Step Ahead Capital

Step Ahead Capital is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles that focuses on growth-stage opportunities, executing both primary and secondary investments in portfolio companies. It targets companies roughly two to three years before an anticipated IPO or acquisition, providing capital during a critical growth window. The firm concentrates on financial services, information technology, artificial intelligence, big data, infrastructure, the Internet of Things, software as a service, space technology, robotics, and drones.

Alexey Aksenov

Associate

Rostislav Shorgin

General Partner

5 past transactions

CODA

Secondary Market in 2022
Coda, established in 2014 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, specializes in developing innovative document management solutions. Its core product is a unified canvas that combines the functionalities of documents, spreadsheets, and applications, enabling users to create powerful, custom solutions. Coda's software is designed to streamline and automate financial management processes, enhance compliance, and improve corporate governance for organizations.

GrubMarket

Series E in 2021
GrubMarket, Inc. is an online marketplace that connects sellers with customers by offering a wide range of food and related products at wholesale prices. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, GrubMarket specializes in organic, vegan, gluten-free items, fresh produce, snacks, beverages, pantry staples, home goods, health and beauty products, and items for pets and children. The company sources food from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, and restaurants, emphasizing quality and sustainability. In addition to its marketplace, GrubMarket provides a Software-as-a-Service platform designed for food delivery services and also features a gaming application called GrubMarket FarmBox. As a significant player in the B2B eCommerce sector of the American food supply chain, GrubMarket leverages artificial intelligence to enhance its services and operations.

Carta

Secondary Market in 2021
Carta is a software company that operates a SEC-registered transfer agent and equity management platform for private companies. The platform helps private firms manage cap tables, corporate governance, 409A valuations, and compliance, issue stock electronically, and share equity information among shareholders, employees, auditors, and counsel. It digitizes stock certificates, stock options, warrants, and derivatives to provide a real-time view of ownership and enables employees to track vesting and exercise rights. Carta serves venture-backed startups, pre-IPO companies, and other private enterprises in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company maintains additional offices in the United States, Brazil, and Canada.

Carta

Secondary Market in 2021
Carta is a software company that operates a SEC-registered transfer agent and equity management platform for private companies. The platform helps private firms manage cap tables, corporate governance, 409A valuations, and compliance, issue stock electronically, and share equity information among shareholders, employees, auditors, and counsel. It digitizes stock certificates, stock options, warrants, and derivatives to provide a real-time view of ownership and enables employees to track vesting and exercise rights. Carta serves venture-backed startups, pre-IPO companies, and other private enterprises in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company maintains additional offices in the United States, Brazil, and Canada.

Robinhood

Secondary Market in 2020
Robinhood is a fintech company that provides an online and mobile app-based discount stock brokerage for self-directed investors, offering zero-commission trading of stocks, options, ETFs and cryptocurrencies. The platform also supports cash management and aims to democratize access to financial markets through a single app built on proprietary technology. It designs and delivers its own products and services on an integrated platform, expanding into features such as fractional shares, recurring investments, dividend reinvestment and fraud detection, with ongoing development of cryptocurrency trading and derivatives as part of its modern financial services offering.
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