Steve Halstedt cofounded and was Managing Director of Centennial Ventures, Colorado’s first venture capital firm. Starting in 1981, Centennial raised a series of 8 venture capital funds totaling $1 Billion in capital. He was founding President of the Venture Capital Association of Colorado and served on the Board of the National Venture Capital Association. In 1999, Steve was designated an Entrepreneur of the Year for the Rocky Mountain Region by Ernst & Young. Prior to Centennial, he was President of Daniels & Associates, the Investment Banking and Brokerage arm of Daniels Properties, Inc., a pioneering cable television operator.
In 1969, Steve was commissioned as an Officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He taught BASIC and Fortran computer programming and operations research to company and field grade officers at the US Army Engineer School, where he was also a software engineer. He was a Battalion Assistant Operations officer and a Combat Engineer Platoon Leader in Viet Nam. Steve is the recipient of a Bronze Star and the US Army Commendation Medal.
Steve graduated in 1968 with a BS in Management Engineering with Distinction from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he presently serves on the Board of Trustees. He earned an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration in 1973 and was designated and Edward Tuck Scholar.
Steve is past Chairman of the Board of OpenWorld Learning, an after-school technology program, and of Denver School of Science & Technology, a public Charter school network. He is a member of the Colorado Forum and the Blackstone Entrepreneur Network. In 2015 he received the Bob Newman Lifetime Achievement Award from the Colorado Technology Association.
Steve is married to Susan Ford Halstedt, has three grown children and four grandchildren. His personal interests include travel, golf, reading, swimming, biking, running, snowboarding and Tai Chi.
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