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Steven Waterhouse

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Smart Money Rating: 93 out of 100

Founder & General Partner, Nazare Ventures

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Nazare Ventures
Title
Founder & General Partner
Role
General partner
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Record updated 21 September 2026

About

PhD Machine Learning, Cambridge, 1997. Isaac Newton Prize. NASA Ames. Co-founder RPX Corporation (IPO NASDAQ 2011). Managing Director at Fortress. Partner at Pantera Capital — led Circle's Series A in 2013. Co-founder and CEO of Orchid Labs, seed at $30M FDV, peak $1B FDV. Venture Partner at Fabric Ventures. 30 years finding the systems layer before the application layer is obvious.

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PhD Machine Learning, Cambridge, 1997. Isaac Newton Prize.Source (opens in a new tab)

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