Matt Smith
Investor at Kickstart
Denver, Colorado
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2024 - Current
Senior Associate
2023 - 2024
Associate
2021 - 2023
Kickstart is an early-stage VC fund that provides smart capital, a connected community, and expert guidance to companies.
Board Member
2023
CareCar is a healthcare service and technology platform that connects payers, caregivers, and members.
Raised $5,000,000.00 from Kickstart and Kickstart.
Board Observer
2023
Lera Investment Technologies renders cloud computing, vendor management, network security, data storage, and managed IT services.
Raised $13,199,952.00 from Kickstart.
Investor
2022
OpenGTM provides a comprehensive view of your customers’ attributes and predicts revenue and customer fit with greater accuracy.
Raised $2,500,000.00 from Capital Eleven, Summit Capital, Luxstone Group, Mucker Capital, Kickstart, Peak Capital and Luv Holdings.
Director, Seed Deals
2021 - 2022
BYU Cougar Capital is a student-run venture capital and private equity fund run by 2nd-year MBA students.
Managing Partner
2020 - 2022
Co-Founder
2016 - 2020
Co-Founder / Owner
2017 - 2020
Sales Representative
2014 - 2015
Qualtrics is a single system of record for all experience data, managing customer, product, employee, and brand experiences on one platform.
Raised $3,150,000,000.00 from Accel, BDT & MSD Partners, CPP Investments, Susquehanna Growth Equity and DFO Management.
Intern - US Embassy (Paris)
2014 - 2014