# Ford Smith

> Ford Smith is a seed investor in Seattle backing Internet and Shipping. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026

Ford Smith is a seed investor in Seattle focused on Internet and Shipping. Ford Smith is based out of Seattle, Washington and is the founder of PetSmart.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Shipping | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Infrastructure | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Syntropy | Syntropy is transforming the public internet into a secure and user-centric internet through a unifying layer where the encryption and optimized performance are built-in and automatically enabled for anything and everything connected to it. | $5M | Seed | Jul 04, 2019 | https://syntropynet.com |
| Enroute Systems | Enroute Systems Corporation provides shipment management solutions for online retailers. Its solutions offer rules-based carrier and service selection, label and manifest creation, and shipment tracking services. The company provides Enroute ShipIt!, a software-as-a-service logistics, analytics, and optimal routing system to operate intransportation vendors and systems. It also offers ShipIt! Portal with label and manifest printing, track and trace parcel, and shipping analytics solutions; and ShipIt! Platform Web services for integration with existing customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning solutions, including system applications and products, and other warehouse management solutions. The company’s ShipIt! Platform also comprise scale and scanner, wireless, printers, and third party transportation management solutions. Enroute Systems Corporation was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Bellevue, Washington. | $810K | Series A | Nov 13, 2009 | http://www.enroutecorp.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alliance of Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-of-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alpha Transform Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpha-sigma-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlockWater Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockwater-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keiretsu Forum Northwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keiretsu-forum-northwest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maven 11 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-11-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Puget Sound Venture Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/puget-sound-venture-club) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ford Smith invest in?

Ford Smith invests primarily in Internet, Shipping and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Gibraltar. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Ford Smith last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ford Smith closed in Jul 2019. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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