2019
Sands Capital (2019 - 2022)
Arlington, VA | Partner
New Enterprise Associates (2015 - 2019)
Chevy Chase, MD | Partner, Head of Business Development and Federal
Automated Insights, Inc. (2011 - 2015)
Durham, NC | Chief Operating Officer
Valhalla Partners (2002 - 2011)
Vienna, VA | Founder and General Partner
FBR Technology Venture Partners (1997 - 2001)
Arlington, VA | Partner
Dean & Company (1995 - 1997)
Washington, DC | Consultant
Vinson & Elkins (1994 - 1995)
Washington, DC | Associate
Harvard Law School (1994)
Juris Doctor
Duke University (1991)
BA | Economics
Scott brings more than 25 years of experience as an investor, operator, and advisor to high-growth start-ups. Prior to joining Sands Capital, Scott was a Partner and Head of Business Development and Federal Initiatives at New Enterprise Associates, a technology-focused venture capital firm. Over the course of his career, Scott was also the COO of Automated Insights, Co-Founder and General Partner of Valhalla Partners, a partner at FBR Technology Venture Partners, a consultant at Dean & Company, and a corporate attorney at Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P. Scott is also a former Director of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association and co-founder of the Young Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, serving as its first President and Chairman. In 2018, Scott was profiled in a Washington Business Journal cover story which described him as “a walking Rolodex of some of the nation’s most high-powered business leaders.” Scott was also named to Washingtonian Magazine’s list of “Tech Titans” in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Scott earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Duke University, where he graduated magna cum laude, and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School, where he graduated cum laude.
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Sands Capital is an active, long-term investor in leading innovative businesses globally. Our approach combines analytical rigor and creative thinking to identify high-quality growth businesses that are creating the future. Through an integrated investment platform spanning venture capital, growth equity and public equity, we provide growth capital solutions to institutions and fund sponsors in more than 40 countries.
An independent, staff-owned firm founded in 1992 and headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area with offices in London and Singapore, Sands Capital managed more than $43.8 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2022.
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