CEO · Builder · Finance PhD
Building at the edge of capital markets and software.
I'm Steven Urry — CEO of EquityCF, a forthcoming equity crowdfunding portal being built to open private markets to everyone. I obtained a PhD in Finance at UT Austin with a research focus on entrepreneurial finance.
Ventures
What I'm building
Capital markets
EquityCF
CEO
A forthcoming equity crowdfunding portal designed to connect private companies with everyday investors. In development — pending SEC registration and FINRA membership.
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VisitBackground
From the Fed to founder.
My path runs through three worlds: research, capital markets, and software. I spent two years as a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board before heading to UT Austin for a Finance PhD to study how markets actually work. Now I build companies that put those lessons into practice — most recently EquityCF, which we're building to open private markets to retail investors.
I'm interested in what happens when rigorous finance meets well-crafted software: better products, fairer markets, smarter capital.
Currently building