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I'm James Smits, Co-Founder of Andrena, a New York-based startup that provides instant activation high-speed Internet. Andrena has raised more than $25M from leading venture capital funds.
At Andrena, I have worn many hats and am currently Chief Product Officer where I oversee our product direction: software, hardware, and the in between.
Previously, I served as our Chief Operating Officer and founded our Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Finance, People, and Deployment departments.
I also write teeny tiny angel checks via El Capitan Capital and moonlight as a Venture Partner for Hypothesis, a seed fund, studio, and accelerator.
Before Andrena, I worked in Venture Capital at Beta Bridge Capital, Tigerlabs, and KohFounders, and am fortunate to be an investor in a host of amazing companies through those funds.
In my spare time I like to spend time with my family, travel, cook, play tennis, and root for the Yankees, Giants, Knicks, and Essendon Bombers. I’m a proud member of the Melbourne Cricket Club.
Select investments include: Amity, Artemis (Acq. by iUNU), Billie (Acq. by Edgewell Personal Care), Chicory, Clue, CREXi, Dealtable (Acq. by MarketAxess), District, Fama, Freshtemp (Acq. by Digi), Gainful, Gatsby (Acq. by eToro), Hologram, K Health, Mobalytics, Pathgather (Acq. by Degreed), Pattern, Radius8 (Acq. by Fiserv), Spire Health, Spreesy (Acq. by CommentSold), Stix, Trim (Acq. by OneMain Financial), Visor, Waldo, Wellth, and Wynd Labs / Grass.