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Chris Smith.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kipsu

Previously: Coral Group

Chris Smith is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kipsu, a Minneapolis customer experience platform used by hospitality, healthcare and other service organizations. He and his co-founders started Kipsu in late 2010 as a bootstrapped side project, and he joined full time as CEO after working at the Minneapolis venture firm Coral Group. He was CEO when M-One Capital made a minority investment in Kipsu in September 2026.[1][2][3]

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As of 26 Sep 2026. Every fact below cites its source.

Chris Smith
Chris SmithStill from the @carrywatch post
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Career

Roles as the cited sources state them. Years are shown only where a source gives them.

  1. Current2010 to present

    Kipsu

    Founder and Chief Executive Officer

    [1][2][3]
  2. FormerYears not stated

    Coral Group

    Venture capital (role before joining Kipsu full time)

    [3]
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Companies on Carrywatch

Company files linked to Chris Smith by a stated role or the sourced profile.

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Deals they appear in

Deals where a @carrywatch post names Chris Smith, with the sentences that mention them.

M-One Capital / Kipsu

Chris Smith built Kipsu so hotels and hospitals could answer guests in the moment. [01]

Founder and CEO Chris Smith stays in the seat. [01]

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Sources

Profile sources, numbered as cited above.

  1. 01
    Kipsu Announces Strategic Investment from M-One Capital to Accelerate Growth and Expansion

    PR Newswire (Kipsu press release) · 24 Sep 2026 · Checked 26 Sep 2026

  2. 02
    Kipsu Makes Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in America

    Kipsu (press release) · 16 Aug 2018 · Checked 26 Sep 2026

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Deal posts that name this person:

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M-One Capital / Kipsu

Parties, stage and the original post.