Smeet Bhatt

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Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Horizon

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Smeet Bhatt is the Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer of Horizon, which provides Bitcoin financial solutions for U. S. homeowners. An alumnus of IIT Bombay, his career began in derivatives trading at Deutsche Bank and includes venture capital at Chiratae Ventures, co-founding a VR ad-tech startup, and leading go-to-market strategy at Prodigal (YC S18).

Smeet has over eight years of experience in global macro trading across equities, bonds, FX, and commodities. He views Bitcoin primarily through a monetary lens as a financial revolution, an interest that deepened around 2018-2019 as he studied economics and geopolitics.

He has appeared on multiple podcasts to discuss Bitcoin, self-custody solutions, and financial markets.

Personality Overview

Precise

Information Seeker

Negotiator

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features.  They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often.

Topics They Care About

Bitcoin & Home Equity
His current company, Horizon, enables homeowners to convert a portion of their home equity into Bitcoin without taking on monthly payments.
Bitcoin Self-Custody
Co-founded Theya (YC W23) to create a simple, secure multi-signature Bitcoin vault, aiming to simplify self-custody for a broader audience.
Global Macro Trading
Started his career trading FX and interest rate derivatives at Deutsche Bank and has over eight years of experience trading various macro assets.

Media Appearances

Smeet has no verified media appearances

Work History

2025
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Horizon
2023
Co-Founder & CEO at Theya (YC W23)
2020 - 2022
Founding Member (GTM) at Prodigal
2018 - 2020
Investor at Chiratae Ventures (Formerly IDG Ventures India)
2015 - 2017
Co-Founder & CEO at Chymera VR

Education

Building Theya W23 from Y Combinator
B.Tech. (with Minors) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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Exp : 13 Location : San Francisco, California, United States Job Level : Leadership Designation : Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Horizon
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Insights For Selling To Smeet

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Use phrases like ‘expect X% improvement’, ‘data clearly shows’ etc.
  • Don’t forget to mention how you compare to competition on both features and pricing
  • Be ready to answer many clarity-seeking questions and requests for information

DONT's

  • Don’t rush them till they have clearly gotten all the necessary information
  • Don't give superficial answers, they are easily rattled by them
  • Don’t try too hard to build a relationship with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Smeet is

  • Proof of ROI, low pricing and objective proof points are the important factors for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Smeet

  • They do not mind saying no if they believe that it is the right decision.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Smeet move?

  • Their decision-making is neither very fast nor very slow, they are somewhere in between.
  • Can Smeet take some risk or not?

  • They can take risks if their analysis shows that it would be worth it.

You And Smeet

Personality Compatibility


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