Investing Profile

John Smothers

InvestorVC
Partner at Scribble Ventures
scribble.vcPalo Alto, California
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Angel Investor Network
23 CONNECTIONS
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$300K - $750K
$500K
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$600M
CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
c/side
SeedSep 2024$6M
Pre SeedMay 2024$2M
$8M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Zain Rizavi (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Alex Pall (Mantis VC), Dan Scheinman (Scheinman Angel Fund), Ron Pragides
Checkmate
Series AMay 2023$15M
SeedSep 2022$5M
$23M
Co-investors: Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Scott Shleifer (Tiger Global Management), Jeff Bonforte (Catapult Capital), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Shane Mac (Logos Labs), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Trevor Neff (Sound Ventures), Carter Reum (M13), Chris Herd, Deborah Liu, Ron Pragides, Tim Kendall
WireMock
SeedMay 2023$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Akriti Dokania (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Alok Nandan (First Rays Venture Partners), Ron Pragides
Streamline AI
SeedNov 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Steven Rosenblatt (Oceans), Ron Pragides
nMachine
Pre SeedOct 2022$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Jim Everingham (Lobby Capital), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Trace Cohen (New York Venture Partners (NYVP)), Patrick Murphy (Semble Ventures), Ron Pragides
Board Observer Zingly.ai2023 - Present
Partner Scribble Ventures2022 - Present
Co-founder / Owner The Aurora Group2019 - Present
Communications Committee BLCK VC2021 - 2022
Investor Acrew Capital2021 - 2022
Investor Angel Investor2018 - 2022
Co-founder Greenville Studios2019 - 2020
Co-founder / Investor Dimension Ventures2018 - 2019
Venture Scout Forefront Venture Partners2018 - 2019
Summer Analyst Array Ventures2018 - 2018
Server & Operations Intern Roots Natural Kitchen2017 - 2017
User Experience Posyt2015 - 2017
Community Manager, Intern and Assistant to the Founder The Mill Space2016 - 2016
Health Care Management Intern Adventist HealthCare2015 - 2015