Stephen Engel

Stephen Engel is an Investor at Visible Hands based in New York City, New York, United States. In his current capacity as an investment professional, he specializes in funding early-stage startups with a primary focus on the deep tech, climate tech, biotech, and hardware sectors. Engel actively supports founders operating in emerging technologies and historically underserved markets across the broader New York tech scene. He frequently leverages his ecosystem connections with prominent organizations like Y Combinator to identify and evaluate prospective portfolio companies for the Visible Hands fund. Having joined the venture capital firm prior to 2023, he remains highly engaged in regional startup networking events and ongoing investment analysis through 2025. His current focus centers entirely on deploying early-stage capital to technical founders building complex hardware and scientific innovations within the modern venture ecosystem.