Steve Vafier

Partner

Steve Vafier

A technology investor with deep continuity across the NextEquity and Elevation Partners teams.

Steve is a Partner at NextEquity Partners. He works across investment analysis, diligence, transaction execution, portfolio analytics, and firm operations. He previously served as a Principal and Senior Associate at Elevation Partners, participating across investment analysis, diligence, transaction execution, and portfolio analytics.

His consumer and enterprise technology experience includes work on investments in Yelp, Facebook, MarketShare, Sonos, Sharethrough, and Airbnb.

Before entering private investing, Steve was an Investment Banking Analyst in Morgan Stanley’s industrials group.

Experience
NextEquity Partners · Elevation Partners · Morgan Stanley
Education
B.S., Business Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Selected experience
Yelp, Facebook, MarketShare, Sonos, Sharethrough, and Airbnb
Perspective
Investment analysis, diligence, execution, valuation, and business analytics