How many investments has Smith Point Capital made?

Smith Point Capital has 16 tracked investments, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does Smith Point Capital invest at?

Smith Point Capital invests at the Growth stage.

What sectors does Smith Point Capital focus on?

Smith Point Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.

Where is Smith Point Capital located?

Smith Point Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Does Smith Point Capital lead rounds?

Smith Point Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

Who does Smith Point Capital co-invest with?

Smith Point Capital most often shares deals with Accel, B Capital Group, Battery Ventures, among 40 tracked co-investors.

Smith Point Capital

Venture capitalActively deploying

San Francisco · Growth · 15 people tracked

Also known as SMITH POINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

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Ken Chenaultunlockedknows Lisa Edwards · together at IBM (overlapped)

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Investment thesis

Smith Point Capital focuses on mission-critical software where data, AI, and precision applications converge, aiming to shape the intelligent enterprise. The firm positions its investors and advisors as experienced operators who previously held top leadership roles at leading enterprise technology companies such as Salesforce, Oracle, Databricks, ServiceNow, and Snowflake. It backs founders pursuing ambitious visions, offering guidance from people who have built and scaled enterprise software before.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Data & Infrastructure Enterprise Software SaaS San Francisco United States

Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.

Stage

Growth

San Francisco, California, US

Leads rounds

Follows

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2022

Last 12 months

2 investments

AUM

$360M

VC funds

Tracked investments

Team · 15 people

from the firm's website & curated

Burke Norton· Co-founder & Managing Director· San Francisco Bay Areain

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Christopher Lytle· Co-founder & Managing Director

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Keith Block· Founder & CEO· City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africain

Keith Block is the CEO and Founder of Smith Point Capital, an enterprise software growth equity firm. He previously served as co-CEO of Salesforce, where he was also Vice Chairman and COO and a member of the board of directors from 2013 to 2020, and earlier held the role of executive vice president of North America at Oracle. Block co-founded the Block Center for Technology and Society at Carnegie Mellon University, where he holds a bachelor's degree in Information Systems and a master's degree in Management and Policy Analysis, and serves on boards including State Farm Insurance Company and Carnegie Mellon University.

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John Cummings· Managing Director, CFO/COO· San Francisco Bay Areain

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Tyler Prince· Managing Director and Head of Value Creation· Greater Chicago Areain

Tyler Prince joined Smith Point Capital as Managing Director and Head of Value Creation, where he works with the firm's Precision Advisory Network and portfolio companies on operational expertise, go-to-market strategy, and ecosystem connections. He has more than three decades of experience advising technology companies on scaling enterprise ecosystems, having worked across ecosystems including Snowflake, Salesforce, Oracle, and PwC. He was previously a member of Smith Point Capital's Precision Advisory Network.

Brooke Kiley Slattery· Principal Investor· New York, New York, United Statesin

Brooke Kiley Slattery invests across public and private markets through a family office, focusing on scalable businesses and strong teams, and serves as Principal at Charterhouse Strategic Partners. In 2017, she helped launch Charter Digital, where she is Founder and Managing Director, to develop an in-house crypto strategy spanning custody, DeFi, and early-stage protocols. More recently, she has overseen the family office's transition from Bloomberg and other third-party tools to a proprietary system incorporating live market data, portfolio and net-worth dashboards, and AI agents for research, monitoring, and reporting.

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Lorenzo Salazar· Principal Investor· Portland, Oregon, United Statesin

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Jesse Myllymäki· Principal· United Kingdomin

Jesse Myllymäki is an independent animation director and motion designer, currently working as a Creative at Proxy, a venture capital and design studio. His work covers pitching, concepting, design, and direction of motion graphics, visual effects, and animation, undertaken both as a solo artist and as a director or creative lead with assembled teams. He has been commissioned by agencies in the Finnish advertising, entertainment, and gaming industries and has worked with clients in Finland and abroad.

Andy Kofoid· Advisor (President, Databricks)· Greater Chicago Areain

Advisory network member; President at Databricks, previously at Salesforce and ExactTarget.

Ari Schmorak· Advisor (Head of Go-to-Market and Product Operations, Stripe)· San Francisco, California, United Statesin

Advisory network member; heads go-to-market and product operations at Stripe, previously at Salesforce and McKinsey & Company.

Denise Dresser· Advisor (Chief Revenue Officer, OpenAI)· Belvedere Tiburon, California, United Statesin

Advisory network member; currently Chief Revenue Officer at OpenAI, previously at Slack, Salesforce, and Oracle.

Jeff Sanders· Advisor (Global CEO & Board Practice, Heidrick & Struggles)· United Statesin

Advisory network member leading the Global CEO & Board Practice at Heidrick & Struggles.

Larry Shurtz· Advisor (Chief Sales Officer, Genesys)· Irvine, California, United Statesin

Advisory network member; Chief Sales Officer at Genesys, previously at Confluent, Salesforce, and Oracle.

