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Chris Smoak

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Co-Founder/Partner at Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures · Founder at Shoutfit

San Francisco

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedShoutfit · YC

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About

Chris has founded multiple companies over 13+ years and has invested in the private sector for nearly a decade. He took three companies through Y Combinator, was an early employee at AWS, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.

Founder at ShoutfitYC S06

Intro paths

YC

Chris went through Y Combinator (Summer 2006) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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Shoutfit's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2006

Experience

  1. Whoa VenturesPartnercurrent2019 — present
  2. AtriumCo-Founder and CTO2017 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Volume11 MediaCo-founder and CTO2010 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Anchor HealthCo-founder and CTO2015 — 2017Durham, North Carolina
  5. Digital Brick, Inc.Co-Founder2006 — 2007
  6. Amazon.comSoftware Development Engineer2004 — 2005Seattle, Washington
  7. MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer Intern2003
  8. nVidiaSoftware Developer Intern2002
  9. Central Intelligence AgencySoftware Developer Intern2001 — 2002
  10. SouthPeak InteractiveSoftware Developer Intern1999
  11. SouthPeak InteractiveSoftware Developer Intern1998

Skills & more

Scalability

From Chris's professional profile.

Investments

Per curated public sources.

Colleagues at Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures

Lou Dalrymple
Co-Founder/Partner at Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures
Zach Sherman
Co-Founder/Partner at Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures

Network6

Ash RustScout
Managing Partner at Sterling Road
Brian RosenzweigScout
Partner at Joule Ventures
Çiğdem ToramanScout
General Partner at Treeo VC
David LiebScout
General Partner at Y Combinator
Colin Evans
Investor at Sandwith Ventures, LLC
Ooshma Garg
Co-Founder & CEO, Gobble at xfactor ventures

Investors connected to Chris in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Chris Smoak?
Chris has founded multiple companies over 13+ years and has invested in the private sector for nearly a decade. He took three companies through Y Combinator, was an early employee at AWS, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.
Where does Chris Smoak work?
Chris Smoak is Founder of Shoutfit and Co-Founder/Partner at Whoa I Lp, By: Whoa Ventures.
What check size does Chris Smoak write?
Chris Smoak typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Chris Smoak found?
Chris Smoak founded Shoutfit.
What companies has Chris Smoak invested in?
Investments tracked here include Adialante, Aerogen Systems, Allia Health, Allowance, Andco, Apollo Atomics, Inc., Applied Electrodynamics, Inc., Asimov, Atlas Discovery, Avoice, BioStack Platforms, Bubble Lab, and 38 more.
Where did Chris Smoak go to school?
Chris Smoak studied at Carnegie Mellon University (BS, Computer Science, Cognitive Science).

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