# Ceri Smith

> Ceri Smith is a startup investor at Blue Lion. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blue Lion](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-lion-global)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ceri Smith is a startup investor at Blue Lion.

## About Blue Lion

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Blue Lion is a tech venture capital fund based in Los Angeles and London, backing founders that positively advance society. We focus on climate, health, and inclusive finance, and invest Seed (~$500k - $1m) and Series A ($1.5m - $4m) across the US & Europe. Our unique structure allows us to continue supporting the best companies Series B+,where we have recently invested >$30m. Our partners have backed 16 unicorns resulting in two IPOs and over a dozen M&A sales. Nearly $425m has been invested into transformational companies such as Aetion Health, Blockchain.com, Builder.ai, Casafari, Even Healthcare, Figure, Forward Health, Glovo, Maker Studios, Omio, Opendoor, Pipe, Revolut, SoFI, and Taulia. Founders receive an unfair advantage from our transatlantic experience. We have held ~40 board seats on companies of >$130bn market value collectively, such as Builder.ai, Premier League, Revolut, Rathbones, British Business Bank, and the BBC.

3 contacts available at Blue Lion.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ceri Smith | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceri-smith-f202 |
| Manu Gupta | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manu-gupta |
| Peter Orlov | General Counsel | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-orlov |

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