at?
Steve Barans is listed as Owner, S.E.B. Ventures Inc and Retail Consultant at SEB. 10 other people in the database share a firm with Steve Barans.
How do I contact Steve Barans?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Steve Barans. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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