# Curious Office Partners

> Curious Office Partners is a VC fund backing Software and Advertising. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2008
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellysmith
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/curiousoffice
- Website: http://www.curiousoffice.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kellyedwardsmith

Curious Office Partners is a VC fund in Seattle focused on Software and Advertising. Curious Office is both a seed stage investment firm and a software development company.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Advertising | 2 | 50% |
| SEO | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Tourism | 1 | 25% |

15 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian Hanauer | Co-Founder | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-hanauer |
| Kelly Smith | Co - Founder | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kelly-smith |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Inkd.com | Inkd (formerly Pressplane) has two main products: Inkd, a true "buy & sell" community (rather like CafePress, Zazzle, Etsy and even stock image companies) wherein designers upload print creative and businesses can download and use the content as a cost effective alternative to hiring a designer, and Zapd, an app that allows users tocreate instant, themed websites straight from their iPhones. | $1.7M | Series A | Sep 01, 2008 |  |
| Fanzter | Fanzter Inc. is an American software company that designs and develops consumer-focused mobile and web products. Fanzter's best-known products include Coolspotters.com and the popular iOS applications CoolPapers, Streaks, and Summizer. Fanzter's corporate headquarters are located in Unionville, Connecticut. | $2M | Series A | Jan 01, 2008 |  |
| Moz | Moz provides analytics software to track all of a website's inbound marketing efforts—search marketing, link building, social media, and brand mentions—on one platform. Moz Analytics tracks each effort with beautiful data visualizations, insights into competitors' data, and actionable recommendations to improve each effort'sperformance.Dedicated to helping people do better marketing, Moz creates easy-to-use tools, tutorials, and educational resources for learning inbound marketing—and fosters the web’s most vibrant online marketing community. With offices in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, Moz supports over 20,000 customers and 300,000 community members worldwide.The company received an A round of financing from Ignition Partners and Curious Office in September 2007 to build their Linkscape web index. | $1.1M | Series A | Sep 01, 2007 |  |
| Shelfari | Shelfari, Inc is a division of Amazon that runs Shelfari, a social network for book lovers. | $1M | Series A | Mar 25, 2007 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Second Avenue Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/second-avenue-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amazon](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders' Co-op](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-co-op) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundryvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Glassdoor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glassdoor) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Curious Office Partners invest in?

Curious Office Partners invests primarily in Software, Advertising and SEO startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Curious Office Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Curious Office Partners?

The team at Curious Office Partners includes Adrian Hanauer (Co-Founder) and Kelly Smith (Co - Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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