SmackHigh
The place for teens to express themselves and be heard.
A 2015 Techstars Boston company – SmackHigh is the place for teens to express themselves and be heard. We allow high school students to interact within the context of high school micro-communities and affinity groups to which they are associated with. Our central thesis is that intimate micro-communities actually lead to the purest form of expression and engagement, and that is what we are set out to do for all high school students across the nation.
The Smack High movement has taken the nation’s teenage audience by storm. We have 50+ HS volunteer interns managing our accounts day to day, and over 4,250 “SmackHigh Reps” across these 24 states doing more than 350 million timeline impressions per month.
The Smack High mobile app will scale and automate our initiative on a more localized, school to school and group to group level. Currently in live beta testing.
Website: www.smackhighapp.com
Founders
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Founder
Co-Founder & CTO, building SmackHigh.
Founder of CommunityRoot and Wave Labs. Previously at JPMorgan. -
Founder, CEO
Co-Founder & CEO @SmackHigh. Previous BUILD Mentor to many high school students. Passionate about teenage social networking behavior & expression.
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Founder
Cofounder & CMO of SmackHigh, previously founder of FranklyComposed, Harvard College dropout.
Funding
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No StageApr 25, 2015$425,000
Investors from previous rounds
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InvestorLove Giuseppe, Franky and Kevin. Strong team, great momentum!! They are building a rocket ship!!!
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Investor
Director, Techstars Boston. Founder, eSecLending and BuysideFX. Massive AngelList groupie. Love mobile, fintech.
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The #1 startup accelerator in the world. Mentorship-driven seed stage investing for web and software companies.
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InvestorI think the term “kick-ass team” was invented to describe Giuseppe and Franky. In our brief time working together, I’ve seen them listen, react, and push back when appropriate.
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Investor
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Incubator
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Incubator
A global ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market.
Team
Employees
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Community Lead, Growth Hacker
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Employee
Viral Content Creator, Community Lead & Growth Hacking Guru @ #SMACKhigh 750k+ followers can’t be wrong #SmackCauses Front-Line
Advisors
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AdvisorI think the term “kick-ass team” was invented to describe Giuseppe and Franky. In our brief time working together, I’ve seen them listen, react, and push back when appropriate.
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Advisor
Founder: @Crashlytics (acquired by @Twitter). Early involvement with: @Tablelist, @Napster & @Dropbox. Details at waynechang.com.