Joe Clark
General Partner at Start-Up Smart Ventures
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoe Clark is a seasoned founder, operator, and investor with 25+ years building and advising early-stage startups across AI/ML, health-tech, prop-tech, ed-tech, B2B SaaS and ecommerce. As Founder & CEO of Prana Business he scaled a human-capital SaaS from concept to 130+ global distribution partners and led a successful liquidity event in 2017, blending product, go-to-market rigor, and organizational design. Now a General Partner at Start-Up Smart Ventures, he advises founders on capital raising, MVP launches, and talent strategies, drawing on two exits and two instructive failures. He is a recognized thought leader featured in major publications and books, and combines hands-on product experience (cofounder/head of product roles in AI startups) with board-level strategy. Based in Denver, he pairs practical fundraising instincts with a rare focus on aligning people, culture, and scalable business models.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Howe Military AcademyIndiana University Bloomington
Github Skills (19)
tiles10
geopackage10
android-app10
android10
android-application10
desktop-application9
xcode8
objective-c8
leaflet7
ios7
wkt6
iot6
nodejs6
sql5
javascript5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
jclark118/jclark118.github.io
Oct 2019 - Mar 2025
Github User Home Page
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 5 months
github-usercsshome-page
ngageoint/geopackage-mapcache-android
Jun 2018 - Jan 2023
GeoPackage MapCache Android App
Contributions:17 releases, 2 reviews, 457 commits in 4 years 8 months
android-appgeopackagegeopackage-librariestilesgeopackage-mapcache
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