Jed Alexander Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 6, 1965 59 years old Boston, Massachusetts |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Education | MBA Harvard Business School |
| Occupation(s) | Founder, Managing Partner and Director |
| Known for | Entrepreneurship, social investment, philanthropy and public service |
| Notable work | Founder and managing partner of San Francisco based venture capital firm Catamount Ventures, VP of drugstore.com, co-founder of the Cybersmith, Co-founder of Owl Ventures, and Director at Marin Municipal Water District. |
| Term | 2022-present |
| Board member of | Director, Division 4, Marin Municipal Water District |
| Father | Marshall Smith |
| Website | https://www.catamountventures.com/ |
Jed Alexander Smith (born October 6, 1965) is an American entrepreneur[1] and philanthropist.
Early Life and Professional Career
Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 6, 1965. His father was the founder of Learningsmith.[2]
Smith co-founded Cybersmith cafés with his father. [3]
In 1997, Smith developed the idea for the online drugstore drugstore.com. The site, with financial backing from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, launched in 1998 with Smith as vice president.[4] Smith left drugstore.com in August 1999 [5] and sold about a quarter of his stock in the company six months later.[6]
In 2000, Smith launched the Catamount Ventures. He is the founder and managing partner of Catamount Ventures.[7][8]
In 2014, he co-founded Owl Ventures.[9]
He has been on the boards of education and non-profit institutions including the board of trustees of Middlebury College for International Studies, Cambridge Center for Adult Education, and Shackleton Schools.[10]
In 2022, Smith was elected to the Board of Directors for the Marin Municipal Water District,[11] serving Division 4 which includes Mill Valley, Marin city and Sausalito, California.[12]
- ^ Witkowsky, Chris (2018-07-17). "Ex-Warburg tech investor Ian Chiu joins Owl Ventures". Buyouts. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Mutter, John; Rosen |, Judith. "Learningsmith to Liquidate". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Cybersmith CEO, Founder, Key Executive Team, Board of Directors & Employees". www.cbinsights.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Drugstore.com gets Neupert". CNET. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Drugstore.Com Founder To Join New Venture | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Post; Share; Post; Print; Email; License. "Walgreens to shut down e-commerce site Drugstore.com". Retail Dive. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
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- ^ www.bizjournals.com https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/10/19/owl-ventures-ed-tech-stem-piper-smith-patterson.html. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Foundersuite: a better way to raise capital". foundersuite.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "News | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey". www.middlebury.edu. 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ Houston, Will (2022-10-06). "First-time candidates compete for open MMWD board seat". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Dick Spotswood: In MMWD race, some candidates present conflicting goals for water supply". Marin Independent Journal. 2024-10-01. Retrieved 2024-11-04.