Investing Profile

Paul Szurek

VCInvestor

General Partner at Smash Capital

smashcap.comNew York, New York

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Networks Paul is a member of

Bain & Company Network

516 CONNECTIONS

Insight Partners Network

231 CONNECTIONS

Insight Partners Network

231 CONNECTIONS

Wake Forest University Network

37 CONNECTIONS

Wake Forest University Network

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Current Investing Position

Smash Capital General Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$500M

Paul Szurek is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

SMB Software (Seed)Consumer Internet (Series B)SMB Software (Series B)New York City Consumer Internet (Seed)

Paul Szurek's Investments On Record (17)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total 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), David Pakman (CoinFund), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures), Eric Adler (Blu Venture Investors, LLC), Vinny Pujji (Left Lane Capital)
TradingView	Series CJan 2024$50M Series BMay 2018$37M	$390M
Co-investors: Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Panos Papadopoulos (Marathon Venture Capital), Vic Koch (Koch&Partners), Peter Johnson (Brevan Howard Digital), Steve Farsht (Corazon Capital), Troy Henikoff (MATH Venture Partners), Gale Wilkinson (Vitalize Venture Capital), Lauren DeLuca (Motivate Venture Capital), Jeff Pomeranz (Right Side Capital Management)
Blockchain.com	Series ENov 2023$110M	$600M
Co-investors: Tom Hulme (GV (Google Ventures)), Amit Jhawar (Accel-KKR), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Toby Coppel (Mosaic Ventures), Rafael Corrales (Background Capital), Jeremy Liew (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Victor Orlovski (Fort Ross Ventures), Nicolas Brand (Lakestar), Richard Branson
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: George Burke (Vela Exchange), Shahed Khan (HyperChain Capital), Julia Hang (Vesey Ventures), Dmitry Alimov (Frontier Ventures)
Quantum Metric	Series BJan 2021$200M	$230M
Co-investors: Lonne Jaffe (Precisely), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures)

Paul Szurek's Experience

General Partner Smash CapitalPresent

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.) Double Major: Mathematical Economics, Spanish

Wake Forest University Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Double Major: Mathematical Economics, Spanish

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

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