Steve Chang

Founding Partner, Allomer Capital Group

Steven Chang is currently a Founding Partner at Allomer Capital Group. Before Allomer, Steven co-founded Clearlake Capital Group in 2006. Prior to co-founding Clearlake, He was a Partner and member of the investment committee at Tennenbaum Capital Partners, a private investment firm focused on distressed and other special situations investments. Previously, He was a Principal at Barnard & Co., a private equity investment group focused in the communications, consumer, healthcare and technology sectors. Before joining Barnard, he worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he was an investment analyst in proprietary special situations investing and an investment banker in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Healthcare Groups. Steve currently serves as a director of CompuDyne Corporation, Entelos, and Solutionary. He has previously served as a director of public and private companies, including most recently Lawson Software, Inc., Purple Communications, Celerity, Inc., Intentia International AB, ITC^Deltacom, Inc., Dialogic Corporation, Enterasys Networks, Inc. and Online Resources Corporation. Steve received both a B.S. and an M.S. in Biological Sciences and an A.B. with Distinction in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University.

Articles by Steve Chang

Startup Guide to AI Visibility Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends

Startup Guide to AI Visibility: Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends

Introduction Today, users aren’t just searching on Google. They’re asking ChatGPT, Claude, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI systems for advice. AI visibility is the new frontier of brand awareness....

Practical Uses of AI Automation for Startup Operations

Practical Uses of AI & Automation for Startup Operations

In a recent Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Rock Vitale, Founder & CEO of Easie, to share how he’s helped early-stage teams move from manual, fragmented workflows to streamlined,...

New York Tech Week Mucker Sessions Recap

2025 New York Tech Week Recap Of Mucker Sessions

Last week during New York Tech Week 2025, we joined more than 1,000 events hosted by founders, investors, and VCs. This post is a full Mucker recap of the three...

Build a Customer Support Function for Startups Using AI Alex Velinov

How to Build a Customer Support Function for Startups Using AI Tools with Alex Velinov

Delivering high-quality customer support can be one of the most resource-draining parts of a startup. The good news: we’re at a turning point where founders can use AI tools to...

Zero → 100: The Exact Steps We Took to Close Our First 100 Paying Customers

Zero → 100: The Exact Steps We Took to Close Our First 100 Paying Customers

Going from zero customers to 100 in just four months sounds impossible—unless you’re a founder willing to roll up your sleeves and hustle relentlessly. I’m Gaurav Bhattacharya, co-founder of Jeeva.ai,...

Sales Discovery & Qualification for Startups Richard Harris

Unblocking Startup Growth: Best Practices for Sales Discovery & Qualification with Richard Harris

Startups are in a constant race against time and resources, navigating complex sales environments with lean teams and limited margins for error. In a recent session from the Mucker Growth...