Jack Smith

Startup Advisor in San Francisco, California

Jack Smith

Startup Advisor in San Francisco, California

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Jack Smith is a technology entrepreneur who previously co-founded multiple startups including Shyp (which raised $60+ million from Kleiner Perkins, before going out of business in 2018) and Vungle (which was acquired by private equity group Blackstone in 2019).

Jack was a freelance web designer from the ages of 13-17 and an eBay powerseller at the age of 15.

Originally from England; Jack moved to San Francisco in 2011 after pulling an insane marketing stunt to get into incubator AngelPad, which led him to be described by Techcrunch writer Greg Kumparak (previously of Pando Daily) as "just about the biggest (actual) hustler I’ve ever met".