A farmboy from Iowa.

Steven is currently an investor in exponential innovations, the co-founding partner of a real estate lending group, leads a major new private fly-in residential recreational development just outside Jackson, Wyoming, (Refuge Air Ranch), and is a general partner in substantial UAM (urban aerial mobility) investment fund, UP Partners.

Dr. Funk is a board advisor to BETA Aerospace, Palisades Properties, the DFinity Foundation and the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP). Steven chairs the Funk Family Trust office, and Balam Jungle Lands, a 100,000 acre eco-environmental-agricultural-port project in the northeastern Corozol District of Belize, highlighted by the creation of the Northeast Biological Corridor created by way of a 14,000 acre rainforest donation to the International Conservation Fund.

Sustainable development and conservation. Balam Jungle is 100,000 acres of lush tropical forest with 10 miles of Caribbean ocean front situated in the Northern Corozal district of Belize due west of the diving, fishing, and recreational mecca of Ambergris Caye. The area is part of the Mayan Riviera. Check out Balam Jungle on Instagram!

A quarter billion dollar fund created to help nurture and support technologies transforming transportation in today’s rapidly evolving world. UP.Partners invest in the key enabling technologies that help move people and goods faster, safer, more efficiently and sustainably - in a multi-dimensional world - up, down, through, and around. Connect with UpPartners on Twitter!

The Refuge AirRanch is a world class fly-in residential development in Wyoming’s Star Valley directly southwest of Jackson.   The AirRanch remains remote, offering vast wilderness as a safe refuge. Some of Wyoming’s most magnificent homes have been built here with the highest quality building designs, architecture, and materials. The abundance of activities, freedoms, advantages, and conveniences at The Refuge and in Star Valley is unparalleled. Visit Refuge Air Ranch on Instagram!

As a founding financier, Steven helped launch Unitus Capital to accelerate the development of capital markets for the benefit of businesses delivering deep Environmental, Social, and Governance impact. Unitus has unlocked 3 billion in microenterprise capital formation. Co-Founder and CEO Eric Savage states - "[Unitus Capital] wouldn't exist without you." Steven continues to proudly support the mission as a trusted board advisor. Learn more on LinkedIn

Aspen Properties

With the support of skilled senior management Dr. Funk hired, and a pension fund partnership, Aspen Properties quickly became the fastest growing office commercial real estate company in Western Canada holding over 5,000,000 sqft of CBD office product. That business was sold, fortuitously in 2007/2008.

CML

By way of a very creative and supportive investment formula, a deep knowledge of the market, a strong marketing team, and a stated conservative investment philosophy, CML became, by a considerable amount, the largest, and also the best managed top tier Investor Funds in Canada. Over the course of 10 years into the late 1990's, CML managed over $250M in assets deployed in over $1.0B in venture investment values.

Imperial Parking

At the time of its acquisition, Imperial Parking oversaw about 10,000 parking stalls and generated gross revenue of approximately $50,000,000. By way of organic growth and roll-up acquisitions in both Canada and the U.S., Imperial Parking grew to over $250,000M in gross revenue, becoming by far the largest and most dominant player in Canada. The business was eventually sold to Onyx Corporation, which privatized the company and took it public a few years later in the U.S.