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Steve Vassallo

General Partner, Foundation Capital

About

Steve Vassallo is a former IDEO design engineer with over 77 patents who wrote "The Way to Design" and positions design as the core discipline for venture creation rather than just surface aesthetics. He advocates for "minimum awesome" experiences over minimum viable products and actively educates the startup community through podcasts and talks on applying design thinking to find product-market fit. Steve Vassallo is a former IDEO design engineer with over 77 patents who wrote "The Way to Design" and positions design as the core discipline for venture creation rather than just surface aesthetics. He advocates for "minimum awesome" experiences over minimum viable products and actively educates the startup community through podcasts and talks on applying design thinking to find product-market fit.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
FinTech
Enterprise
AI
Web3
Crypto
Climate

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $10M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA