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Dan Smith

General Partner at Jigsaw Investor

United Kingdom

Overview 

Dan Smith is the Co-Founder & General Partner at Jigsaw VC in the United Kingdom, with a focus on venture capital, strategy, and early-stage startups. His career highlights include investing in companies like Swallow (Pre Seed) and Specialist People Services Group (Private Equity), showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting promising ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Co-founder & General Partner

    2019 - Current

    Capital dedicated for Repeat Entrepreneurs. Experience Counts. [Repeat is the rebrand of Jigsaw VC]

  • Investor & Board Member

    2024

    AI Infrastructure & Federated ML for the energy sector. Co-lead with Stride VC.

  • Investor & Board Member

    2022

    Abingdon is a global, diversified software company and acquirer of verticalised SaaS businesses. Lead investor with angels from Tier 1 VC and Software PE firms.

  • Investor

    2022

    'Stripe for donations' which will become the operating system for managing a corporates' Purpose / CSR-driven activities. Co-invest with General Catalyst.

  • Investor

    2022

    Brain-optimised, casual learning, designed around how humans actually learn. Co-invest with Spark Capital.

  • Investor

    2022

    Technology empowering micro merchants across Africa.

  • Investor

    2021

    Investment alongside Kleiner Perkins and notable angels such as Ray Dalio and Marc Benioff

Thrive Global develops technology that help individuals and companies improve their well-being and performance.

Raised $145,930,000.00 from Owl Ventures, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Jazz Venture Partners.

  • Investor

    2020

    Slerp is the leading eCommerce solution for the hospitality sector. Jigsaw led seed investment with participation from notable angels including the founders of Tessian, GoCardless and early employees at Deliveroo.

  • Investor

    2020

    Infogrid is a smart buildings platform leveraging IOT and AI. Jigsaw co-investment alongside Northzone.

  • Investor

    2020

    Lead seed investor alongside QED Investors.

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