Lisa Edwards· Advisor (Operations)· San Francisco Bay Areain

Advisory network member focused on operations, formerly at Diligent, Salesforce, Visa (board member), and ZEDEDA.

Paul Smith· Advisor (Chief Commercial Officer, Anthropic)· New York City Metropolitan Areain

Advisory network member; Chief Commercial Officer at Anthropic, previously at ServiceNow, Salesforce, Umee, Microsoft, and P&G.

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Smith Point Capital went on to found or lead other companies.

Keith BlockFounder & CEOFounded Salesforce Denise DresserAdvisor (Chief Revenue Officer, OpenAI)Founded Salesforce

What they invest in

from 14 of 16 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×10Enterprise Software ×10Data & Infrastructure ×4SaaS ×4Developer Tools ×2Robotics ×2AgTech ×1Cloud Computing ×1

HQs:United States×10Canada×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 9 portfolio companies

22%

solo founders

2 of 9 mapped founding teams

28%

repeat founders

of 18 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×22 founders×43 founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with education data

Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×3Brigham Young University ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×8Engineering ×6Finance & Accounting ×4Physics ×3

Where their founders worked beforefrom 18 founders with career history

Carnegie Mellon University ×2Instacart ×2MIT Lincoln Laboratory ×2Orange Comet, Inc. ×2Serene Corporation ×2

Investments · 16 tracked

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By year:2026 · 2 2025 · 1 2024 · 3 2023 · 1 2022 · 18 dated

Neuron7neuron7.ai inOct 2024✓ verified

Neuron7 offers a Service Decision Platform that uses a company's product, asset, failure-mode, and resolution-history data to diagnose issues and recommend next actions for service and support teams.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US

Niken Patel(Co-founder)inVinay Saini(Co-founder)in

BoardWilliam Binch(Director)Abhishek Sharma(Director)in

Board seatChris Lytle· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsServiceNow Ventures Battery Ventures Nexus Venture Partners

Gather AIgather.ai in 𝕏Feb 2026

Gather AI builds a "Physical AI" platform for logistics warehouses, using forklift-mounted cameras and drones with computer vision to capture inventory data, then reasoning over it to surface priorities and route tasks to teams.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsPittsburgh, US

Geetesh Dubey(Co-founder)in Sankalp Arora(Co-founder & CEO)in Daniel Maturana(Co-founder)inLi Wu(Executive Officer)inAndrew Hoffman(Chief Technology Officer)inRobert IV R. Myer(Director, Promoter)

Board seatChris Lytle· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsArdent Venture Bling Capital Dundee VC Dundee Venture Capital Expa Tribeca Venture Partners +5 more

Prolifiqprolifiq.com inOct 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

Prolifiq builds sales enablement software that runs 100% natively inside Salesforce, offering features such as AI-based account mapping that surfaces stakeholder roles, influence, and buying paths.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechBeaverton, US

Vrahram Kadkhodaian(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Brody(Director)Hemingway Huynh(Executive Officer)Kirby Dyess(Director)Michael Henderson(Director)Patrick Kearney(Director)

Board seatChris Lytle· per SEC Form D · $2.5M raise · filed Oct 2022

Co-investorsAlpine Meridian

Anomaloanomalo.com in 𝕏

Anomalo provides AI-based data quality monitoring that detects anomalies and data issues in large data warehouses and lakehouses.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Elliot Shmukler(CEO)in Jeremy Stanley(Chief Scientist)in

Co-investorsNextView Ventures Norwest Venture Partners SignalFire Village Global Zero Prime Ventures Databricks Ventures +1 more

AssemblyAIassemblyai.com in 𝕏Dec 2023

AssemblyAI builds Voice AI technology for speech recognition and processing applications.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

Dylan Fox(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccel Insight Partners MAVA Ventures Y Combinator

Bestowbestow.com in

Bestow provides software solutions for life insurance carriers to digitize operations, launch new products, and accelerate growth.

Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaSDallas, US

Melbourne O'Banion(CEO and Co-Founder)inJonathan Abelmann(President and Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsAbstract Ventures Breyer Capital Core Venture Capital Morpheus Ventures New Enterprise Associates (NEA)Valar Ventures Llc +1 more

Code Metalcodemetal.ai

Code Metal builds AI-assisted code translation and modernization tools that use formal verification and program analysis to produce tested, standards-compliant, and portable code.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsBoston, US

Peter Morales(Co-Founder & CEO)in Alex Showalter-Bucher(Co-Founder & SVP of Technology)inRyan Aytay(President & COO)inLaura Shen(EVP & Head of Growth)inJennifer Paau(SVP of Business Operations & Strategy)Octavian Udrea(Chief Scientist)in

Co-investorsAccel B Capital Group B4 Capital Fulcrum Venture J2 Ventures Salesforce Ventures +3 more

Gathergatherit.co in

Gather is software for interior design teams that helps them collect product information, images, and attachments from vendor websites and manage the specification process.

