Melissa Smith is an Investor at Ariel Investments, whose known portfolio counts 1 company.
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Investment focus
- Stage
- Late-StagePre-Seed
- Focus
- RoboticsWomen's Sports
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Investor at Ariel Investments, whose known portfolio counts 1 company
- Retail Robotics Solutions
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors Consumer and Hardware, and focus areas Robotics and Women's Sports fall inside that listing.
The stage tags on this profile are Late-Stage and Pre-Seed.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Melissa Smith is worth approaching.
Colleagues at Ariel Investments
Mellody Hobson
Co-CEO & President
Chicago, United States
Christine Phillpotts
Investor
United States
Tendai Madamombe
Director
Harare, Zimbabwe
John W. Rogers Jr.
Chairman
Chicago, United States
Timothy Fidler
Director
Chicago, United States
Michael Jiang
Investor
Chicago, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Melissa Smith?
Melissa Smith is a private equity investor and venture debt investor based in Aurora, Illinois, United States, listed as Investor at Ariel Investments. The known portfolio of that firm is one company. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Melissa Smith personally.
What does Melissa Smith invest in?
Listed sectors include Consumer and Hardware; listed focus areas include Robotics and Women's Sports. 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 Melissa Smith invest at?
Ariel Investments is listed for Late-Stage and Pre-Seed rounds in the database, and Melissa Smith is listed there as Investor. 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 Melissa Smith listed at?
Melissa Smith is listed as Investor at Ariel Investments. 6 other people in the database share a firm with Melissa Smith.
How do I contact Melissa Smith?
A LinkedIn page is on file for Melissa 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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