Dan Smith
General Partner at Jigsaw Investor
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & General Partner
2019 - Current
Jigsaw is an early-stage venture fund using data, systems & networks to identify and support gifted entrepreneurial talent. We invest as early as angel / pre-seed across Europe and are sector agnostic.
Investor & Board Member
2024
AI Infrastructure & Federated ML for the energy sector. Co-lead with Stride VC.
Investor & Board Member
2022
Abingdon is a global, diversified software company and acquirer of verticalised SaaS businesses. Lead investor with angels from Tier 1 VC and Software PE firms.
Investor
2022
'Stripe for donations' which will become the operating system for managing a corporates' Purpose / CSR-driven activities. Co-invest with General Catalyst.
Personal Financial Solutions offers asset management, investment planning, retirement planning, and financial planning services.
Investor
2022
Brain-optimised, casual learning, designed around how humans actually learn. Co-invest with Spark Capital.
Investor
2022
Technology empowering micro merchants across Africa.
Investor
2022
Creating the home of sustainable innovations, making better choices in consumer goods affordable, inclusive and simple. Co-invest with Passion Capital.
Investor
2022
Kaizan is an AI assistant for Client Success teams. Jigsaw led pre-seed.
Investor
2021
Investment alongside Kleiner Perkins and notable angels such as Ray Dalio and Marc Benioff
Thrive Global develops technology that help individuals and companies improve their well-being and performance.
Raised $145,930,000.00 from Owl Ventures, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Jazz Venture Partners.
Investor
2020
Slerp is the leading eCommerce solution for the hospitality sector. Jigsaw led seed investment with participation from notable angels including the founders of Tessian, GoCardless and early employees at Deliveroo.