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Ali Smith

Investor

Portfolio Operations at Electric Capital

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About

Ali Smith is an investment professional with over 9 years of experience across traditional and cryptocurrency markets. He has managed aspects of the venture investment lifecycle including deal sourcing, pipeline management, and post-investment founder support, and serves on a portfolio management team overseeing more than $1 billion in assets. His background includes portfolio data reporting, market research, quantitative modeling, and research across equities, hedge funds, crypto, and private assets.

Experience

  1. Electric CapitalPortfolio Growth2026San Francisco Bay Area
  2. ConsenSys MeshPortfolio Management2021 — 2026United States
  3. Cambridge AssociatesSenior Investment Associate2018 — 2021Arlington, Virginia, United States
  4. Cambridge AssociatesInvestment Performance Analyst2015 — 2018Arlington, Virginia, United States
  5. 1776Partnerships Intern2014 — 2015Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  6. Business ForwardMember Relations Associate2014Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  7. TencentBusiness Development Intern2014Beijing, China

Education

  1. American UniversityBachelor of Arts, International Relations2011 — 2015
  2. Peking University2014

Skills & more

TeamworkCommunicationAttention to DetailLeadership11Strategy6Management5Public Speaking3Investment Advisory ServicesWorking with InvestorsEarly Stage InvestmentSolidityMarket Analysis
+12 moreTransaction ManagementDeal SourcingRisk AnalysisManager SelectionEarly-Stage StartupsTableauQuantitative AnalyticsBlockchainCryptocurrencyMarket ResearchBloomberg TerminalApplication Programming Interfaces (API)
  • ConsenSys Academy Blockchain Developer Bootcamp On- Demand 2022-2023 — Consensys Academy
  • Level I CFA — CFA Institute
  • Microsoft Office Powerpoint — Microsoft
  • Microsoft Office Excel — Microsoft

From Ali's professional profile.

Colleagues at Electric Capital

Adam Wolff
Advisor at Electric Capital
Aditya Koolwal
Expert, Product & Leadership at Electric Capital
Akash Garg
Advisor at Electric Capital
Avichal Garg
General Partner at Electric Capital
Curtis Spencer
General Partner at Electric Capital
Cynthia Bazlamit
Expert, People & Leadership at Electric Capital
Elad Gil
Solo general partner investing through Gil Capital
Elizabeth Laraki
Expert, Design & Research at Electric Capital

Frequently asked questions

Where does Ali Smith work?
Ali Smith is Portfolio Operations at Electric Capital.

Same school

Also attended American University76

Vincent DialloInvestor at DaphniAmanda ThickpennyEvents Manager at NorthzoneCarleigh MorbaInvestor at Index VenturesMark KraynakInvestor at Aspect VenturesAndrew ForysiakOwner, AJF and Associates at Riphean InvestmentsAlyssa DadolyCFO & Partner at Silverton Partners

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Also attended Peking University136

Erica WuInvestment Director at Intel CapitalGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesLucy BradyHead of Product at Giant Ventures Global LlpLuke TangManaging Partner at G Vision CapitalJonathan BarekChief Operating Officer at Next47Raaj RayatPrincipal at AirTree Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Electric Capital28

Stacey ErnestVP Finance at Decibel PartnersAvichal GargGeneral Partner at Electric CapitalCurtis SpencerGeneral Partner at Electric CapitalKen DeeterGeneral Partner at Electric CapitalThuan LePartner at Electric CapitalMitchell HammerAnalyst at Electric Capital

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Also worked at ConsenSys Mesh7

Min TeoManaging Partner & Co-CIO at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.Thomas RushPartner & Head of Cryptoeconomics at ConsenSys MeshShawn ChengPartner & Head of Strategy at ConsenSys MeshTashi EugyalIT Lead at ConsenSys MeshPraneeth SrikantiAdvisor at ConsenSys MeshRobert DrostAdvisor at ConsenSys Mesh

+ 1 more

Also worked at Cambridge Associates70

Katie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesSarah DouglasAdvisor at CincyTechSam BakerInvestor Relations at Scale Venture PartnersLindsay MehtaDirector, Investor Relations & Marketing at JMI EquityAmy ZhaoSpecialist Advisor, Web3 at Openspace VenturesEric OssolaInvestment Principal at Red Cell Incubation

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Also worked at Tencent33

Leo LuInvestor at Foundation CapitalMichael K CheungInvestment at Makers FundMuzzammil (MZ) ZaveriPartner at Audacious Ventures backing ambitious early-stage foundersKate WangAssociate at FinTech CollectiveLeonard TengAnalyst at DCM VenturesRandy LeeCo-founder and General Partner at Lifelike Capital

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