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Gordon Smythe has more than 20 years of technology experience. Prior to founding Propel Partners, Gordon was the Director of Operations at Chipshot.com, an online golf retailer; the owner of Pelnar, a computer hardware company; and the European Operations Manager for CMS Enhancements, a computer peripherals company. He has been an angel investor since 1989 and has been advising early-stage technology companies in Silicon Valley since 1999. Gordon's real estate investment experience spans more than 25 years including his first real estate purchase of a single family home in 1982 at the age of 18. Since then, Gordon has focused almost exclusively on multi-unit residential properties. He has weathered both good & bad real estate markets, which helps him make better investment decisions and to have a healthy mix of short-term & long-term approach to real estate. Gordon has an MBA in Entrepreneurial Studies and Finance from the Marshall School of Business at USC and a BA in Internatio
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 626 investors hold the General Partner role in VCSift. Gordon Smythe is one of them.
- • 7,285 investors are based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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