Garrett Smallwood
Angel Investor
San Mateo, United States
Garrett Smallwood is a seed investor in San Mateo focused on Pet and Apps. Garrett Smallwood, Wag!'s CEO, is a three-time entrepreneur with previous experience at Redbeacon (acquired by The Home Depot), Pillow (acquired by Expedia via Home Away Group) and Finrise (acquired by Wag!). He is an active investor and advisor as well as an Entrepreneur in Residence at NFX, a $400m Seed Stage fund located in San Francisco,CA. Garrett lives in the Bay Area with his daughter, wife and terrier mix, Toby, who loves his long Wag! Walks.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Garrett Smallwood invests in
Stages Garrett Smallwood invests in
Countries Garrett Smallwood invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$3.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Pet 3 (50%)
- Apps 1 (17%)
- Legal 1 (17%)
- Retail 1 (17%)
- Content 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 3 (50%)
- Israel 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Showplace is an in-home retail platform featuring products in top Airbnb homes enabling amazing brand experiences. | $2M / Seed / Jun 07, 2022 | ||
| TellTail provides community, education, and business support to dog breeders. | $3.4M / Seed / Apr 11, 2022 | ||
| Virtual adoption of real pets using deepfake and IoT. Every year, in the US alone, 1.5M shelter pets are being euthanized. From the other hand, virtual pets are very popular, and a few startups rapidly grow to become a unicorn by creating a virtual pet according to the recent technology trends. | $2.4M / Seed / Mar 10, 2022 | ||
| Dogdrop is a female founded and venture backed start-up based in Los Angeles. Dogdrop provides better, more accessible dog care with their physical locations for recreation & activity and DTC at home essentials for dog parents. The company was founded in 2018 by Shaina Denny and Greer Wilk and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. | $2.9M / Series A / Sep 22, 2021 | ||
| Our mission is to use technology and design to level the playing field for small businesses and the common person in a world where typically on the wealthiest people and large corporations can afford expensive counsel. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Mar 31, 2021 | ||
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FAQ
What does Garrett Smallwood invest in?
Garrett Smallwood invests primarily in Pet, Apps and Legal startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 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 Garrett Smallwood's check size?
Garrett Smallwood typically joins rounds of $2M–$3.4M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Garrett Smallwood participates in.
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When did Garrett Smallwood last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Garrett Smallwood closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 6 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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