Austin Petersmith is a co-founder and partner at Coughdrop Capital. He has previously served as a founder and CEO of several companies.
What Austin can write
Coughdrop Capital writes $25K to $100K checks, larger than 1% of firms in the atlas.
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- Capiche · founder and CEO
- Racket.com · founder and CEO
- Howie · founder and CEO
- Vendr · VP of Growth and Community
- Coughdrop Capital · VC PartnerNow
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Who is Austin Petersmith?
Austin Petersmith is a co-founder and partner at Coughdrop Capital. He has previously served as a founder and CEO of several companies.
How much does Austin Petersmith invest?
Austin Petersmith invests through Coughdrop Capital, which writes checks of $25K to $100K at pre-seed, seed.
How do I pitch Austin Petersmith?
A warm intro from a founder Coughdrop Capital backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.
What did Austin Petersmith do before Coughdrop Capital?
founder and CEO at Capiche; founder and CEO at Racket.com; founder and CEO at Howie; VP of Growth and Community at Vendr.
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