Joe Schmidt

Striving to Make a Difference

📍 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 12 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2017𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States
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Board Member
Feb 2017
Freedom United is the world’s largest anti-slavery community. With the latest digital advocacy tools, we mobilise a united global community to create power for change by making the public stakeholders in ending all forms of modern slavery. We equip millions of supporters with awareness, education & ways to take action that drives real change.
Board Member/Founder
Feb 2017
Freedom United is the world’s largest anti-slavery community. With the latest digital advocacy tools, we mobilise a united global community to create power for change by making the public stakeholders in ending all forms of modern slavery. We equip millions of supporters with awareness, education & ways to take action that drives real change.
Investor/Advisor
Mar 2015
Cultures for Health sells health products such as starter cultures (for yogurts, breads, kefir, kombucha), personal care products, cheese making kits, books, and other incredible items that taste great. Julie Feickert started Cultures for Health as a stay-at-home-mom and has turned it into one of the largest health food sites in the world. Cultures for Health was started in 2009 and is located in Morrisville, North Carolina
Investor
Aug 2014
FotoSwipe is the expert at private labeling utility and transfer solutions for cellular carriers, MVNOs, and phone resellers. We offer products that can: - Transfer all of a user's data between phones - Backup and restore a user's data while doing a factory reset
Investor
Jun 2014
- Stealz is a dynamic customer engagement tool that helps businesses turn their guests into brand ambassadors. - Our mobile app drives C2C marketing by enabling & encouraging users to share photos of their favorite experiences on social media during their visit. It also serves as a platform for guests to leave candid feedback about their experience through personalized, user-centric mobile surveys. All feedback is actionable & allows businesses to directly contact a guest about their visit. Businesses also enjoy access to a host of detailed customer data analytics & app activity metrics on a robust Dashboard. What's in it for our app users? Stealz rewards customers with exclusive rewards / VIP perks for completing a variety of inherently social activities: sharing photos on social media, playing a unique game, following a business on Twitter, referring friends to a business, and/or leaving feedback about their visit. Stealz currently works with over 1000 venues in 20+ markets across the Southeast US. The Stealz app is FREE to download on iPhone & Android.
Advisor/Investor
Dec 2013
Second Nature is redefining professional property management with our fully managed Resident Benefits Packages. RBP by Second Nature is a custom suite of benefits for your residents that elevates their experience, drives resident retention, and promotes investor satisfaction.
Advisor/Investor
Dec 2013
Here at FilterEasy, we believe in the power of easy. Our service simplifies your life by delivering your filters automatically, reminding you when to change them. We love giving you one less thing to think about.
Advisor/Investor
Dec 2013
Here at FilterEasy, we believe in the power of easy. Our service simplifies your life by delivering your filters automatically, reminding you when to change them. We love giving you one less thing to think about.
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2026
Co-Founder
Jan 2026
JuvoLabs creates AI solutions that truly empower people and teams to accomplish more, rather than simply adding another tool to their workflow. This is the foundation of our tagline, "Unlocking Human Potential."
2017
Co-Founder/Advisor
Dec 2017
A boutique customer experience provider founded by industry veterans who share the belief that a customer centric approach is not only a differentiating strategy, but should be the cornerstone upon which the entire business is built. CustomerHD is changing the public perception of customer service. We hire people who share our passion to deliver exceptional customer-focused solutions. It is our team members, who share a collective passion for dynamic solutions, that make a difference in the experience customers have with your brand. The co-founders have a combined 25 years of experience growing businesses by truly redefining the customer experience. These decades of experience inform CustomerHD to deliver strategic guidance for our partners to improve and execute on self-serve, scalability and high-touch support. Commitment to team members: We create customer-focused careers at CustomerHD. We hire people who have a passion to help others, thrive in a collaborative environment, and love solving problems. We show our commitment to our team members by offering: · Career-oriented training – We offer applicable on the job training to help our team members grow in their careers. · Opportunity – we are small and growing! Leadership opportunities will be available to those who work hard and exhibit leadership on a daily basis. Commitment to differentiated customer service: We use our 25 years of expertise in customer experience and service to develop plans to create a customer experience that will produce a competitive advantage for your brand. We focus on KPIs that are important to your business and orient the strategy and execution of the plans to deliver a solution will compel your customers to become promoters.
Board Member
Feb 2017
Freedom United is the world’s largest anti-slavery community. With the latest digital advocacy tools, we mobilise a united global community to create power for change by making the public stakeholders in ending all forms of modern slavery. We equip millions of supporters with awareness, education & ways to take action that drives real change.
Board Member/Founder
Feb 2017
Freedom United is the world’s largest anti-slavery community. With the latest digital advocacy tools, we mobilise a united global community to create power for change by making the public stakeholders in ending all forms of modern slavery. We equip millions of supporters with awareness, education & ways to take action that drives real change.
2015
Investor/Advisor
Mar 2015
Cultures for Health sells health products such as starter cultures (for yogurts, breads, kefir, kombucha), personal care products, cheese making kits, books, and other incredible items that taste great. Julie Feickert started Cultures for Health as a stay-at-home-mom and has turned it into one of the largest health food sites in the world. Cultures for Health was started in 2009 and is located in Morrisville, North Carolina
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