Investing Profile

John Smothers

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Partner at Scribble Ventures

scribble.vcPalo Alto, California

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Networks John is a member of

Angel Investor Network

190 CONNECTIONS

BLCK VC Network

33 CONNECTIONS

Acrew Capital Network

16 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Scribble Ventures Partner

Investment Range

$300K - $750K

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$600M

John Smothers is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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John Smothers's Investments On Record (5)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
cside	SeedSep 2024$6M Pre SeedMay 2024$2M	$8M
Co-investors: Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Zain Rizavi (Emerging Venture Capitalists Association (EVCA)), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Alex Pall (Mantis VC)
Checkmate	Series AMay 2023$15M SeedSep 2022$5M	$23M
Co-investors: Scott Shleifer (Tiger Global Management), Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Trevor Neff (Headline (formerly e.ventures)), Carter Reum (M13), Jeff Bonforte (Parade Ventures), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Chris Herd (Logos Labs), Shane Mac (Squared Away), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Tim Kendall, Deborah Liu
WireMock	SeedMay 2023$7M	$7M
Co-investors: Akriti Dokania (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA)), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Alok Nandan (First Rays Venture Partners)
Streamline AI	SeedNov 2022$3M	$12M
Co-investors: Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Pramod Gosavi (Blumberg Capital), Nadav Ben-Chanoch (Pareto Holdings), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Steven Rosenblatt (Oceans), Edward Lando (Biowear), Brian Hirsch (Tribeca Venture Partners)
nMachine	Pre SeedOct 2022$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Jim Everingham (Lobby Capital), Ron Pragides (GTMFund), Trace Cohen (Six Point Ventures), Patrick Murphy (Semble Ventures)

John Smothers's Media (2)

Scribble Ventures raises $84 million for pair of new funds

www.axios.com

https://twitter.com/ScribbleVC/status/1522607695555006464

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John Smothers's Experience

Board Observer Zingly.ai2023 - Present

Co-founder / Owner The Aurora Group2019 - Present

Head of Operations & Strategy NoonPresent

Community Manager, Intern and Assistant to the Founder The MillPresent

Partner Scribble Ventures2022 - 2025

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

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