Construction TechEnterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS

Brian Elliott(Co-Founder)in Scottie Elliott(Co-Founder, Customer Success)in

Co-investorsTinySeed Bain Capital Ventures Bling Capital Dundee Venture Capital Tribeca Venture Partners

Gathergather.ag

Gather builds a purpose-built autonomous vehicle that transports crops and materials in rows and around the farm, with autonomy and attachments configurable for multiple use cases.

AgTechHardwareRobotics

Co-investorsAgLaunch Accelerator

Gatherkenbautista.comFeb 2026 · $40M

Personal website of Ken Bautista, a venture and startup community leader who advises founders, builds innovation hubs, and mobilizes capital through venture and real estate funds.

Future of WorkEdmonton, CA

Ken Bautista(VP, Venture & Community at Edmonton Unlimited; Co-founder at Flightpath Ventures)

Co-investorsEdmonton Unlimited Bain Capital Ventures Bling Capital Dundee Venture Capital Sequoia Capital Tribeca Venture Partners

Prophecyprophecy.io in

Prophecy is an agentic data preparation and analysis platform that uses AI agents to turn natural-language prompts into visual, low-code data workflows that analysts and business users can inspect, refine, validate, and deploy.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Raj Bains(Founder)in Vikas Marwaha inMaciej Szpakowski(Founder)in

Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck Fund Dallas Venture Capital Dig Ventures Management Limited Pathlight Ventures SquareOne Capital Databricks Ventures +3 more

Prophecyprophecy.ai inJan 2025

Prophecy is an agentic data preparation and analysis platform that uses Claude Code-based AI agents to generate visual, low-code data workflows from natural-language prompts, which business users and analysts can inspect, refine, validate, and deploy.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwarePalo Alto, US

Raj Bains(Founder)inMaciej Szpakowski(Founder)in

Co-investorsSignalFire Dallas Venture Capital Databricks Ventures HSBC Insight Partners SingTel Innov8 Pte Ltd.

Virtualiticsvirtualitics.com in 𝕏

Virtualitics builds AI applications and a deployable AI platform focused on military readiness, covering areas like asset maintenance, supply chain, materiel storage, personnel preparedness, and cyber.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise SoftwarePasadena, US

Stanislav George Djorgovski(Director)Ciro Donalek(Executive Officer, Director)in Michael Amori(Executive Officer, Director)inJerome Josz(Executive Officer)in

BoardShay Badie(Director)Marco DeMiroz(Director)in

Co-investorsAlpine Meridian Sun Mountain Capital The Venture Reality Fund

Zededazededa.com in 𝕏Feb 2024 · $72M

ZEDEDA provides a platform for deploying, orchestrating, and securing edge AI models, agents, and autonomous workloads across distributed sites such as factory floors, field sites, retail stores, and shipping vessels.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareIoTSan Jose, US

Said Ouissal(Executive Officer, Director)in

Board Lisa Edwards(Director)in Bilal Zuberi(Director)in Juan Muldoon(Director)inKevin DeNuccio(Director)Steve Mullaney(Director)in

Co-investorsAlpha Wave Global Energize Capital Lux Capital Prosperity7 Ventures Almaz Capital Chevron Technology Ventures +2 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

SimpleDataLabs<UNKNOWN>

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Code Metal Secures $80 Million Pentagon Contract to Modernize Wargaming Simulation Environment - SSBCrack News

Code Metal · news.ssbcrack.com · Aug 14, 2026

Forward Financing $525 Million: VFN + ABS Deal Explained

Anomalo · funderintel.com · Jul 16, 2026

Edge orchestration platform Zededa raises $72m - DCD

Zededa · datacenterdynamics.com · May 7, 2026

Gather AI Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies

Gather AI · businesswire.com · Mar 24, 2026

Gather AI raises $40m to make logistics smarter - IoT M2M Council

Gather · iotm2mcouncil.org · Feb 23, 2026

Gather AI raises $40m to scale its physical AI platform for global logistics

Gather · finance.yahoo.com · Feb 10, 2026

Gather AI raises $40m to scale its physical AI platform for global logistics

Gather · finance.yahoo.com · Feb 10, 2026

Bestow raises $120 million

Bestow · coverager.com · May 13, 2025

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Smith Point Capital made?: Smith Point Capital has 16 tracked investments, including 5 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Smith Point Capital invest at?: Smith Point Capital invests at the Growth stage.
What sectors does Smith Point Capital focus on?: Smith Point Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
Where is Smith Point Capital located?: Smith Point Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Does Smith Point Capital lead rounds?: Smith Point Capital typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does Smith Point Capital co-invest with?: Smith Point Capital most often shares deals with Accel, B Capital Group, Battery Ventures, among 40 tracked co-investors.

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