Ralph Taylor-Smith
Managing Director @ GE Ventures
Menlo Park, United States
Ralph Taylor-Smith is a Series B investor at GE Ventures in Menlo Park focused on E-Commerce and 3D Printing. Ralph is a Managing Director of Investing. He is based in Washington, DC, and joined the team in 2014. In collaboration with GE’s business units, he leads financial investments in innovative sensors, robotics, and data-com technologies for applications in factory automation, advanced manufacturing services, and digital health. Before joiningGE Ventures, Ralph was Cofounder, General Partner, and Managing Director for Battelle Venture Partners and an Investment Banker in M&A for Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan. Previously, he worked at Bell Labs as a senior research scientist, engineer, and business development manager in hardware, software, and nanotech-enabled IT devices within the photonics and semiconductor microelectronics industry. He has a PhD and a master’s degree from Princeton University, as well as master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ralph is a board member of Sarcos, Inc., Omni-ID, Inc., Xometry, Inc., Clearpath Robotics, Ltd., and Upskill, Inc. Ralph’s athletic pursuits include scuba diving and épée fencing.
- Total investments:
- 1
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 100%
Last updated:
For AI agents: llms.txt
Industries Ralph Taylor-Smith invests in
Stages Ralph Taylor-Smith invests in
Countries Ralph Taylor-Smith invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 1 (100%)
- 3D Printing 1 (100%)
- Marketplace 1 (100%)
- Manufacturing 1 (100%)
- Machine Learning 1 (100%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Xometry
|
Xometry is a AI-enabled marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, transforming one of the largest industries in the world. Xometry uses its proprietary technology to create a marketplace that enables buyers to efficiently source on-demand manufactured parts and assemblies, and empowers sellers of manufacturing services to grow their businesses. | $15M / Series B / Jun 28, 2017 |
Co-Investors
About GE Ventures
GE Ventures combines capital, technical, and commercial services. They invest in the healthcare and life sciences, energy and mobility, manufacturing and supply chain, enterprise productivity applications, digital infrastructure, and frontier technologies sectors.
GE Ventures Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Geoff Smith
Manager
|
|||
Jessica Zeaske
Director of Healthcare Investments
|
|||
Kennath H. Stewart
Entrepreneur In Residence
|
|||
Pat Patnode
President of Licensing
|
|||
|
Ralph Taylor-Smith
Managing Director
|
Access 48,091 investors
822 industries, 177 countries. Updated daily. Emails and phones included.
Browse database — It's Free!
Find investors for your startup
Search 48,091 investors by industry and country. Emails and phones included.
Similar Investors
Similar stage
Recommended lists
FAQ
What does Ralph Taylor-Smith invest in?
Ralph Taylor-Smith invests primarily in E-Commerce, 3D Printing and Marketplace startups, most often at Series B stage. Most of the 1 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 Ralph Taylor-Smith last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Ralph Taylor-Smith closed in Jun 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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.
Contact your first 100 investors today
Find who invests in your industry, stage, and country. Download investor list with emails in 5 minutes.
Find investors — It's Free!
Continue with Google
Continue with LinkedIn
