Investor profile
J.D. Smith
Accelerator, Venture capital & Deal Partner at Ganas Ventures, Senior VC in Residence at LvlUp Ventures, Investor at Expert Dojo
J.D. Smith is a Senior VC in Residence at LvlUp Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 11 companies.
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Investment focus
- Focus
- AI ApplicationsAccelerator-BackedAnalyticsAsset ManagementCPGCRM SystemsCommunityCorporate Partnership EcosystemCreator EconomyCybersecurityD2CDataDeliveryDiagnosticsDigital HealthEdTechHR TechLLMMarketplacesMedical DevicesNLPOperational Growth SupportPaymentsPropertyRecruitingSecuritySharing EconomyWeb3Wellness
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Deal Partner at Ganas Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Avify
- Ask Alex
- Harmony
- Leracom AI
- LiquiDonate
- Chptr
- Unvale
- Nufi
- Vitrinnea
Senior VC in Residence at LvlUp Ventures, whose known portfolio counts 11 companies
- Ape Beverages
- BM Diagnostics
- Bushy Combs Herbal Haircare
- Caffree
- Codename Nika
- Connect Ville
- Dirty Dill
- Drivingo
- Shinaraa
- WRTH
- eduSphere
Investor at Expert Dojo, whose known portfolio counts 10 companies
- RideLink
- iAgent Protocol
- ContentRadar
- Naviday Health
- Curatist
- InBestGo
- Protelicious
- Qodex
- Swivul
- WeBookYou
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education, and focus areas AI Applications, Accelerator-Backed, Analytics and Asset Management fall inside that listing.
LvlUp Ventures appears in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether J.D. Smith is worth approaching.
Colleagues
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Mandeep Chhabra
Venture Scout
Oakland, United States
Hunter Kettering
Venture Scout
Jackson, United States
Lolita Taub
General Partner
San Diego, United States
Ricardo Heredia
Venture Scout
Cambridge, United States
Jason Frazier
Venture Scout
Charleston, United States
Adam Ned
Principal
New York, United States
Andres Nuñez
Deal Partner
United States
Ben Kromnick
Venture Partner
San Francisco, United States
Robert Codin
Senior VC Scout
Spain
Janet Escobar
Venture Scout
New York, United States
Jimmy To
Venture scout
United Kingdom
Christian Ramos
Venture Scout
Los Angeles, United States
AJ Green
Deal Partner
Portland, United States
Kevin P. M.
Venture Scout
Miami, United States
Nancy Nwokedi
Deal partner
Lagos Mainland, Nigeria
Edward Lee
Investor
Austin, United States
Ragul Mohan
Venture Scout
Vancouver, Canada
Mattias Wahl
Venture Scout
United States
Cecilia Benitez
Deal Partner
Chicago, United States
Brandon Maier
General Partner
New York, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is J.D. Smith?
J.D. Smith is an accelerator partner and venture capital investor based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, listed as Senior VC in Residence at LvlUp Ventures. The known portfolio of that firm counts 11 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to J.D. Smith personally.
What does J.D. Smith invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and Education; listed focus areas include AI Applications, Accelerator-Backed, Analytics and Asset Management. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does J.D. Smith invest at?
LvlUp Ventures appears in Pre-Seed and Seed rounds across its known deals, and J.D. Smith is listed there as Senior VC in Residence. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is J.D. Smith listed at?
J.D. Smith is listed as Senior VC in Residence at LvlUp Ventures. 44 other people in the database share a firm with J.D. Smith.
How do I contact J.D. Smith?
A LinkedIn page is on file for J.D. Smith. It is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no email address and no phone number for this profile.
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