What does Adam Smith invest in?
Adam Smith invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record).
Last cheque observed Feb 2013. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.
QuietNew fund $32M, Mar 2016Angel
2 rounds on record
Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds
1 exits from the portfolio
Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances
1 round
1 round
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Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named
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Companies it backed that were later bought or listed1 in all
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.
The investors most often in the same rounds as Adam Smith. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.
6 books written by people at Adam Smith.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith · 1776
3.89 from 36,125 ratings on Goodreads
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the…

The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith · 1776
3.89 from 35,301 ratings on Goodreads
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. Written in clear and incisive prose, The Wealth of Nations articulates the…

The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith · 1759
4.06 from 4,795 ratings on Goodreads
The foundation for a general system of morals, this 1749 work is a landmark in the history of moral and political thought. Readers familiar with Adam Smith from The Wealth of Nations will find this earlier book a revelation. Although the author is often misrepresented as a…

The Invisible Hand
Adam Smith · 1759
3.66 from 698 ratings on Goodreads
Adam Smith’s landmark treatise on the free market paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that competition is the engine of a productive society, and that self-interest will eventually come to enrich the whole community, as if by an ‘invisible hand’. Throughout history,…

The Essential Adam Smith
Adam Smith · 1986
3.78 from 185 ratings on Goodreads
The sheer strength of his great work, The Wealth of Nations, discourages many from attempting to explore its rich and lucid arguments. In this brilliantly crafted volume, one of the most eminent economists of our day provides a generous selection from the entire body of Smith's…

Bootleggers and Baptists: How Economic Forces and Moral Persuasion Interact to Shape Regulatory Politics
Adam Smith · 2014
3.89 from 45 ratings on Goodreads
In Bootleggers & Baptists: How Economic Forces and Moral Persuasion Interact to Shape Regulatory Politics, economists Bruce Yandle and Adam Smith explain how money and morality are often combined in politics to produce arbitrary regulations benefiting cronies, while constraining…
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Adam Smith invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record).
2 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Feb 2013.
The median round it joins is $650K.
No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Feb 2013.
Most often Y Combinator (2 rounds together).
Adam Smith is an angel.
Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Mar 2016, reporting $32M raised.
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