Steve Murchie
Chapter President Denver/Rockies

Steve Murchie has over twenty-five years experience in the software industry, starting as a programmer/analyst and progressing through a variety of roles in sales, marketing and general management.  The companies he has worked with span the spectrum of the industry, including startups, turnarounds, a VC-backed roll-up and an eight-year stint at Microsoft, where he helped grow the SQL Server business from $300M to over $1B in under five years.  In 2004, he left Microsoft to return to the start-up world as CEO of a fledgling company, and got his first taste of the angel investing process.  While that initial exposure didn’t earn any financing for his business, he did gain a lot of insight from the Keiretsu Forum members, which was inevitably even more valuable.  Never ones to miss out on a good thing, Steve and his wife, Claire, subsequently joined the Keiretsu Forum in Seattle as investor members, contributing their time to deal screenings, participating in due diligence, making a few investments, and thoroughly enjoying themselves with the group.  When the Murchies decided to relocate back to Colorado after nine years away, they explored the possibility of bringing a chapter of the group to Denver, and the result is a very successful new chapter launched in March 2007.

While Steve is still very active in the software industry, his investing interests are evolving more toward cleantech and the LOHAS segment, which complements the Murchies’ love of the outdoors and sports that involve fighting gravity.  The Murchies own two Great Pyrenees, which they treat like children. 

Steve holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Contact:  smurchie@keiretsuforum.com