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Crosscut Ventures

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Crosscut is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech startups with high-growth potential.

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Crosscut

founded date

01.01.2008

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Private

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Based in Santa Monica, California, Crosscut Ventures provides equity funding and decades of expertise in technology and entrepreneurship to help passionate founders build disruptive companies in a variety of sectors, including advertising, e-commerce, healthcare, media, and transportation. Since its founding in 2008, Crosscut has been committed to powering entrepreneurship and is dedicated to being a catalyst for innovation.
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Brian Garrett
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Rick Smith
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Rick Smith

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.

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Nick Kim

Nick Kim

Principal

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Venture Partner

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Limited Partner

Alex Nocifera

Alex Nocifera

Entrepreneur in Residence

Jason Thanh La

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Investment Partner

Mikey Lee

EIR

Kamran Razavi

Kamran Razavi

Venture Partner

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