Investing Profile

Paul Szurek

VCInvestor
Partner at Smash Capital
smashcap.comNew York, New York
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Networks Paul is a member of
Bain & Company Network
342 CONNECTIONS
Insight Partners Network
138 CONNECTIONS
Insight Partners Network
138 CONNECTIONS
Wake Forest University Network
25 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Smash Capital Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
19
Current Fund Size
$500M

Paul Szurek is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Paul Szurek's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Pearl
Series BJul 2024$58M
$120M
Co-investors: Rob Coneybeer (Shasta Ventures), Tim Haley (Redpoint Ventures), Eric Adler (Blu Venture Investors), Vinny Pujji (Left Lane Capital), David Pakman (CoinFund), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), David Sacks (Craft Ventures)
TradingView
Series CJan 2024$50M
Series BMay 2018$37M
$390M
Co-investors: Alex Cook (Tiger Global Management), Panos Papadopoulos (Marathon Venture Capital), Vic Koch (Gokin Solar), Peter Johnson (Jump Capital), Steve Farsht (Corazon Capital), Troy Henikoff (MATH Venture Partners), Gale Wilkinson (Vitalize Venture Capital), Lauren DeLuca (Motivate Ventures), Jeff Pomeranz (Right Side Capital Management)
Blockchain.com
Series ENov 2023$110M
$600M
Co-investors: Jeremy Liew (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Tom Hulme (GV (Google Ventures)), Toby Coppel (Mosaic Ventures), Nicolas Brand (Lakestar), Jalak Jobanputra (Future Perfect Ventures), Rafael Corrales (Background Capital), Victor Orlovski (R136 Ventures), Richard Branson, Amit Jhawar
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: Shahed Khan (HyperChain Capital), Julia Hang (Company Capital), Dmitry Alimov (Frontier Ventures), George Burke
Quantum Metric
Series BJan 2021$200M
$230M
Co-investors: Lonne Jaffe (Insight Partners), Salil Deshpande (Uncorrelated Ventures)
SimpleNexus
Series BJan 2021$110M
$130M
Co-investors: Jeff Lieberman (Insight Partners)
monday.com
Secondary MarketMay 2020
Series DJul 2019$150M
Series CJul 2018$50M
Series BApr 2017$25M
$240M
Co-investors: Rajeev Dham (Sapphire Ventures), Nino Marakovic (Sapphire Ventures), Jeff Horing (Insight Partners), Aviad Eyal (Entrée Capital Ventures), Eden Shochat (Genesis Partners), Jonathan Saacks (F2 Capital), Ripley Carroll (Telescope Partners), Pratik Kapoor

Paul Szurek's Experience

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.) Mathematical Economics, Spanish (summa cum laude)