#4 Steve Anderson

Steve Anderson on Forbes

Driven by an avid love for effecting change, and my diverse experience from eBay, Microsoft, Kleiner Perkins, Starbucks and Digital Equipment Corporation, I founded Baseline to address the gap between individual investors and institutional venture capitalists.

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Founded Baseline in 2006. 60+ investments since inception and have helped more than 30 founders sell their companies with great success.

Steve Anderson is the founder of the pioneering "micro VC" Baseline Ventures. What is a micro VC?  As the name implies, micro-VCs are smaller versions of more traditional venture firms (e.g., they raise less money and invest smaller amounts at an earlier stage in life cycle of the startup business). Mattermark writes about the category:…

Steve Anderson paints his toenails blue and works alone out of a former children's photo studio. He's also the second-best venture capitalist in the world.

Steve Anderson on Forbes

A Seattle native, Steve Anderson is a seed investor. Steve founded Baseline Ventures, a privately held early stage seed investor in 2006.Bringing his diverse experience from eBay, Microsoft, Kleiner Perkins, Starbucks and Digital Equipment Corporation, Steve founded Baseline to in order to help entrepreneurs build and grow their ideas into companies. Steve was also named to the Forbes Midas list three years running (peaking at #5) for earning top returns for entrepreneurs and investors.

Founder, Baseline Ventures & Early Stage Seed Investor