Steve Jillings

Steve Jillings role is to apply his knowledge and expertise in the enterprise software and security and compliance industries to assist on assessing potential partners and providing advice and introductions to our portfolio companies at both the Board level and operational level.

Jillings has more than 30 years of business-building experience, specifically in the areas of corporate finance, sales, marketing and technology. He has been responsible for eight start-ups throughout his career, taking them from inception to commercialization and in several cases leading to successful liquidity events. Most recently as CEO at TeleSign, Steve raised $79 million in growth capital and led TeleSign to become the #1 Company in the Two Factor Authentication and Digital Identity category. Starting with 12 employees and single digit millions in revenue, TeleSign grew to 300 employees and more than $100 million in profitable annual revenue. Telesign was acquired by BICS for $350 million in October 2017. Steve is currently the Chairman & CEO of Signal Automotive, a Kayne Partners IV portfolio company in the auto tech market. He is also the Chairman of Evernym, Inc., a Utah-based identity startup.