Charles C. Smith

Charles C. Smith

Investment Partner atSocial StartsNY

Charles C. Smith is an active angel investor and partner at Joyance Partners. He founded Extension Entertainment and owns The Ineo Group LLC, with prior roles at Etsy, Tacoda, and RealMedia.

What Charles can write

Writes checks of$25K to $500K
Comes in atSeries AMostly follows a lead
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Social Starts writes $25K to $500K checks, larger than 1% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. RealMedia · Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Planning
  2. Tacoda · Vice President of Sales
  3. Etsy Inc. · Vice President
  4. Joyance Partners · Partner
  5. Social Starts · Investment Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Extension Entertainment

Focus

angel investingsocial musictechnology

Also at Social Starts

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Questions

Who is Charles C. Smith?

Charles C. Smith is an active angel investor and partner at Joyance Partners. He founded Extension Entertainment and owns The Ineo Group LLC, with prior roles at Etsy, Tacoda, and RealMedia.

How much does Charles C. Smith invest?

Charles C. Smith invests through Social Starts, which writes checks of $25K to $500K at series a.

How do I pitch Charles C. Smith?

A warm intro from a founder Social Starts backed works best.

What did Charles C. Smith do before Social Starts?

Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Planning at RealMedia; Vice President of Sales at Tacoda; Vice President at Etsy Inc.; Partner at Joyance Partners.

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