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Charles Smart

Investor

Partner at Cross Creek Advisors

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

About

Charles Smart is a Partner at Cross Creek and a member of the Investment Committee, focusing on enterprise software, financial services, and consumer internet companies. He previously held management roles overseeing product management and corporate development at internet security company DigiCert, and earlier worked as a growth and expansion investor at Battery Ventures. He began his career in Deutsche Bank's TMT investment banking group and holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Utah.

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Invests in

ConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. Cross CreekPartnercurrent2017 — presentGreater Salt Lake City Area
  2. DigiCert, Inc.Director Product Management & Corporate Development2015 — 2017Greater Salt Lake City Area
  3. Battery VenturesInvestment Professional2013 — 2015Greater Boston Area
  4. Deutsche BankTechnology, Media & Telecom Investment Banking2011 — 2013San Francisco

Education

  1. University of UtahB.S, Economics
  2. Universidad de OviedoSpanish Art History

Skills & more

Financial Modeling53Valuation41Financial Analysis28Due Diligence9Investment Banking28Corporate Finance13Economics2Data Analysis7MergersBusiness Valuation2Equities2Market Research2
+12 moreFinanceEntrepreneurshipLBODCFPortfolio ManagementAlternative InvestmentsCapital MarketsAccountingAnalysisStrategyMicrosoft ExcelBloomberg

Languages Spanish

From Charles's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Utah66

Eric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersKelly KoVice President of Technology Ventures and Innovation at Flare Capital PartnersTravis HeathAdministrative Partner & CFO at Signal Peak VenturesJason LangInvestor at EPIC VENTURESGeoff SwindleInvestor at EPIC VENTURESTommy AhlquistInvestor at EPIC VENTURES

+ 60 more

Also attended Universidad de Oviedo5

Miguel GarcíaVenture Partner at NazcaAlberto MéndezInvestor at TheVentureCityPablo ArboleyaInvestor at TheVentureCityFelix KrauseManaging Partner at Vireo VenturesJorge Juan FernándezVenture Partner at Nina Capital

Shared employers

Also worked at Battery Ventures120

Logan BartlettManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesChiraag DeoraPrincipal at GreycroftJoe ChernovInvestor at Battery VenturesDavid HartwigOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesSanjiv KalevarPartner at Mucker Capital

+ 114 more

Also worked at Deutsche Bank422

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkFunmi GarrickFinance and Operations at Impact America FundGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesJeppe ZinkPartner at NorthzoneDan MoreheadFounder & CEO at Pantera CapitalJavier BorreroSenior Director at Inveready Technology Investment Group

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Investments

Investor

AnaplanAuditBoardBrazeClearbitCortexDatabricksDockerGitlabGustoKlaviyoLevel AILookerLucidNovideaPendoPoshmarkRoverSumo Logic

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Colleagues at Cross Creek Advisors

Anna Katherine Bisantz
Marketing & Investor Relations Associate at Cross Creek Advisors
Bill Park
Partner, CFO at Cross Creek Advisors
Carlos Sucuzhanay
IT Manager at Cross Creek Advisors
Christine Kidd
Executive Assistant at Cross Creek Advisors
Crystal Valentine
Technology Fellow at Cross Creek Advisors
Dallin Jamison
Senior Accountant at Cross Creek Advisors
Dawn Krupinsky
Executive Assistant at Cross Creek Advisors
Jay Teevan
Partner at Cross Creek Advisors