Scout Ventures

Though many eyes are on space as orbit develops into a thriving business ecosystem, Radical is keeping things a little closer to the ground — but not too close. Its…

Radical thinks the time has come for solar-powered, high-altitude autonomous aircraft

When it comes to people pushing the frontiers of science, few institutions can match the talent of the Department of Defense, the intelligence agencies and the U.S. national laboratory system.…

With $55M third fund, Scout Ventures is funding veterans ready to tackle the hardest technical challenges

Globally, millions of cameras are deployed by companies and organizations every year. All you have to do is look up. Yes, there they are! But the petabytes of data collected…

Trueface raises $3.7M to recognise that gun, as it’s being pulled, in real time

In this week’s newsletter: Bird gets acquisitive, Stripe puts on its VC hat and Thumbtack looks for new cash.

Startups Weekly: The Peloton IPO (bull vs. bear)

Consolidation is afoot in the micromobility industry.

Sources: Bird is in talks to acquire scooter startup Scoot

Shaun Moore and Nezare Chafni didn’t initially intend to develop a new standalone facial recognition technology when they first got started developing the technology that would become their new company,…

Five years and one pivot later, Trueface emerges with a promise for better facial recognition tech

We haven’t written much about Scout Ventures, but the New York City-based firm has built up a big portfolio over nearly a decade of investing, with exits like Olapic (acquired…

Wes Blackwell joins Scout Ventures to invest in early-stage, veteran-led startups

Expanding the experience of virtual reality gaming has landed the omni-directional treadmill manufacturer Virtuix $3 million in its first institutional financing. Banking on the company’s premise that it can make…

Virtuix Steps Into $3 Million For Its Virtual Reality-Linked, Omni-Directional Treadmill