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John Smothers

Partner at Scribble Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

John Smothers is a Partner at Scribble Ventures in San Francisco, California. With a background in investing and entrepreneurship, he has co-founded The Aurora Group and has made strategic investments in companies like c/side and Checkmate, contributing to their growth and success.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2022 - Current

    Scribble Ventures is a technology focused investment firm. Investments include: Abridge, Alix, Checkmate, Poolside, Motherduck, Orb, c/side, Deliberately, Streamline, Wiremock, Brox, Zingly, Mitra Chem, Qpoint, and a couple of stealth companies.

Scribble Ventures is an early-stage investment fund that focuses on Pre-Seed through Series A.

  • Board Observer

    2024

    Partnered at pre-seed and seed

  • Board Observer

    2023

    Partnered at seed

Zingly.ai: AI & Digital-First CX Platform unifying customer interactions to drive revenue growth, boost efficiency, and elevate service.

Raised $15,450,000.00 from Firebolt Ventures, Burst Capital, Dell Technologies Capital, Geekdom Fund, Scribble Ventures, Array Ventures, WestWave Capital and Formus Capital.

  • Co-founder / Owner

    2019

    The Aurora Group (TAG) is focused on the development and acquisition of fast-casual and quick-service restaurants.

  • Communications Committee

    2021 - 2022

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

Acrew Capital is a venture capital firm investing in transformative companies and diversifying the cap tables of leading growth companies.

  • Investor

    2018 - 2022

    Investor in: Alto Pharmacy, Bito, Buy Me a Coffee, Checkmate, Fantasmo (acq by Tier Mobility), Finix, Hologram, Loverboy, Markprompt, Noyo, Parafin, Prenda, SigScalr and Sorare. LP: First Round Capital, 776, Lowercarbon Capital

  • Co-founder

    2019 - 2020

  • Co-founder / Investor

    2018 - 2019

    Seed stage VC

  • Venture Scout

    2018 - 2019

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