Elise Smith

Elise Marie Smith also known as Elise Smith is a tech entrepreneur known for being one of the few Black women in the United States to raise more than $1 million in venture capital funding for the company Praxis Labs.

Early life and education Smith began by enrolling in the Arabic Language Institute for the Dartmouth Foreign Study Program in Fez, Morocco, which sparked her interest in global learning. Following this experience, she participated in the summer ventures in the management program at Harvard Business School in 2013. Smith earned a bachelor's degree in geography from Dartmouth College. She went on to earn two master's degrees at Stanford University, one in teaching and the other in business administration.

Career

Smith has worked in a variety of firms before becoming a company co-founder. In 2019, Smith and Heather Shen created Praxis Labs, Praxis Labs work with companies like EBay, Uber, Amazon, Google, Etsy, ServiceNow, and Target.