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John Smothers

Head of Operations & Strategy

San Francisco, California

Investor
VC

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $300,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $750,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Education

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Based in SF

3077 people

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All Series A Investors

14748 people

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All Seed Investors

19691 people

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All Pre-Seed Investors

7972 people

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Pre-seed Investors in San Francisco

993 people

Investments

c/side

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $2M

Checkmate

Seed

Total Funding: $20M

WireMock

Seed

Total Funding: $7M

Streamline AI

Seed

Total Funding: $3M

nMachine

Pre Seed

Total Funding: $1M

Work Experience

stealth

2025

  • Head of Operations & Strategy

    2025

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The Aurora Group

2019

  • Co-founder / Owner

    2019

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

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Scribble Ventures

2022 - 2025

  • Partner

    2022 - 2025

    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, FSH Technologies, The Public Interest Company, and a couple of stealth companies.

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BLCK VC

2021 - 2022

  • Communications Committee

    2021 - 2022

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Acrew Capital

2021 - 2022

  • Investor

    2021 - 2022

Greenville Studios

2019 - 2020

  • Co-founder

    2019 - 2020

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Dimension Ventures

2018 - 2019

  • Co-founder / Investor

    2018 - 2019

    Seed stage VC

Forefront Venture Partners

2018 - 2019

  • Venture Scout

    2018 - 2019

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Array Ventures

2018 - 2018

  • Summer Analyst

    2018 - 2018

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Roots Natural Kitchen

2017 - 2017

  • Server & Operations Intern

    2017 - 2017