Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 11
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Vice President of Innovation and New Ventures
  • Primary Organization 
    eBay
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner

Steve Yankovich joined HomeValet as Chief Experience Officer in 2020.Steve Yankovich, vice president of innovation and new ventures at eBay Inc., leads a newly formed team focused on future-looking technologies and experiences that will drive innovative new approaches to connecting retailers, merchants and sellers with consumers around the world.

Steve is focused on creating the future – opportunities beyond core products from a business and technology perspective.

From 2009 to 2012, Steve served as vice president of eBay mobile, responsible for eBay's mobile business and product development worldwide on device platforms such as the iPhone, iPad, RIM, Android, Windows Phone, tablet and mobile web. Under Steve’s leadership, eBay mobile doubled its mobile commerce volume every year from 2008 through 2012, with $13 billion in mobile commerce volume in 2012 alone. eBay mobile is expected to generate $20 billion in 2013. Steve spearheaded the eBay Inc acquisitions of RedLaser and Critical Path Software. His patent portfolio consists of 29 leading technologies, four of which have been formally issued.

Before eBay, Steve was Adobe's Entrepreneur in Residence where he created an Adobe seed project targeted at knowledge and information workers. Before Adobe, he was the founder/CEO/CTO of Movaris Inc., an Enterprise BPM software company that was acquired by Adobe. When Steve isn't busy tinkering with technology, he enjoys building and driving fast cars.

Number of Partner Investments 3
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Aug 25, 2014
Appcelerator
Relay Ventures
No
Series D - Appcelerator
$22M
Jul 16, 2013
Appcelerator
Relay Ventures
No
Series C - Appcelerator
$12.1M
Feb 24, 2012
Appcelerator
Relay Ventures
Series C - Appcelerator
$16M
Number of Current Jobs 4
Number of Past Jobs 5
Steve Yankovich has 4 current jobs including Chief Experience Officer at HomeValet, Partner at HALL Wines, and Vice President of Innovation and New Ventures at eBay. Additionally, Steve Yankovich has had 5 past jobs including Vice President of Mobile at eBay.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
eBay
Vice President of MobileMar 2009Dec 2012
Adobe
Entrepreneur In ResidenceSep 2007Dec 2009
Movaris
CTO, FounderApr 1998Jun 2007
HaL Computer
Director IC Development19911997
Trilogy
Design Engineer19821985
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 11
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 4
Steve Yankovich holds 11 board and advisor roles including Senior Advisor at STORY3 Capital Partners, Advisory Board at Anu, and Advisory Board at Halla.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
HomeValet
Advisory Board MemberMay 2019Oct 2020
Rosetta Stone
Member of the Board of DirectorsOct 2014Oct 2020
eBay
Vice President Product & Tech, eBay EnterpriseFeb 2015Nov 2015
Appcelerator
Member of the Board ObserverOct 2011Jun 2015