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Bridgette L. Smith

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CEO @ Founder Pitch Week; SkyDeck DEI Committee Chair at UC Berkeley Skydeck · Advisor Council Co-Chair at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund

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About

Bridgette L. Smith is an executive advisor, coach, and investor at Art of the Start, with prior roles as CEO, CTO, and SVP of Product and Engineering across sectors including retail-tech, ad-tech, fin-tech, and databases. She has founded six startups resulting in four exits and one IPO, invested in over 100 ventures, and held advisory and governance positions at UC Berkeley's SkyDeck accelerator. She also leads the Francisco Park Conservancy, a nonprofit that raised $30 million to build a four-acre park subsequently gifted to the City of San Francisco.

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Who is Bridgette L. Smith?
Bridgette L. Smith is an executive advisor, coach, and investor at Art of the Start, with prior roles as CEO, CTO, and SVP of Product and Engineering across sectors including retail-tech, ad-tech, fin-tech, and databases. She has founded six startups resulting in four exits and one IPO, invested in over 100 ventures, and held advisory and governance positions at UC Berkeley's SkyDeck accelerator. She also leads the Francisco Park Conservancy, a nonprofit that raised $30 million to build a four-acre park subsequently gifted to the City of San Francisco.
Where does Bridgette L. Smith work?
Bridgette L. Smith is CEO @ Founder Pitch Week; SkyDeck DEI Committee Chair at UC Berkeley Skydeck.