Steve Westly
Steve Westly is Founder & Managing Partner of The Westly Group, a venture firm focused on sustainable energy, mobility, and prop-tech. He previously served as California State Controller and held senior roles at eBay.
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The Westly Group writes $500K to $30M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.
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- California Public Utilities Commission · special assistant to the President
- Netcom · executive
- SPRINT · executive
- eBay · Senior Vice President of Marketing, Business Development, M&A, and International
- State of California · Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer
- Obama for America · California Co-Chair2008
- US Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board · representative for the venture capital industry
- The Westly Group · Founder & Managing PartnerNow
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Who is Steve Westly?
Steve Westly is Founder & Managing Partner of The Westly Group, a venture firm focused on sustainable energy, mobility, and prop-tech. He previously served as California State Controller and held senior roles at eBay.
How much does Steve Westly invest?
Steve Westly invests through The Westly Group, which writes checks of $500K to $30M at seed, series a, series b.
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What did Steve Westly do before The Westly Group?
special assistant to the President at California Public Utilities Commission; executive at Netcom; executive at SPRINT; Senior Vice President of Marketing, Business Development, M&A, and International at eBay; Controller and Chief Fiscal Officer at State of California; California Co-Chair at Obama for America; representative for the venture capital industry at US Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board.
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