Steve Lee, Angel Investor

Steve Lee is a technologist and angel investor with three decades of experience spanning startups, Google, and Bitcoin innovation. He currently leads Spiral, Block’s open‑source initiative supporting Bitcoin development, and has played a central role in projects such as LDK, BDK, Stratum v2, and the Bitcoin design community. His career reflects a consistent focus on building transformative technologies and advancing decentralized systems. Earlier, Steve directed product management at Google, where he scaled Google Maps for mobile from zero to over one billion users and co‑founded Google Glass within Google X. He began his career as a startup co‑founder, creating a clean‑room Java virtual machine for embedded systems, and has since contributed to numerous open‑source and industry efforts in security, design, and consensus analysis. As an angel investor, Steve has backed startups across fintech, consumer platforms, and digital infrastructure. His portfolio includes Lava, Fedi, River Financial, Leo, and Foodspotting, alongside successful exits such as Lyft, Pinterest, Opendoor, and Spotify’s acquisition of Betty Labs. His track record highlights a commitment to supporting visionary founders and scaling companies that reshape industries.