Investing Profile

Kurt Schmidt

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Venture Partner at 7BC Venture Capital

7bc.vcRaleigh-Durham / Southeast US

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Networks Kurt is a member of

University of Southern California Network

214 CONNECTIONS

University of Southern California Network

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Intel Corporation Network

139 CONNECTIONS

Penn State University Network

73 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

7BC Venture Capital Venture Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $5.0M

Sweet Spot

$1.5M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$10M

Kurt Schmidt is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Kurt Schmidt's Investments On Record (5)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
VQ Biomedical	SeedMar 2025$2M	$2M
Liquid AI	SeedDec 2023$38M	$290M
Co-investors: Stephen Pagliuca (Bain Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Arunas Chesonis (Safar Partners), Nader Motamedy (Safar Partners), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital), Teymour Boutros-Gali (Bold Capital Partners), Peter Diamandis (Bold Capital Partners), Raymond Liao (Samsung NEXT Ventures), Tobias Lutke, Bob Young
Pryon	Series BSep 2023$80M Series UnknownJan 2023$20M	$190M
Co-investors: David Hall (Revolution), William Crowder (Aperture Venture Capital), Andrew Romans (7BC Venture Capital), Carolyne LaSala (Good Growth Capital), Ben Levy (BootstrapLabs), Anna Mason (Ingeborg Investments), Steve Case (Revolution), John Osborne (Good Growth Capital), Mark Johnson (Good Growth Capital), Nicolai Wadstrom (BootstrapLabs), Colin Beirne (Two Sigma Ventures), Thiago Olson (EVE Atlas), Frances Schwiep (Two Sigma Ventures), Amy Salzhauer (Good Growth Capital), J.D. Vance (Revolution), Paul Grossinger (Quvy.com), Scot Wingo, Will Szczerbiak, Thomas Tull, Hoda Eydgahi, Anthony Pompliano, Sam Palmisano
Superb AI	Series BSep 2022$16M Series AFeb 2021$9M	$25M
Sparta Biomedical	SeedDec 2021$5M	$5M

Kurt Schmidt's Experience

Executive Team SiRF TechnologyPresent

Director Sony Mobile CommunicationsPresent

Executive-In-Residence Ergonomics CenterPresent

Executive-In-Residence North Carolina State UniversityPresent

Chief Strategy Office ClearwirePresent

Strategic Advisor Intel CorporationPresent

Chairman, President, Executive Committee Triangle Angel PartnersPresent

Board Of Directors CED (Council for Entrepreneurial Development)Present

Managing Director Duke Angel NetworkPresent

Founder, Managing Director North Carolina State UniversityPresent

Founder & CEO, Board of Directors North Carolina State UniversityPresent

Founder & CEO North Carolina State UniversityPresent

Venture Partner 7BC Venture CapitalPresent

Kurt Schmidt's Education

University of Southern California MS Electrical Engineering, Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Fellowship

Duke University School of Law Mergers & Acquisitions; Venture Capital Private Equity & Entrepreneurial Transactions

University of Southern California MS, Electrical Engineering Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Fellowship

Penn State University BS Electrical Engineering

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