# Bill Smith

> Bill Smith is a seed investor at Landing backing Software and Health Care. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Landing
- Location: Birmingham, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billsmitha
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/billsmitha
- Website: https://x.com/billsmitha

Bill Smith is a seed investor at Landing in Birmingham focused on Software and Health Care. Bill Smith is currently working at Landing as Founder and CEO and Co-founder and Director of CommerceOne Bank.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.5M–$8.5M |
| Series A | $5.2M–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Real Estate | 2 | 22% |
| B2B | 1 | 11% |
| B2C | 1 | 11% |

26 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Series A | 3 | 33% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 67% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bolster | Bolster is an all in one platform that thousands of contractors use to sell more, automate project management and make more profit | $8.5M | Seed | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| Linq | Linq is a networking app that gives users the ability to create a custom digital page where they can centralize and share their content digitally or using linq's one of a kind physical NFC smart products. | $2.5M | Seed | May 27, 2021 |  |
| RETINA-AI Health | RETINA-AI Health is a Building Artificial Intelligence to Transform Healthcare. | $5.2M | Series A | Jul 15, 2020 |  |
| Landing | Landing develops a membership-based network of fully-finished urban apartment homes.It offers a flexible living experience to its members through the company's membership grants that give access to studios, one, and two-bedroom fully finished apartments with flexible leases, and streamlined, custom, all-inclusive amenities that allow forliving easy and moving freely.In 2019, Bill Smith established Landing in San Francisco, California. | $5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2019 |  |
| Contraline | Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible. | $3M | Seed | Sep 18, 2018 |  |
| Contraline | Contraline is a medical device company that has developed a proprietary injectable hydrogel platform for use in reproductive and contraceptive applications. Contraline's first product, Adam, is implanted into the vas deferens through a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure and once implanted, the gel effectively blocks sperm. Adam isnon-hormonal, designed to last years, and easily reversible. | $3M | Seed | Sep 01, 2018 |  |
| Braavo Capital | Braavo provides revenue-based financing to mobile app and game developers worldwide. Whether you're a an early-stage health and fitness app or a multi-million dollar mobile gaming publisher, Braavo is your partner for flexible, affordable and on-demand financing.Founded in 2015, Braavo is headquartered in New York City. The company hasfunded nearly half a billion dollars to the top app companies in the world and is backed by investors including e.ventures, SWS Venture Capital, SV Angel, BoxGroup, Upper90, and a number of successful angels and entrepreneurs from the fintech and mobile community. | $6M | Series A | Aug 21, 2018 |  |
| SimpleShowing | The new way to tour and buy a home. The SimpleShowing app empowers savvy consumers to be their own agent and book home showings without a Realtor. We refund up to half of the traditional Realtor commission to buyers that purchase their home through the SimpleShowing app. | $200K | Convertible Note | Feb 05, 2018 |  |
| StackShare | StackShare is a community that helps developers and engineers discover and compare software tools. Our vision is to transform how SaaS tools and infrastructure are bought and sold.Choosing SaaS and cloud infrastructure tools is difficult. If you’re a developer looking for a hosting solution, you have hundreds of options and no clear way to siftthrough them all. We’ve built a community of developers, engineers, CTOs, and VPEs that recommend, review, and share their technology stacks. They have significant buying power and a need for tooling and infrastructure services, from startups to large enterprises. The options they have are confusing and increasing in number by the day - they’re desperate to get help choosing the right solutions. StackShare lets technologists see all the best tools and services, who are using them, and why. | $5.2M | Series A | Jan 09, 2018 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FUSE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fuse-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Afton Scientific](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/afton-scientific) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alabama Futures Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alabama-futures-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Center for Innovative Technology](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/center-for-innovative-technology) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Landing

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Landing develops a membership-based network of fully-finished urban apartment homes.It offers a flexible living experience to its members through the company's membership grants that give access to studios, one, and two-bedroom fully finished apartments with flexible leases, and streamlined, custom, all-inclusive amenities that allow forliving easy and moving freely.In 2019, Bill Smith established Landing in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Landing.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Smith | Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-smith-4 |
| Emmy Miller | Director of Recruiting | — |
| Harris Reynolds | CTO | — |
| Ian Sigalow | Board Member | — |
| Kia Helms | Regional Vice President of Sales, Southeast at Landing | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Bill Smith invest in?

Bill Smith invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Real Estate startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bill Smith's check size?

Bill Smith typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$8.5M at Seed and $5.2M–$6M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bill Smith participates in.

### How do I contact Bill Smith?

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### When did Bill Smith last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bill Smith closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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