# Jason Smale

> Jason Smale is a seed investor at Zendesk (San Francisco) backing Video and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Zendesk](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zendesk)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jsmale
- Website: https://x.com/jwswj

Jason Smale is a seed investor at Zendesk in San Francisco focused on Video and Software. SVP Engineering at Zendesk.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Video | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| UX Design | 1 | 50% |
| Collaboration | 1 | 50% |
| Market Research | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Great Question | Great Question is a customer research platform designed to automate research tasks and gain consumer insights. Great Question allows its users to recruit participants, run their preferred methods, and synthesize and share their findings all in one collaborative platform. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 14, 2021 |  |
| Rewatch | Rewatch offers a private and secure video channel for teams. Rewatch transcribes your videos and unlocks your team’s spoken knowledge, making it searchable and organized—all in one place. | $2M | Seed | Jan 05, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FundersClub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fundersclub) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Haystack](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haystack) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [January Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/january-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NOMO Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nomo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TwentyTwo VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/twentytwo-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Zendesk

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Zendesk is a customer service platform that develops software to empower organizations and customer relationships. It empowers organizations to improve customer engagement and better understand their customers. Zendesk products are easy to use and implement. They give organizations the flexibility to move quickly, focus on innovation, and scalewith their growth.Zendesk serves more than 150,000 customers across hundreds of industries in over 30 languages. Zendesk was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

5 contacts available at Zendesk.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adrian McDermott | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adrian-mcdermott |
| Bikram Mazumdar | Vice President of Asia | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bikram-mazumdar |
| Elizabeth Nelson | Member of Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betsey-nelson |
| Jason Smale | Senior Vice President Of Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-smale |
| Terry Evans Jr | Director and Head of Zendesk Ventures | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/terry-evans-jr |

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## FAQ

### What does Jason Smale invest in?

Jason Smale invests primarily in Video, Software and UX Design startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jason Smale last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jason Smale closed in Jul 2021. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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