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Steve Vafier

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Smart Money Rating: 88 out of 100

Principal, Next Equity

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Next Equity
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Principal
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Steve is a Principal at NextEquity Partners. Previously, Steve was a Principal and prior to that a Senior Associate at Elevation Partners, where he participated in all aspects of the investment process, with a focus on investment analysis, due diligence, transaction execution and business analytics. He has broad consumer and enterprise technology investing experience, including working on investments in Yelp, Facebook, MarketShare, Sonos, Sharethrough, and Airbnb. Previously, Steve worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the industrials group. Steve graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the UNC at Chapel Hill.

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