Steve Eichenlaub is a Managing Director at Portland Seed Fund who brings an unusual combination of corporate venture experience from Intel Capital, where he led strategy on over 100 deals, and hands-on startup operations experience as COO of M-SIX, a Portland SaaS company he helped scale to a successful exit. His technical background in Electrical and Nuclear Engineering from UC Berkeley, combined with his experience applying startup-style experimentation to corporate R&D at Intel Labs, gives him a rare perspective on how early-stage companies can develop clear commercialization paths and eventually partner with large strategic investors.