# Claire Smilow

> Claire Smilow is a seed investor at BoxGroup (New York) backing Software and Consulting. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BoxGroup](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boxgroup)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-smilow-34044949

Claire Smilow is a seed investor at BoxGroup in New York focused on Software and Consulting. Claire Smilow is the Principal of BoxGroup. She is a former Partner at Dorm Room Fund. She attended Yale University and Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Consulting | 1 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 20% |
| Supply Chain Management | 1 | 20% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Helical | Helical is an intermediary platform that offers bioinformaticians free access to the technologies from AI and biological computation. | $10M | Seed | Apr 13, 2026 |  |
| Aslan Protects | Aslan Protects is an AI agents that avert the next mass shooting before it happens. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| Causal Labs | Causal Labs provides AI physics models to predict and control the weather. | $6M | Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Nominal | Nominal is the faster, more reliable way to validate mission-critical systems. We build workflows for the modern hardware team. | $7.5M | Seed | Apr 22, 2024 |  |
| Zuplo | Programmable API management for developers. Simpler, better alternative to Apigee and Kong | $9M | Seed | Nov 08, 2023 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Karman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/karman-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [boldstart ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boldstart-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lux Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lux-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Trilogy Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trilogy-equity-partnership) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2048 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2048-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BoxGroup

VC Fund · New York, United States

BoxGroup is an early-stage investment fund that invests in technology companies. The fund aims to invest in the consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, life science, and marketplaces industries at the earliest stage, as early as pre-seed round and as late as Series A. It supports companies based on a conviction in the team and seeksentrepreneurs working at the beginning of movements in existing markets or new markets yet to be created, and with visions to create the next generation of category-defining businesses.

5 contacts available at BoxGroup.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Rothenberg | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-rothenberg |
| Adina Davis | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adina-davis |
| Brian Aledort | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-aledort |
| Claire Smilow | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-smilow-9132 |
| David Tisch | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-tisch |

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## FAQ

### What does Claire Smilow invest in?

Claire Smilow invests primarily in Software, Consulting and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Claire Smilow last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Claire Smilow closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 5 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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