Charles C Smith

Charles C Smith

Managing Partner atJoyance PartnersNew York City

Charles C Smith is a managing partner at Joyance Partners and an active New York angel investor since the mid-2000s, with investments in over a dozen companies and board roles in ten more.

What Charles can write

Writes checks of$100K to $250K
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series AMostly follows a lead
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Joyance Partners writes $100K to $250K checks, larger than 5% 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. The Ineo Group LLC · Owner
  5. Joyance Partners · Managing Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Extension Entertainment

Focus

angel investingsocial music discovery

Also at Joyance Partners

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Who is Charles C Smith?

Charles C Smith is a managing partner at Joyance Partners and an active New York angel investor since the mid-2000s, with investments in over a dozen companies and board roles in ten more.

How much does Charles C Smith invest?

Charles C Smith invests through Joyance Partners, which writes checks of $100K to $250K at pre-seed, seed, series a.

How do I pitch Charles C Smith?

A warm intro from a founder Joyance Partners backed works best.

What did Charles C Smith do before Joyance Partners?

Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Planning at RealMedia; Vice President of Sales at Tacoda; Vice President at Etsy Inc.; Owner at The Ineo Group LLC.

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