Matt Smith is a principal at Kickstart, a Colorado-based venture capital firm. He focuses on early-stage investing in the mountain states and previously worked as a SaaS employee and founder.
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Kickstart writes $500K to $3M checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.
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- Qualtrics · enterprise sales
- Kickstart · PrincipalNow
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Who is Matt Smith?
Matt Smith is a principal at Kickstart, a Colorado-based venture capital firm. He focuses on early-stage investing in the mountain states and previously worked as a SaaS employee and founder.
How much does Matt Smith invest?
Matt Smith invests through Kickstart, which writes checks of $500K to $3M at pre-seed, seed.
How do I pitch Matt Smith?
A warm intro from a founder Kickstart backed works best.
What did Matt Smith do before Kickstart?
enterprise sales at Qualtrics.
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