John Smothers
Partner at Scribble Ventures
San Francisco, California
Overview
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