Stephen Walters

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Investment Analyst at Redwood Seed Fund · Developer infrastructure

Redwood Seed Fund
Austin, TX · CT (UTC-6)
2+ years experience
UC Berkeley
English
Investing
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Overview

2 years around startups; now investing in developer infrastructure. Previously an operator for 8 years before investing. Previously at eBay. Learning Japanese, slowly.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in developer infrastructure
  • Working sessions on open source
  • Thoughtful intros to people in my field
  • Questions about developer infrastructure
Please don't message about
  • Fund-of-funds solicitations
  • Decks without a clear ask

Answers in batches on Fridays

Skills
open sourceventure capitaldeveloper tools
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $25k cheques into pre-seed developer infrastructure in the US

Cheque size
$25k
Stages
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Developer infrastructure, climate
Geographies
India and Southeast Asia
Lead or follow
Lead
Decision time
About two weeks
How I help
First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. We reply to every founder.

Austin, TX · remote OKdeveloper toolsventure capitalopen source
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Experience

  1. Investment Analyst
    Aug 2025 - Present
    Redwood Seed Fund · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
    • Backed 36 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Led or co-led 25 investments, 7 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
  2. Enterprise Account Executive
    Oct 2024 - Aug 2025
    eBay · 10 mo · Full-time · Austin, TX
    • Shortened the channel sales cycle from 7 months to 4.

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Education

  1. UC Berkeley
    BA, Business Administration
    2020 - 2024

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