Investing Profile

Stu Smith(601)

VCAngelInvestor

Investor @ Coughdrop Capital

coughdropcapital.comLos Angeles, California

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41 Investors

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Current Investing Position

Coughdrop Capital Managing Partner

Investment Range

$50K - $150K

Sweet Spot

$50K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$650K

Stu Smith is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Stu Smith's Investments On Record (14)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Hostie	Series AJul 2026$12M	$16M
Co-investors: Thomas Layton (Social Capital), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), James Joaquin (Obvious Ventures), Andrew Brackin (Gradient Ventures), Kahini Shah (Obvious Ventures), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Michael Stoppelman (Self-employed), Kevin Weil (OpenAI)
howie	SeedSep 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Sheel Mohnot (Better Tomorrow Ventures), Sarah Smith (Bain Capital Ventures), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Lindel Eakman (UTIMCO), Raanan Bar-Cohen (Resolute Ventures), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Sophia Amoruso (Trust Fund), Nate DaPore (Miami Angels), Diego Oppenheimer (Work-Bench), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Alex Tong (Information Venture Partners), Nick Davidov (DVC), Turner Novak (Banana Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), David J. Phillips, Roger Dickey
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 (Vibe Capital), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital)
Hello Patient	Funding RoundJun 2024	$29M
Co-investors: Sebastian Caliri (8VC), Jeremy Kaufmann (Scale Venture Partners), David Beazley (Alumni Ventures ), Ryan Darnell (Max Ventures), Auren Hoffman (SafeGraph), Russell Fradin, Russ Fradin, Andrew Berman
Animation Inc.	Funding RoundJun 2024
Kobalt Labs	SeedSep 2023	$11M
Co-investors: Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Aaron Epstein (Y Combinator)