Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner,Angel

Rick Smith is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Crosscut Ventures. Rick is an early-stage venture capital investor focused on seed and Series A investments in the Internet, mobile, software and gaming.

He has been a venture capital investor since 1997. He has invested in several successful start-ups, including JustFab, Ipsy, GumGum, Docstoc, Shoedazzle, Verve Mobile, Super Evil Megacorp, Dermstore, Magma Design, Micromuse, Maverick Networks, Netcontinuum, Trivida and Pulpo Media.

He received a Finance degree from the University of Illinois, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He previously worked at Palomar Ventures, SunAmerica and Milbank Tweed.