Web Smith
Angel Investor
Columbus, United States
Web Smith is a seed investor in Columbus focused on Marketing and Distillery. Formerly, I led eCommerce operations for Gear Patrol. There, I worked to bridge media and commerce with partnerships formed with the likes of top men’s brands. During our time, we launched the Patrol vertical brand for the men’s lifestyle site.Prior to Gear Patrol, I implemented commerce operations at Uncrate. Before this, I was the founding CMOof a startup called Mizzen+Main. There, I worked extensively to find a founder-product-market fit, voice, and cost-effective approach to establishing Mizzen+Main in a competitive space to include Ministry, Theory, and others. I got my start in eCommerce by handling digital marketing for Rogue. There I learned from a few of the best in the business.I’ve been featured in AdWeek, New York Times, Fast Company, Pando Daily, Wall Street Journal, and Esquire. I’ve written on retail for Forbes, TechCrunch, and the Wall Street Journal. I’ve consulted over a dozen digitally native vertical brands (DNVB’s) and a handful of publicly-traded retailers.I have a wife, Lindsey, and two great kids in Alexis and Adriana. I am the fourth best athlete in my house.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Web Smith invests in
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Countries Web Smith invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Marketing 1 (50%)
- Distillery 1 (50%)
- Social Media 1 (50%)
- Content Creators 1 (50%)
- Wine And Spirits 1 (50%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (50%)
- Series B 1 (50%)
Country
- Canada 1 (50%)
- United States 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| #Paid is a tech company that operates a creative marketing platform that combines brand and creator collaboration. The platform allows brands to collaborate with relevant artists, travelers, storytellers, and photographers from all over the world for product placement on social media platforms. | $14.9M / Series B / Aug 26, 2021 | ||
| Haus specializes in the manufacturing and distillation of wine and spirits. Haus is taking on the American liquor industry, which hasn’t changed since prohibition. Through products made with only natural ingredients, new approaches to distribution, and transparent processes. | $4.5M / Seed / Jan 30, 2020 |
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What does Web Smith invest in?
Web Smith invests primarily in Marketing, Distillery and Social Media startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Web Smith closed in Aug 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.
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