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Gardner Smith

Investor

Associate at Ankona Capital

Newport Beach, California, United States

About

Associate at Ankona and Horsley Bridge, previously an analyst at Wells Fargo Securities and UBS.

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Experience

  1. Ankona CapitalInvestorcurrent2022 — presentNewport Beach, CA
  2. Horsley Bridge PartnersAssociate2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  3. VisaFinancial Analyst2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Wells Fargo SecuritiesAnalyst2013 — 2016New York, NY
  5. UBS Investment BankAnalyst2012 — 2013New York, NY

Education

  1. Vanderbilt UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics; Corporate Strategy
  2. DIS - Study Abroad
  3. Groton School

Skills & more

Valuation9Equity Capital Markets4Financial Analysis4Capital Markets1Research1Corporate Finance3Investment Banking9Data Analysis2Microsoft Office7Bloomberg Terminal1Microsoft Excel6PowerPoint6
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Also attended DIS - Study Abroad11

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Also attended Groton School13

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Shared employers

Also worked at Horsley Bridge Partners6

Joe HuangChief Financial Officer at Questa CapitalJohn BrennanFounder & Managing Partner at Holly VenturesJohn BalenGP, Canaan Partners at Saints CapitalTess GongInvestor at Cendana CapitalJoshua KirkesHead of Technology and AI at Emergence Capital PartnersJulian RoweGeneral Partner at Latitud Ventures

Also worked at Visa70

Rajat TanejaInvestor at Foundation CapitalTodd ChaffeeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Tony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalGregory BillingtonResearch at Transform Capital ManagementTuoyo LouisCo-founder and General Partner at Seae VenturesElena GomezPresident & CFO, Toast at Operator Collective

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Also worked at Wells Fargo Securities186

Funmi GarrickFinance and Operations at Impact America FundChen Yang SiaGeneral Counsel at Golden Gate VenturesTori KorineInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersAditya ReddyVice President at Sapphire VenturesM.G. ThibautFormer Chief Financial Officer at Drone Deploy at Scale Venture PartnersTony ThomasVenture Partner at Lux Capital

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Also worked at UBS Investment Bank528

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Colleagues at Ankona Capital

Brad Perry
Operating Partner at Ankona Capital
Brian Mesic
Managing Director at Ankona Capital
Ford Blakely
Operating Partner at Ankona Capital
Garrett Pagon
Operating Partner at Ankona Capital
Jared Smith
Managing Director at Ankona Capital
Jason Koch
Operating Partner at Ankona Capital
Josh Harmsen
Managing Director at Ankona Capital
Newth Morris
Managing Director at Ankona Capital