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Step Ahead Capital, LLC

Late Spring Ventures, LLC

Late investment periodEmerging manager

Late investment period: first sale Jan 2022, per Form D (fund age approximates vintage)

Vintage
2022
Fund size
$6.61M to $9.39M (Form D and SEC adviser filing)
Stages
Growth
Sectors
Fintech, Crypto and Web3, AI infra, Devtools
Regions
Not stated

01 · Thesis

Step Ahead Capital is a venture firm that invests in growth-stage companies 2-3 years before their anticipated IPO or acquisition. It focuses on fintech, digital assets infrastructure, machine learning tools and no-code solutions, through both primary and secondary investments.Inferred from the firm's website

02 · Initial check

$220K to $587K (estimated from fund size)

Estimated from Form D and SEC adviser filing

03 · Who to approach

Named on this fund's Form D

  • Rostislav Shorgin, General Partner
  • Julian Zegelman, General Partner

04 · Deals

No deals attributed to this fund yet.

05 · Evidence

  • Firm-wideStep Ahead Capital invests in growth-stage companies 2-3 years before their anticipated IPO or acquisition, focusing on fintech, digital assets infrastructure, machine learning tools and no-code solutions.

    As a consequence, we are able to discover and pursue attractive opportunities by investing in growth-stage companies 2-3 years prior to their anticipated IPO or acquisition.
    https://stepaheadcap.com/

06 · Sources

  1. https://stepaheadcap.com/
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1897973/000189025722000001/

Last verified: Oct 28, 2026