# Steve Schultz

> Steve Schultz is a General Partner at Diagram, a Montreal-based venture builder and fund focused on fintech, web3, and climate tech. With over two decades of experience spanning product management, startup operations, and venture investing, he has navigated every stage of the financial technology stack - from building Yahoo! Finance's product strategy to steering Check (a mobile payments startup) through a $360M acquisition by Intuit, to leading Amazon Web Services' landmark partnership with Y Combinator. Now based in Menlo Park, California, he anchors Diagram's US presence and brings a rare combination of operator instincts and investor pattern-recognition to early-stage founders.

- **Role:** General Partner at Diagram
- **Organizations:** Diagram, F-Prime Capital, Amazon Web Services, Check (acquired by Intuit), Yahoo! Finance, Epiphany, Sagard
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** MBA, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, BA in Economics, UC Davis
- **Known for:** Scaled Check (mobile payments) to over 10 million consumers and $1 billion+ in payment volume as COO, Led Check through its $360 million acquisition by Intuit in 2014, Built and led Amazon Web Services' strategic partnership with Y Combinator, working directly with hundreds of YC founders

## Career timeline

- **2000-2004** — Product Manager at Epiphany, a pioneering enterprise marketing analytics company
- **2005-2010** — General Manager and Senior Director of Product Management at Yahoo! Finance
- **2010-2014** — Chief Operating Officer at Check, a mobile payments startup (product, partnerships, go-to-market)
- **2014** — Intuit acquires Check for approximately $360 million; Check rebranded to Mint Bills
- **2014-2015** — COO at Mint Bills (formerly Check) under Intuit
- **2015-2020s** — Leadership roles at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading strategic partnership with Y Combinator and building AWS Startups business
- **2020s** — Venture Partner at F-Prime Capital, focusing on fintech investment strategy
- **2023** — Joined Diagram as General Partner, anchoring fintech strategy and US expansion as part of $100M+ Fund III

## Achievements

- Scaled Check (mobile payments) to over 10 million consumers and $1 billion+ in payment volume as COO
- Led Check through its $360 million acquisition by Intuit in 2014
- Built and led Amazon Web Services' strategic partnership with Y Combinator, working directly with hundreds of YC founders
- Contributed to growing Diagram's portfolio to $550M+ in follow-on capital raised and $1.5B+ in equity value
- Joined Diagram's leadership team as one of two new US-based partners during its $100M+ Fund III close
- Helped establish Diagram's presence in the United States from his base in Menlo Park, California

## Latest updates

- **2023-05** — Joined Diagram as General Partner alongside the close of Diagram Ventures III, a $100M+ fund focused on fintech, web3, and climate tech
- **2023-05** — Diagram Fund III closed above $100M target with 18 portfolio companies launched across three funds and $1.5B+ in equity value created

## Links

- Website: https://diagram.vc
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenschultz/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/diagramventures

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Last updated: 2026-05-17