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William Smith

Venture Partner at Next47

San Francisco, California

Overview 

William Smith is a product-oriented Founder and Investor based in San Francisco, California. With a background as the CEO/Executive Chairman of Euclid (acquired by WeWork) and current roles as an Investor at Octave and Venture Partner at Next47, he excels in entrepreneurship and product management, specializing in data services and enterprise sectors. Highlights of William's career include leading Euclid as CEO/Executive Chairman and his current roles as an Investor at Octave and Venture Partner at Next47, showcasing his expertise in product management and entrepreneurship within the tech industry.

Work Experience 

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Octave

  • Investor

    2016 - Current

    Investing in early-stage enterprise data companies. Notable investments include: Cascade, Datasaur, Datavant, Elliot Technologies, Facet, Forethought, Grafbase, Jasper, Metronome, Notion, SolveData, Tonic, Transcend, Transform, Weights and Biases, Workflowy

A founder-centric early-stage fund investing in enterprise data opportunities.

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Next47

  • Venture Partner

    2022

Next47 invests in groundbreaking enterprise entrepreneurs and accelerates revenue growth by opening doors to customers around the world.

next47.com
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The Future of Privacy Forum

  • Advisory Board Member

    2013

    Worked with Chuck Schumer to drive the self-regulation process of the Location Data space. Drafted the first Code of Conduct for the space.

Future of Privacy Forum is a think tank that aims to advanced responsible data practices.

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WeWork

  • Product

    2019 - 2020

    Led integration of Euclid product and team reporting to CTO. Acquired just before the IPO S1 filing. An action-packed moment where I led the acquisition and integration of Euclid, and experienced the hypergrowth and hypercontraction of WeWork.

A WeWork-backed fund investing in the future of work.

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Euclid (acquired by WeWork)

  • CEO / Executive Chairman

    2010 - 2018

    Built the largest real-world behavioral dataset. (200m+ MAU) As a function of our scale had the opportunity to confront interesting problems in Machine Learning, Data Infrastructure, and Privacy. Backed by Benchmark Capital, NEA, Harrison Metal and others Acquried by WeWork

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