Investing Profile

Stu Smith(612)

VCAngelInvestor

Co-Founder & General Partner at Coughdrop Capital

coughdropcapital.comLos Angeles, California

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Stu Smith's investing connections

Connected to 41 investors on Signal.

Networks Stu is a member of

Perplexity Network

30 CONNECTIONS

Profesional independiente Network

20 CONNECTIONS

DePauw University Network

12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Coughdrop Capital General Partner

Investment Range

$50K - $150K

Sweet Spot

$50K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$650K

Stu Smith is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Diverse Investors Investors who invested in female founders Investors who were founders Investors who invested in diverse founders San Francisco Bay Area Marketplaces (Pre-seed)Enterprise (Pre-seed)SaaS (Pre-seed)Marketplaces (Seed)SaaS (Seed)Enterprise (Seed)Angel, Scout, and Solo-Capitalists Los Angeles / Southern California

Stu Smith's Investments On Record (14)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Hostie	Series AJul 2026$12M	$16M
Co-investors: James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), Andrew Brackin (Gradient Ventures), Kahini Shah (Obvious Ventures), Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed), Thomas Layton (ezhome)
howie	SeedSep 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Sarah Smith (Bain Capital Ventures), Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Nate DaPore (Miami Angels), Diego Oppenheimer (Work-Bench), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Alex Tong (Information Venture Partners), David J. Phillips (Pioneer Fund), Nick Davidov (Davidovs Venture Collective), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Roger Dickey (Gigster), Lindel Eakman (Brand Foundry Ventures), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital))
Ware	SeedNov 2024$25K	$3M
Co-investors: Ben Marcus (UP.Partners), Tom McInerney (TGM)
Ever Loved	SeedOct 2024$25K	$2M
Co-investors: Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures), Christer Andersson (Sommet AB)
Dreamship	SeedSep 2024$25K	$50K
Co-investors: Ankur Nagpal (USVC), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital)
Hello Patient	Funding RoundJun 2024	$29M
Co-investors: Sebastian Caliri (8VC), Jeremy Kaufmann (Scale Venture Partners), David Beazley (Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)), Ryan Darnell (Max Ventures), Russell Fradin (Dynamic Signal), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Russ Fradin, Andrew Berman
Animation Inc.	Funding RoundJun 2024
Kobalt Labs	SeedSep 2023	$11M
Co-investors: Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator)

Stu Smith's Experience

Investor Hello PatientPresent

Investor Magic PatternsPresent

Investor BrowserOSPresent

Investor Felafax AI (YC S24)Present

Investor Hamming AIPresent

Investor PerplexityPresent

Investor DollyPresent

Investor Haize LabsPresent

Investor DealopsPresent

Investor HumataPresent

Investor Synth AI (YC F24)Present

Investor Bluesky SocialPresent

Investor Synth AIPresent

Investor NOTOPresent

Investor StarbridgePresent

Investor FalconerPresent

Investor Scribble VenturesPresent

Founder / President / Manager Shorebreak Artist ManagementPresent

Co-Founder & GP Emeritus Profesional independientePresent

Co-Founder & General Partner Coughdrop CapitalPresent

General Partner & Chief Compliance Officer Coughdrop CapitalPresent

Co-Founder & COO RacketPresent

Co-Founder & COO Racket.comPresent

Stu Smith's Education

New Trier High School District Bachelor's Degree English Writing, Political Science

DePauw University Bachelor's Degree English Writing, Political Science

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