Curious Office

Seed-stage investing in AI-first companies. Building and investing since 2007.

We believe the best seed stage investor partners are builders themselves. We work alongside founders from the earliest stages — providing capital, strategic guidance, and decades of experience building digital products. Founded and operated by Kelly Smith. Based in Boise, Idaho.

Current Focus

Current Ventures

Teligant

Advanced telehealth commerce platform

Hedfirst

Telehealth combining licensed providers with AI-driven analysis, labs, and prescriptions

Axacraft

Digital studio, launched 2022. Clients include LG

Zeitcore

Purpose-built data hub for Shopify Plus merchants

Acquisitions

BuuteeqPriceline
FanzterESPN
ShelfariAmazon, 2008
SparkbuyGoogle
thePlatformComcast
ImagekindCafePress
ElliThe Knot
InkdAlphaGraphics
WishpotLockerz

Investments

Bonanzasold 2023
ZapdApple App of the Week
Mozseed investment
RealSelf
Glympselocation sharing
Rouxbeonline cooking school
ScoutzieYC 2012
Freak'n Genius
MadRaces
FeedDigestRSS aggregation
ooBibledigital content platform

Approach

Everything works better when you put builders next to builders. We don't make slide decks or tell founders how to run their company. If we can't improve the design, the code, or the product directly, we stay out of the way. The best epiphanies happen in the weeds — in the repo, in the prototype, in the actual work.

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