Principal at Kickstart
Check size: The firm does not publish a person-specific check-size range on its current official website.
Matt Smith is part of Kickstart's current team. No narrower person-specific mandate is published, so this profile uses the firm's official strategy: Back outlier founders early in Utah, Colorado, and the broader Mountain West, pairing patient capital with an operator community.
Lead with founder-market fit, customer evidence, traction, the financing plan, and a precise explanation of alignment with the firm's published strategy.
The firm publicly emphasizes back outlier founders early in Utah, Colorado, and the broader Mountain West, pairing patient capital with an operator community.
No person-specific pass list is public. Opportunities outside the firm's published stage, sector, geography, or traction criteria appear less aligned.