Georgie Smithwick

CEO

London, England, United Kingdom14 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

Founder-turned-investor with extensive fundraising experience.
Led multiple successful funding rounds across Europe.
Built and launched innovative consumer health-tech products.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned investor and entrepreneur in the Health-Tech and Consumer sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Fundraising

Other Skills

Event ManagementSocial MediaSocial NetworkingResearchTeam BuildingPublic RelationsPublic SpeakingMarketingSocial Media MarketingEntrepreneurshipLeadershipProgram ManagementManagementOrganizationMountaineering

About

Founder-turned-investor with deep early-stage experience across product, GTM and fundraising. Previously Investment Manager at Target Global (€3bn+ AUM), leading sourcing, diligence and board work across Europe. I’ve raised venture capital as a founder, built consumer and deep-tech products, and learned most lessons the hard way. I back technical founders early — across Europe and the UK.

Experience

Techstars

Managing Director

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 6 mos · London

Health force

Board

Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 · 1 yr

Led $1.5m pre-seed round.

Fundraising

Target global

Investment Manager

Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs

Pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management. It invests in companies across all stages of their lifecycle, from pre-seed to pre-IPO.
Portfolio includes Revolut, Copper, Delivery Hero, Rapyd, Wefox, Flink and +20 other unicorns.

Reverence care

Board

Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr

We led a $12m Seed to New York based Reverence.

Fundraising

Thriva

Board

Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs

Patient21

Board Observer

Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 · 2 yrs

We led Patient21's €142m round.

Startups inc

Start-up

Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

Founding team member. With Eugene Chistyakov (Lazada Co-founder) and Alex Haitoglou (Ovida founder) we built a consumer health-tech business. Acquired by Holland & Barrett.

Fundraising

Hertility

Investor

Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 · 0 mo

Angel in Hertility’s £4.5m round.

Hexr

Co-Founder

Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs

HEXR leverages technology and material science to reduce concussion in sports related injuries, with £12m venture funding from OSE, Venrex and top angels.
Built GTM from zero: brand, product design, partnerships, and early commercial strategy
Hired and led 22-person team across engineering, product, sales
Technical breakthrough opened a larger opportunity → required 2-yr R&D reset
Commercial + ops shuttered (my remit) to pursue pivot; new product now out of stealth and generating revenue.

Diageo

Innovation & New Ventures

Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 · 4 yrs

Joined a graduate scheme for operating experience; promoted 18 months early to lead development and global launch of Roe & Co. Secured £30m in board funding and built the brand from zero to launch in 21 markets. Broad cross-functional exposure; subsequently returned to tech and early-stage ventures.

Fundraising

Merian ventures

Analyst - Venture Capital

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr · San Francisco Bay Area

Startups inc

Founder

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

Whilst at university I built CourseHub - an attempt to make a TripAdvisor for education. Backed by Terry Clune & Taxback Group

Web summit

Volunteer

Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 · 2 yrs

Manchester square partners llp

Summer Analyst

Jun 2008 – Aug 2008 · 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

Manchester Square Partners is a management consulting firm based in London, specialising as an advisor to CEOs and Executive Directors of FTSE 100 companies.