Investing Profile

Paul Szurek

VCInvestor
Partner at Smash Capital
smashcap.comNew York, New York
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Networks Paul is a member of
Bain & Company Network
342 CONNECTIONS
Insight Partners Network
138 CONNECTIONS
Insight Partners Network
138 CONNECTIONS
Wake Forest University Network
25 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Smash Capital Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
21
Current Fund Size
$500M

Paul Szurek is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Paul Szurek's Investments On Record (17)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Redo
Series BJun 2026$81M
$110M
Co-investors: Susannah Duke (Pelion Venture Partners), Ben Dahl (Signal Peak Ventures), Jack Boren
Allen Control Systems
Series BJun 2026$200M
$240M
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Jeff Fluhr (Craft Ventures), Kevin Mayer (Smash Capital), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures)
Pearl
Series BJul 2024$58M
$120M
Co-investors: Rob Coneybeer (Shasta Ventures), Tim Haley (Redpoint Ventures), Eric Adler (Blu Venture Investors), Vinny Pujji (Left Lane Capital), David Pakman (CoinFund), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures)
TradingView
Series CJan 2024$50M
Series BMay 2018$37M
$390M
Co-investors: Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Panos Papadopoulos (Marathon Venture Capital), Vic Koch (Gokin Solar), Peter Johnson (Jump Capital), Steve Farsht (Corazon Capital), Troy Henikoff (MATH Venture Partners), Gale Wilkinson (Vitalize Venture Capital), Lauren DeLuca (Motivate Ventures), Jeff Pomeranz (Right Side Capital Management)
Blockchain.com
Series ENov 2023$110M
$600M
Co-investors: Tom Hulme (GV (Google Ventures)), Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Toby Coppel (Mosaic Ventures), Rafael Corrales (Background Capital), Victor Orlovski (R136 Ventures), Nicolas Brand (Lakestar), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Richard Branson, Amit Jhawar
Bilt
Series BOct 2022$150M
$660M
Co-investors: Kenneth Chenault (General Catalyst), Joel Cutler (General Catalyst), Alex Fiance (Kairos HQ), Harley Miller (Left Lane Capital)
Equi
Series AOct 2022$15M
$25M
Co-investors: Shahed Khan (HyperChain Capital), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Dmitry Alimov (Frontier Ventures), George Burke
Quantum Metric
Series BJan 2021$200M
$230M
Co-investors: Lonne Jaffe (Insight Partners), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures)

Paul Szurek's Experience

Associate Consultant Bain & CompanyPresent
Associate, Portfolio Group Insight PartnersPresent
Head of Strategy & Partnerships Blockchain.comPresent
Venture Investor Insight PartnersPresent
Board Observer monday.comPresent
Board Director DextPresent
Board Director OpenWebPresent
Board Director DotmaticsPresent
Board Director VintedPresent
Board Director SimpleNexus, an nCino CompanyPresent
Board Director TradingViewPresent
Board Director LeahPresent
Board Observer Workday VNDLYPresent
Board Observer SimScalePresent
Head of Venture Capital & Strategic Incubations JuxtaposePresent
Partner Smash CapitalPresent

Paul Szurek's Education

Wake Forest University Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mathematical Economics, Spanish (summa cum laude)