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Stephen Kerns

Goldman Sachs Growth Equity Investing

📍 New York, New York, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 22 investments📅 13 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2026
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Board Observer
Jul 2026
Were building AI that every local business owner will use to succeed, starting with restaurants. owner.com/builders-wanted
Investor
Jul 2026
Harvey is domain-specific AI for legal and professional services. Adopted by Fortune 500 companies like AT&T, Verizon, Cox, Koch, KKR, Bridgewater, more than 200,000 lawyers across 2,400+ customers in 70 countries and over 75% of AmLaw 100 law firms rely on Harvey to advance legal expertise faster across contract analysis, due diligence, compliance, and litigation. Backed by Sequoia Capital, OpenAI, GV, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue and EQT, Harvey is the trusted partner in modernizing the legal industry.
Investor
Apr 2026
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.
Investor
Jan 2026
Fieldguide is a leading AI-native platform transforming how audit, advisory, and assurance work gets done. Purpose-built for regulated environments, Fieldguide brings professionals and agentic AI together to modernize engagement delivery from planning through close, enabling audit and advisory practitioners to deliver higher-quality work, strengthen client experiences, and unlock growth for the decade ahead. Fieldguide is trusted by leading firms including KPMG, RSM US LLP, Baker Tilly, CBIZ, BDO, Grant Thornton, Forvis Mazars, CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), CohnReznick, Wipfli LLP, Carr Riggs & Ingram, Cherry Bekaert, Aprio LLP, UHY Advisors Inc., Weaver, LBMC, Elliott Davis, Frazier & Deeter, Cohen & Co, BerryDunn, Schellman, and Warren Averett, among others. Fieldguide is also the recipient of the Accounting Today Top New Products Award as well as a five time winner of the CPA Practice Advisor Technology Innovation Award. Fieldguide is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Thomson Reuters, and other leading investors. Fieldguide announced its $75m series C in February 2026 and has raised $125m to date.
Board Observer
Dec 2025
Cubby is the AI-native platform for self-storage operators. Everything you need to operate, grow, and delight — all in one platform.
Board Member
Jun 2022
RippleMatch is the recruitment automation platform changing how Gen Z finds work. By replacing job boards with matching and automation, RippleMatch eliminates the most time-intensive parts of the recruitment process for both employers and job seekers. Leading employers leverage RippleMatch to build diverse, high-performing teams and Gen Z job seekers across the country trust RippleMatch to launch and grow their careers.
Board Member
Dec 2021
Fever is the leading global live-entertainment discovery tech platform with a clear mission: to democratize access to culture and entertainment. Fever has developed a proprietary technology that inspires its global community of over 125M people through personalized and curated experiences in their local city whilst empowering entertainment and event creators to reach new audiences and enhance their experiences. Some successful examples include the “Candlelight Concert Series” attended by over 3 million guests last year, the Los Angeles-based “Stranger Things: The Drive-Into Experience” co-produced with Netflix, or the “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience” winner of USA Todays 10 Best Readers Choice award. The company, present in over 100 major cities across the globe, is backed by leading investors such as Goldman Sachs, Alignment Growth (growth equity investor in global entertainment and consumer tech, led by former Warner Bros and Time Warner), Goodwater Capital (the largest dedicated consumer technology platform globally), Smash Capital (a late-stage venture capital firm led by former Disney and growth equity investors, backer of Epic Games), Eurazeo, Vitruvian Partners and Atresmedia among others. To pursue our objective, we are looking for bar-raisers who want to work hard, have fun, and make history with us.
Board Member
Dec 2020
Creators everywhere are turning ideas into music with Splice. Pairing an unmatched sounds library with AI software solutions for sound discovery and a first-of-its-kind gear marketplace, Splice is an essential companion for music producers around the world.
late stageMusic
Board Observer
Dec 2018
Hi, Hello — We’re Billie, a body brand built to champion womankind. We’re doing away with body-hair-shame and sneaky markups in the women’s aisle (AKA the pink tax), delivering top-quality body and shave essentials at affordable prices, and reminding women everywhere that shaving is a choice, not an expectation.
early stageManufacturing
Board Observer
Jul 2016
Na Cargo X somos uma equipe de especialistas em tecnologia e logística, entusiasmados com a oportunidade de mudar a forma de transportar cargas no Brasil. Apaixonados por desafios, estamos trabalhando para eliminar as ineficiências de uma transportadora tradicional e identificar as melhores oportunidades para mover as cargas de nossos clientes, usando tecnologia, machine learn e atitude. Nosso time conta com os melhores, mais criativos e comprometidos profissionais do Brasil, Argentina e EUA. Confira nossa equipe em https://cargox.com.br Se você quer trabalhar em uma missão relevante, venha para o nosso time!
