Joe Schmidt IV

Partner @ Andreessen Horowitz

Country

United States

City

San Francisco

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Skill

Social Media, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Leadership, PowerPoint, Sports, Microsoft Office, Marketing, Research, Teamwork, Public Speaking, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Customer Service, Facebook, Blogging, Coaching, Data Analysis, Event Management, Event Planning

Experience

Partner

Andreessen Horowitz

2021-9 - Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

I'm a partner on our AI Apps fund. Learn more about me and read my writing at joeschmidtiv.com I am lucky to work with 11x, Treeline, FurtherAI, hyperexponential, Glimpse, Hercules, Stoik, Stuut, Chestnut, Payall, District Cover, Topkey, and Mother.ai. I was initial capital and the investing co-founder in Treeline, Chestnut, and District Cover.

Vice President of Business Development

Ethos

2019 - 2021-9 · 2 yrs

San Francisco Bay Area

NASDAQ: LIFE I joined the company after helping lead the investment @ Accel. During my time with Ethos, we built the business from ~15 employees to ~250 employees and nearly a $3bn valuation. It was a blast. I was responsible for (at one point or another) - starting and scaling our agent business from 0 to 15k agents & tens of millions in revenue - running our sales teams for our b2b and b2c business - carrier and reinsurer BD - new product development

Associate

Accel

2016 - 2019 · 3 yrs

San Francisco Bay Area

Venture and growth investing in enterprise software, consumer internet, and financial services businesses. Built Accel's thesis on insurtech.

Cohost of The Jack Swarbrick Show

University of Notre Dame

2015 - 2016 · 1 yr

Notre Dame, IN

The Jack Swarbrick Show was a weekly radio show where Jack Swarbrick, Vice President and Athletic Director, and Joe Schmidt talked Notre Dame Athletics and interviewed two guests. The show was taped and available to be viewed on watchnd.com while also airing in the Chicago, Indianapolis, and South Bend radio markets.