# Ralph Taylor-Smith

> Ralph Taylor-Smith is a Series B investor at GE Ventures backing E-Commerce and 3D Printing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [GE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ge-ventures)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2017
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 100% |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Almaz Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/almaz-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BMW i Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bmw-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foundry Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundry-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About GE Ventures

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

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.

5 contacts available at GE Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Geoff Smith | Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geoff-smith-6 |
| Jessica Zeaske | Director of Healthcare Investments | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jessica-zeaske |
| Kennath H. Stewart | Entrepreneur In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kennath-h-stewart |
| Pat Patnode | President of Licensing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pat-patnode |
| Ralph Taylor-Smith | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ralph-taylor-smith |

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## 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?

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