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Creating the Conditions for Remote
Talks about Remote Working, Trello and Design
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Stu Smith
Investor at Coughdrop Capital & Silas' Dad
Los Angeles, California
Overview
Stu Smith is an Investor at Coughdrop Capital with a focus on investing in various sectors like Marketplaces and SaaS, with notable investments in companies like Ware, Ever Loved, and Mercury. He has co-founded and served as a General Partner at Coughdrop Capital, showcasing expertise in scouting and investing in diverse founders and companies across different funding stages.
His career highlights include investing in successful companies like Mercury and Superhuman, demonstrating a keen eye for promising startups, and his role as Co-Founder & COO at Racket.com, showcasing leadership and entrepreneurial skills in the tech industry.
Work Experience
Co-Founder & General Partner
2015 - Current
Led pre-launch investments in Lattice, Mercury, Superhuman, Varda, and 50 more startups. I write $25K - $150K checks into B2B AI and SaaS startups at Pre-Seed or Seed stage. Our LPs include Village Global, Jack Altman, and many more. Currently deploying Fund III.
Investor
2015
Lattice is a people success platform that help business leaders develop engaged, high-performing employees, and winning cultures.
Raised $330,320,000.00 from HighSage Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Dragoneer Investment Group, Haystack, Thrive Capital, Fuel Capital, Elad Gil and Shasta Ventures.
Investor
2019
Investor
2017
Superhuman is a software platform that weaves social insights into a workflow.
Raised $108,000,000.00 from Drew Houston, Will Smith, Tiger Global Management, Jason Citron, Arianna Huffington, The Chainsmokers, Ashton Kutcher, Henrique Dubugras, Timothy Young and IVP.
Investor
2021
Varda is a space manufacturing startup that creates products in microgravity and retrieves them for terrestrial use.
Raised $141,025,000.00 from Caffeinated Capital, Fifty Years, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, Nitesh Banta, General Catalyst, Kyle Tibbitts, Angel Collective Opportunity Fund and Sinai Capital Partners.
Investor
2020
Co-Founder & COO
2021 - 2023
Racket develops an audio recorder platform designed to share audio content on the internet.
Raised $3,000,000.00 from Laurion Capital Management, Ran Neuner, Ryan Dawidjan, Active Capital, American Public Media, Greycroft, Chris Messina, K50 Ventures, Alex MacCaw and Scott Hanson.
Investor
2021
Capital is a financial technology company that offers software to founders to raise, hold, spend, and send funds.
Investor
2021
Investor
2019
Autonomous, self-flying drones + AI for warehouse inventory
Raised $2,500,000.00 from AISprouts, Adam Bry, Bloomberg Beta, Thomas McInerney, UP Partners and 2048 Ventures.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
2002 - 2006
High School
1998 - 2002