FI  Sarah Smith Fund

https://www.sarahsmith.fund/





     Office Locations:

Menlo Park, CA

 

Stages:

  • Seed


 

Industries:

  • Financial Services
  • Information Technology
  • Software & Internet

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    Description:

    Sarah Smith Fund is an investment vehicle for Silicon Valley veteran Sarah Smith. The fund makes Pre-Seed & Seed investments targeting $250K+ into companies focused on future of work, marketplaces, fintech, and developer tools. Half of the target founding teams tend to have a Stanford degree. Smith sits on the boards of Lime, Mathison, and Archive Resale and am active in the Stanford community teaching ENGR 245: Lean Launchpad and hosting GSB venture fellows each summer. Smith has invested nearly $50M into 60+ companies. She started the Sarah Smith Fund in late 2022 as a rolling fund and have made 12 investments to date.



    Investment Firm Key

       VC = Venture Capital
       PE = Private Equity
       A = Angel
       I = Incubator
       MB = Merchant Bank
       VD = Venture Debt
       FI = Family Investment Office
       FOF = Fund of Funds
       ED = Economic Development Office   
       TT = Technology Transfer Office
       CVC = Corporate Venture Capital
       SEC = Secondary Purchaser
       HF = Hedge Fund/Mutual Fund
       
       
       
    COMPANY STAGEREVENUE
    Venture Capital
    Seed Stage
    (includes "pre-seed," or
    concept stage)
    No Revenue
    Early StageMinimal
    Revenue
    Growth Stage
    (also called Mid-stage)
    $2M-$7M
    Expansion Stage
    (also called Late-stage)
    $7M and greater
    Private Equity
    Lower Middle Market$10M-$249M
    Middle Market$250M-$499M
    Upper Middle Market$500M-$1B
    Large Cap>$1B
       
       
     

    Investment Team:


    Name   Title
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    Sarah Smith Founder

     

    Recent Funding Events (trailing 12 months):


      Date


      Name


      State


      Amount


      Stage


      02/10/2024


      Cascading AI


      CA


      $3,900,000


      Pre-Seed


     

    Portfolio companies include:


      Bandana


      Cascading AI
        web link


      Concept Art


      Flitch


      Grupago


      Momentum
        web link


      Pika


      Scope Zero


      SoGood


      Soulside


      Takeoff AI


     

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