Scout Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in early stage companies operating in the SaaS, mobile, advertising technology, robotics, drones and virtual reality sectors. The firm is based in New York, New York. Scout Ventures changed their name from BHV in 2013. As BHV, they were founded in 2009.
With offices in New York City and District of Columbia, Scout invests in capital efficient businesses founded by experienced entrepreneurs building technology-based businesses. They focus on the sectors where their experience and relationships allow them to help portfolio companies grow. Additionally, Scout has established trusted networks with deep roots across the government, military, and intelligence communities. This has resulted in investments in top startups from military and intelligence veterans.
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An artificial intelligence company making deep learning and computer vision systems for field analysis related to security and defense at security checkpoints.
Local Motors is an American motor vehicle manufacturing company that is interested in providing low-volume vehicle manufacturing
An online retail company specializing in selling hair salon products. It was founded in 2013 and is located in Oakland, California.
An artificial intelligence company using computer vision to monitor, identify patterns, and make decisions based on surveillance camera streams.
A company offering end of life planning services.
CYR3CON is a Phoenix, Arizona-based cybersecurity company developing prediction for cyber attacks with an artificial intelligence platform.
Synapse uses proprietary deep learning and computer vision systems for the security and defense industries.
UbiQD is a company developing and manufacturing semiconductor nanocrystals or quantum dots for research applications. Hunter McDaniel founded UbiQD in 2014 and is based in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Anno.ai is a Reston, VA-based company developing AI technologies for the defense sector.
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Adam Seifer
Advisor
Anthony Meyer
Investor
Ari Meisel
Advisor
Avi Naider
Investor
Bradley C. Harrison
Founder
Brendan Burns
Advisor
Brendan Syron
Employee
Chris March
Investor
Corey Miller
Employee
Craig Albrecht
Investor
Craig Coblenz
Advisor
Dan Castro
Investor
Daniel Brillman
Advisor
David Disi
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Doug Thiede
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Francois Drouin
Investor
Gokul Rajaram
Investor
Howie Schwartz
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Jim Shook
Advisor
Joanne Colan
Advisor
John Ryu
Employee
Kevin Lee
Investor
Keyvan Peymani
Advisor
Matt Mead
Advisor
Michael Bassik
Investor
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