Russell Smith
VP User Acquisition @ BlockFi
London, United Kingdom
Russell Smith is a Supporter at Beam. He attended Durham University.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Russell Smith invests in
Stages Russell Smith invests in
Countries Russell Smith invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Payments 2 (33%)
- Financial Services 2 (33%)
- iOS 1 (17%)
- Apps 1 (17%)
- IaaS 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (67%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
- Series A 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 2 (33%)
- United Kingdom 2 (33%)
- Canada 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Incredible
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Incredible is repayments platform that leverages artificial intelligence & open finance to track, pay and reduce the cost of borrowing. | $1M / Pre-Seed / May 14, 2024 | |
Rise
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Rise is an innovative payroll and compliance provider based in New York. Rise is a Web3-enabled platform helping businesses onboard, manage and pay local/international contractors while ensuring full compliance and alleviating burdensome tax processes. | $3.8M / Seed / Apr 24, 2023 | |
Practice
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Practice's tools will help you fulfill your potential as a coach. With all your clients' details at your fingertips, you'll never lack the right information when you need it. | $10M / Seed / Oct 28, 2021 | |
Afriex
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Afriex is a pioneering platform that allows its users to send and receive money to anybody around the globe. We use stablecoins to offer the fastest and cheapest remittance service to over 30 countries around the world. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 22, 2021 | |
Qatalog
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Qatalog eliminates your work chaos. No more constant pings, no more trivial meetings, and no more scouring for the latest doc.Our work hub connects the tools of modern collaboration — wikis, project management, team chat, and more — and lets you use them in concert with each other.It connects people and teams in the same way, so they can be insync when they're not in the same place. It’s the new way of work.Qatalog is a Salesforce Ventures company and a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor. | $26M / Series A / Oct 13, 2020 | |
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Qatalog
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Qatalog eliminates your work chaos. No more constant pings, no more trivial meetings, and no more scouring for the latest doc.Our work hub connects the tools of modern collaboration — wikis, project management, team chat, and more — and lets you use them in concert with each other.It connects people and teams in the same way, so they can be insync when they're not in the same place. It’s the new way of work.Qatalog is a Salesforce Ventures company and a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor. | $3.5M / Seed / Oct 01, 2019 |
Co-Investors
About BlockFi
BlockFi is a secured non-bank lender that offers USD loans to crypto-asset owners who collateralize the loan with their crypto-assets. Their products bring additional liquidity to the blockchain asset sector and meet the needs of both individuals and institutions holding blockchain assets. BlockFi holds clients' Bitcoin and Ether with aregistered custodian and issues loans in USD to their bank accounts. Currently operating in beta launch, lending in 35 US states to retail investors and companies.BlockFi’s mission is to provide liquidity, transparency, and efficiency to digital financial markets by creating products that meet the needs of consumers and corporations across the globe. They leverage a sophisticated infrastructure that integrates with multiple blockchains, they plan to expand their product set based on their retail and institutional client's needs.
BlockFi Contacts
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Flori Marquez
Co-Founder & SVP of Operations
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John Bekas
VP of Product Delivery, Mobile & Web
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Rene van Kesteren
GM of Institutions
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Wittney Rachlin
Chief Growth Officer
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Justin Pease
VP, Engineering
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FAQ
What does Russell Smith invest in?
Russell Smith invests primarily in Payments, Financial Services and iOS 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 Russell Smith's check size?
Russell Smith typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$10M 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 Russell Smith participates in.
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When did Russell Smith last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Russell Smith closed in May 2024. 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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