Paul Szurek, Smash Capital

Paul Szurek is a Partner at Smash Capital who joined in 2022 to co-lead the firm’s New York investment office alongside. See sector focus and contact routes.

About Paul Szurek

Paul Szurek is a Partner at Smash Capital who joined in 2022 to co-lead the firm’s New York investment office alongside Brad Twohig, bringing over a decade of experience across technology and finance from prior roles at Insight Partners and Juxtapose. His investment focus spans software and consumer internet brands, with frequent activity in Seed and later follow-on stages across sectors including enterprise software, AI, fintech, and healthcare technology. Szurek typically targets check sizes between $100,000 and $5.0 million and favors companies that can become “category shorthand” by winning through product and distribution rather than hype. Notable portfolio companies he has led or co-led investments in include Monday.com, TradingView, OpenWeb, and VNDLY, with additional support for Vinted, Sift, and Hellofresh. He previously served on the board of TradingView, Inc., and led or co-led over $1 billion in equity capital across 15 companies during his time at Insight Partners. Szurek describes himself as “equal parts operator and VC,” emphasizing a blend of growth-stage pattern recognition with early-stage founder empathy.

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Role
Partner
Organization
Smash Capital
Location
New York, New York, United States
Investor type
Venture Capital
Focus areas
Fintech

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