Ryan Smith

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel

Ryan Smith is founder and executive chairman of Qualtrics, the leader in customer experience and creator of the experience management (XM) category. He has grown the company from a basement startup to one of the fastest-growing technology companies in the world, with 25 offices globally and more than 13,000 customers, including over 85% of the Fortune 100, and 99 of the top 100 business schools.

In the private market, Qualtrics raised $400M in funding from Accel, Sequoia, and Insight Venture Partners. Three days before the company was initially scheduled to go public, SAP announced its intent to acquire Qualtrics for $8B, which was the largest private enterprise software acquisition ever. In 2020, Qualtrics and SAP announced plans to take Qualtrics public as an independently operated company.

Ryan co-founded 5 For The Fight, the crowdfunding campaign to eradicate cancer by inviting everyone to give $5 for the fight against cancer by supporting groundbreaking cancer research. Ryan and his wife Ashley purchased the NBA’s Utah Jazz in 2020.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
5
Ryan Smith has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 7, 2021, when Entrata raised $507M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Aug 31, 2022 SeatGeek Series E $238M Ediscovery Detail
Jul 7, 2021 Entrata Private Equity(PE) $507M Leasing Detail
Jan 7, 2021 TaxBit Series A $100M Accounting Detail
Oct 28, 2020 Forethought Series B $17M Artificial Intelligence Detail
Jan 22, 2020 Front Series C $59M Collaboration Detail