# Rasheen Smith > Rasheen Smith is a seed investor at Concrete Hill backing CRM, Apps and Cooking. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [Concrete Hill](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/concrete-hill) - Total investments: 5 - Last investment: Jun 2019 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rasheensmith/ - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rasheensmith - Website: https://rasheensmith.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rasheensmithofficial Rasheen Smith is a seed investor at Concrete Hill focused on CRM and Apps. Rasheen Smith is the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman at Realcast. Attended University of California, Berkeley. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | CRM | 1 | 20% | | Apps | 1 | 20% | | Cooking | 1 | 20% | | FinTech | 1 | 20% | | Finance | 1 | 20% | 20 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 2 | 40% | | Series A | 1 | 20% | | Series B | 1 | 20% | | Funding Round | 1 | 20% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Spark Grills | Spark Grills features proprietary wood and charcoal Briq system, loading and quick ignition is simple, while clean-up is seamless and mess-free. Spark is a design-forward charcoal grill that fires up in seconds and has oven-like temperature control, allowing grilling enthusiasts, and home chefs alike, to dial in their culinary creativity. It wasfounded in 2017 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. | | Seed | Jun 01, 2019 | | | PAX Labs | PAX Labs is a leader in the design and development of premium, app-controlled vaporization technologies and devices. Headquartered in San Francisco, PAX has become an industry leader through innovation and product design. PAX is committed to taking the guesswork out of cannabis with products that offer quality, transparency, and predictability.The company was founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco, California. | $420M | | Apr 22, 2019 | | | Calm | Calm offers an application designed to help its users meditate and relax.The company is driven by a mission to make the world happier and healthier by developing a range of digital and physical products that enhance mental fitness and alleviate some of the most important mental health issues of the modern age including anxiety, depression,insomnia, and stress. Calm was named by Apple as the 2017 iPhone App of the Year and by Google Play as an Editors’ Choice in 2018.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $88M | Series B | Feb 06, 2019 | | | Stae | Stae gives cities a competitive advantage through platforms that develop a healthy symbiotic technology and ecology.The company partners with local governments to improve data-sharing workflows, drive performance, and inspire innovation. Stae provides municipalities with tools to integrate, house and abstract disparate data while providingmeaningful and actionable insights that enable 21st-century compliance, taxation, and procurement. | | Seed | | | | Forge | Forge Global is a private securities marketplace that serves the complex and emerging needs of the private market ecosystem by forging new connections through its technology, data, and expertise. Founded in 2014, the firm empowers investors and shareholders by facilitating liquidity in the private markets. Forge is backed by top Silicon Valleyinvestors and large, global institutions including Deutsche Börse, Temasek, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, FT Partners, Draper Associates, Peter Thiel, Munich Re Ventures, and LUN Partners Group. | | Series A | | | 5 of 5 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [CAA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Evolution VC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-corporate-advisors-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Evolution Media](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-media-6b5f) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [IPD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ipd-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Irving Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/irving-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About Concrete Hill VC Fund Aggregate of world-class athletes and influencers teaming up to invest in transformative companies and accelerate their mission. 1 contacts available at Concrete Hill. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Rasheen Smith | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rasheen-smith | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Rasheen Smith invest in? Rasheen Smith invests primarily in CRM, Apps and Cooking startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 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 Rasheen Smith last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Rasheen Smith closed in Jun 2019. Shizune tracks 5 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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