Stu Smith

Stu Smith is an Investor on Team Scribble based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Prior to joining Scribble, he co-founded and served as General Partner at Coughdrop Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm that invested pre-launch in over 100 startups. His early-stage investment portfolio includes notable technology companies such as Superhuman, Lattice, Mercury, and Varda. Before transitioning to venture capital, Smith accumulated nearly 20 years of operating experience, holding executive positions including Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder at Racket, and Senior Vice President of Creator at WarnerMedia. He also held senior revenue leadership roles at Teespring and Omaze, and successfully led the North American launch of CrowdSurge. Today, his primary investment focus centers on pre-seed and seed-stage B2B software startups across emerging enterprise sectors like artificial intelligence, developer tools, and financial technology.