Board Observer
Jul 2016
We are the largest road freight transportation platform in Latin America. Using Machine Learning algorithms, we connect trucks with freight in real time and in a secure way, reducing idle truck capacity and increasing safety in transportation. In 2023, our marketplace facilitated over R$ 70 billion in payments from 25,000 companies to more than 900,000 drivers, who transported approximately R$ 2 trillion in cargo value. We are one of Brazil’s unicorn companies (with a market value above US$ 1 billion) and are made up of the following brands: Fretebras, the largest road freight marketplace in Latin America; Cargo X, a company offering operational services for carriers; and Intersite, a company that provides a complete transportation management system. We’ve already achieved remarkable milestones: Ranked 1st among the 25 startups with the highest growth potential in Brazil | Fundação Dom Cabral Ranking Top 5 in People Management | Época Negócios Yearbook – Services Category - 16th place in the Employers for Youth (EFY) ranking | FirstJob – - Best companies for young professionals to work for - 3-time winner of the Top of Mind in Transportation – “Freight App” category
Board Observer
Jul 2013
USD Group®, or USDG, and our affiliates are engaged in designing, developing, owning and managing large-scale multi-modal logistics centers and energy-related midstream infrastructure across North America. USDG is currently owned by its employees, Energy Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs. We have historically utilized rail transportation as our competitive platform to provide timely, efficient, flexible and cost-effective midstream infrastructure for our customers to access the most competitive markets. We seek to understand the underlying energy industry dynamics in order to develop logistic solutions and proactively solve the strategic needs of our customers and partners in a sustainable fashion. Our approach includes managing the entire process of designing, financing, constructing, operating and owning a growing North American network of rail terminal facilities and other high quality, complementary infrastructure across the midstream value chain. We believe that our operating and project development expertise is unparalleled. We were among the first companies to successfully develop the hydrocarbon-by-rail concept. We have built or operated 14 unit train-capable origination and destination terminals with an aggregate capacity of over 850,000 barrels per day and have safely handled over 170 million barrels of biofuels and liquid hydrocarbons. Our senior management team has an average of over 25 years of experience in the energy, transportation, refining, commodities trading, logistics and financial industries. Additionally, we have an outstanding track record for safety, as evidenced by over a dozen nationally recognized safety awards received in recent years.
Experience · 23 entries
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2026
Board Observer
Jul 2026
Were building AI that every local business owner will use to succeed, starting with restaurants. owner.com/builders-wanted
Investor
Jul 2026
Harvey is domain-specific AI for legal and professional services. Adopted by Fortune 500 companies like AT&T, Verizon, Cox, Koch, KKR, Bridgewater, more than 200,000 lawyers across 2,400+ customers in 70 countries and over 75% of AmLaw 100 law firms rely on Harvey to advance legal expertise faster across contract analysis, due diligence, compliance, and litigation. Backed by Sequoia Capital, OpenAI, GV, Kleiner Perkins, Coatue and EQT, Harvey is the trusted partner in modernizing the legal industry.
Investor
Apr 2026
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.
Investor
Jan 2026
Fieldguide is a leading AI-native platform transforming how audit, advisory, and assurance work gets done. Purpose-built for regulated environments, Fieldguide brings professionals and agentic AI together to modernize engagement delivery from planning through close, enabling audit and advisory practitioners to deliver higher-quality work, strengthen client experiences, and unlock growth for the decade ahead. Fieldguide is trusted by leading firms including KPMG, RSM US LLP, Baker Tilly, CBIZ, BDO, Grant Thornton, Forvis Mazars, CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen), CohnReznick, Wipfli LLP, Carr Riggs & Ingram, Cherry Bekaert, Aprio LLP, UHY Advisors Inc., Weaver, LBMC, Elliott Davis, Frazier & Deeter, Cohen & Co, BerryDunn, Schellman, and Warren Averett, among others. Fieldguide is also the recipient of the Accounting Today Top New Products Award as well as a five time winner of the CPA Practice Advisor Technology Innovation Award. Fieldguide is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Thomson Reuters, and other leading investors. Fieldguide announced its $75m series C in February 2026 and has raised $125m to date.
2025
Board Observer
Dec 2025
Cubby is the AI-native platform for self-storage operators. Everything you need to operate, grow, and delight — all in one platform.
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