{ "data": null, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/smash-capital/", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/smash-capital/index.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/smash-capital/index.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/smash-capital/index.min.md" }, "markdown": "Venture firm.\n\nWebsite: https://www.smash.vc\n\n## Companies on Anchor Terminal\n\n- **ElevenLabs**, Series C, January 2025, Series D, February 2026\n - [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.md), graded BB, 71.4/100\n - [ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md), graded B, 66.9/100\n - [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md), graded B, 69/100\n - [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-tts.md), graded BB, 75.3/100\n - [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md), graded BB, 74.8/100\n - Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/series-d\n- **Firecrawl (Mendable)**, Series B, September 2026, led a round\n - [Firecrawl MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/firecrawl-mcp.md), graded A, 78/100\n - Source: https://www.firecrawl.dev/blog/introducing-alexandria-series-b\n- **Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)**\n - [Leonardo.Ai API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leonardo-ai.md), graded F, 37.7/100\n - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/29/canva-acquires-leonardo-ai-to-boost-its-generative-ai-efforts/\n- **Read AI, Inc.**, Series B, October 2024, led a round\n - [Read AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/read-ai.md), graded D, 50.5/100\n - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/read-ai-raises-50m-to-integrate-its-bot-with-slack-email-and-more/\n\n## Where they invest\n\n- Conversational voice agents, 1\n- Music generation, 1\n- Speech-to-text, 1\n- Text-to-speech, 1\n- Voice cloning \u0026 custom voices, 1\n- Web scraping \u0026 crawling, 1\n- Image generation, 1\n- Meeting capture \u0026 meeting infrastructure, 1\n\n## Founders they backed\n\n- [Mati Staniszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mati-staniszewski/), ElevenLabs\n- [Piotr Dąbkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/piotr-dabkowski/), ElevenLabs\n- [Caleb Peffer](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/caleb-peffer/), Firecrawl (Mendable)\n- [Eric Ciarla](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/eric-ciarla/), Firecrawl (Mendable)\n- [Nicolas Silberstein Camara](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/nicolas-silberstein-camara/), Firecrawl (Mendable)\n- [JJ Fiasson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jj-fiasson/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Peter Runham](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/peter-runham/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Jachin Bhasme](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jachin-bhasme/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Sami Ede](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/sami-ede/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Chris Gillis](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/chris-gillis/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [Ethan Smith](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ethan-smith/), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary)\n- [David Shim](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/david-shim/), Read AI, Inc.\n- [Robert Williams](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/robert-williams/), Read AI, Inc.\n- [Elliott Waldron](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/elliott-waldron/), Read AI, Inc.\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which AI tools has Smash Capital invested in?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists ElevenLabs, Firecrawl (Mendable), Leonardo.Ai (Canva subsidiary) and Read AI, Inc. backed by Smash Capital.\n\n### How are Smash Capital's companies graded?\n\nOn Anchor Terminal's benchmark, ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP (BB, 71.4), ElevenLabs Music API (B, 66.9), ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API (B, 69), ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP (BB, 75.3), ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API (BB, 74.8), Firecrawl MCP (A, 78), Leonardo.Ai API (F, 37.7) and Read AI (D, 50.5).\n\nInvestors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source. 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