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Scott Kosch

Private Investor | Advisor to PE and VC firms | Board Director | AI Application Strategist

Austin, Texas

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $10,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Senior Partner

    2024

    NextAccess is an advisory firm of experienced operators with deep experience running top-performing organizations and delivering exceptional results. We help executive teams and investors build stronger, more valuable companies through a powerful mix of operational expertise, strategic insight, and data-driven solutions. We help organizations optimize performance and accelerate strategic growth. As trusted partners, we cut through the noise to provide actionable insights and support business transformations in Performance Improvement, Operational Efficiency, Growth Solutions, and Market Differentiation.

  • Managing Partner

    2006

    Provide funding, mentorship, and liquidity solutions to startups, early-stage ventures, and growth-oriented lower middle-market companies. My focus includes: - Investing as an LP in VC funds and direct angel investing - Guiding early-stage ventures with proprietary technology on growth strategies and funding pathways - Sourcing quality deal flow for leading venture capital and private equity firms My industry and investing experience spans software, hardware, healthcare, energy, communications, media, green tech, fintech, and real estate.

2013

  • LP Investor and Program Mentor

    2013

    Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

  • Investor

    2023

    Ansa Biotechnologies is developing a new way to make DNA that will be faster, cleaner, and more accurate than existing methods. Currently, DNA is manufactured via a chemical method that has remained mostly unchanged for 35 years. Our enzyme-based approach promises to dramatically accelerate innovation in biological research and biotechnology, including therapeutics, diagnostics and biomanufacturing.

2021

  • Investor

    2021

    Lightbeam is a mobile-first storytelling platform, featuring shareable micro-films that champion inspiring people.

  • Investor

    2021

    Noteworthy AI is working to keep the electric grid energized. ⚡️ We believe that through artificial intelligence, the reliability, resilience and safety of the electric grid can be significantly increased - something that we can all benefit from, as our reliance on the grid continues to exponentially increase.

2021

  • Investor and Advisor

    2021

    HData is an enterprise software company and the creator of FERC Pro, which automates energy regulatory data and provides a valuable business intelligence platform.

2020

  • Investor and Advisor

    2020

    Shipshape makes smart homes intelligent. We are on a mission to network together all of the critical systems in your home to provide a total home health analysis. Over time, we will partner with homeowners to connect, maintain, repair, and replace the critical systems that they rely on for their homes.

  • Investor

    2016

    data.world makes it easy for everyone—not just the "data people"—to get clear, accurate, fast answers to any business question. Our cloud-native data catalog maps your siloed, distributed data to familiar and consistent business concepts, creating a unified body of knowledge anyone can find, understand, and use. data.world is an Austin-based Certified B Corporation and home to the world’s largest collaborative open data community and catalog, including COVID-19 public datasets.

2014

  • Investor

    2014

    Cheddar Up is the simplest way to collect and track online payments from a group. Its wildly simple user interface makes collecting online payments accessible to anyone. It allows individuals, schools and organizations (anyone!) to create custom online payment pages in a matter of seconds for almost anything, providing an alternative to inefficient cash and check payments and paper forms. Cheddar Up features robust online payer tracking, automatic reminders, no fees for the collector, and the ability for people to pay in as few as three clicks. Whether it’s a group gift or trip, event, school fundraiser or membership dues…Cheddar Up makes group payments quick and easy.