Steve Anderson

Founder

at Baseline Ventures

Steve founded Baseline Ventures, an early stage seed investment firm in 2006, bringing his diverse experience from eBay, Microsoft, Kleiner Perkins, Starbucks and Digital Equipment Corporation. Founded to address the gap between individual investors and institutional venture capitalists in order to help entrepreneurs build and grow their ideas into companies, Baseline has invested in more than 40 companies since its inception and helped more than a dozen entrepreneurs achieve success. Baseline is proud to be a seed investor and is associated with promising software and web companies including Twitter, Instagram, Formspring, Heroku (acquired by Saleforce.com), Aardvark and DocVerse (both acquired by Google), CoTweet (acquired by ExactTarget), GeoAPI (acquired by Twitter), Rupture (acquired by EA), Sendori (acquired by Ask.com), Parakey (acquired by Facebook), and Yardbarker (acquired by FoxSports).
California
venture capital

Articles by Steve Anderson

Build Alignment Before You Burn Out

Everything Feels Urgent At early-stage companies, everything feels urgent: shipping product, closing customers, raising money. In that environment, planning can feel like a luxury, or even a liability. In my...

Colin Belyea - How To Use Reddit To Scale Organic Growth For Your Startup.

How To Use Reddit To Scale Organic Growth For Your Startup

In this Mucker Growth Series session, Colin Belyea, founder of Karmic and an expert in Reddit organic growth, breaks down how Reddit has become one of the most influential discovery...

Sales Comp Kick Start: Keys to Getting It Right as You Begin to Build Your Sales Team

Webinar Recap featuring Donya Rose, Managing Principal from The Cygnal Group Sales compensation is one of the most critical aspects of building a successful sales organization. Many early-stage founders stumble...

Austin Tech Week 2025 Recap

Mucker Capital hosted two powerful days of programming during Austin Tech Week, bringing together founders, operators, and growth leaders to share real-world insights from the startup trenches. Across four sessions,...

LA Tech Week 2025 Day 3 Recap: AI Search – Wednesday Oct 15

After two packed days exploring AI startup building and go-to-market growth, Day 3 of LA Tech Week shifted focus to the evolving world of AI Search, how new AI technologies...

LA Tech Week 2025 Day 2 Recap: Startup Growth – Tuesday Oct 14

After a packed AI Building Day, we continued LA Tech Week with Startup Growth Day, a full schedule of sessions focused on go-to-market strategy, founder journeys, and scaling startups in...

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