# Scott McComb Johnson

> Scott McComb Johnson is a Series A investor at Blitzscaling Ventures backing Advertising. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blitzscaling Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blitzscaling-ventures)
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/scott-johnson/0/45/493
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/VC_Scott
- Website: http://www.nav.vc/

Scott McComb Johnson is a Series A investor at Blitzscaling Ventures in Cambridge focused on Advertising and Publishing. Scott Johnson is a managing partner at Venture Economics as one of the top performing post-IPO funds of 1999, where he oversaw investments in E.piphany, Silknet, Digital Think, and WebLogic. Before that, he co-founded InterSense, Inc., a VR tracking company. Scott began his career as a software engineer and early employee of Cambridge Technology Partners, a global systems integration and consulting company. He received his BS in operations research from Cornell University and his MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Advertising | 4 | 19% |
| Publishing | 3 | 14% |
| Analytics | 2 | 10% |
| Health Care | 2 | 10% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 10% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 33% |
| Series B | 5 | 24% |
| Seed | 2 | 10% |
| Series C | 2 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cascade | Cascade is an AI platform that helps engineering, architecture, and construction firms predict upcoming projects and automatically find, score, and write proposals for high‑fit contracts, so they can win more work with less manual effort. | $3.5M | Seed | Jul 21, 2026 |  |
| GGX | Global Goods Exchange (GGX) is an AI trading platform that provides transaction exchange tools for traders and market makers. | $1M |  | Oct 14, 2024 |  |
| GGX | Global Goods Exchange (GGX) is an AI trading platform that provides transaction exchange tools for traders and market makers. | $700K | Pre-Seed | May 03, 2024 |  |
| Zipdrug | Zipdrug provides patients access to low-cost pharmacies who deliver prescriptions right to their homes. Its platform allocates medicare advantage patients to pharmacies that will drive adherence for the lowest cost. It was founded in 2015 and is based in New York City. | $10.8M |  | Feb 15, 2019 |  |
| Zipdrug | Zipdrug provides patients access to low-cost pharmacies who deliver prescriptions right to their homes. Its platform allocates medicare advantage patients to pharmacies that will drive adherence for the lowest cost. It was founded in 2015 and is based in New York City. | $2.6M | Seed | Nov 17, 2015 |  |
| Yieldbot | Yieldbot is a true technology company aiming to do nothing short of revolutionize the way media value is created for consumers, brands and publishers. They strive to consistently outperform expectations creating a better, more relevant web with their technology. In so doing, they believe they will enable the media industry to realize its true valuefor all three of the constituents that make the web what it is, and what it will become. | $18M | Series B | Jun 05, 2014 |  |
| Yieldbot | Yieldbot is a true technology company aiming to do nothing short of revolutionize the way media value is created for consumers, brands and publishers. They strive to consistently outperform expectations creating a better, more relevant web with their technology. In so doing, they believe they will enable the media industry to realize its true valuefor all three of the constituents that make the web what it is, and what it will become. | $5M | Series A | Jul 01, 2013 |  |
| Fashion Playtes | FashionPlaytes is a provider of an information service used to serve girls. Its service offers the latest reviews and recommendations of fashion, bars, restaurants, and more, thus enabling businesses to increase their reach. | $5M | Series B | Sep 11, 2012 |  |
| Truveris | Truveris brings transparency to the prescription drug ecosystem through data-driven innovations. Truveris’ platform offers customers – from the individual patient to employers, retailers, pharmacy benefits stakeholders, and manufacturers – the data and insights they need to effectively and efficiently manage rising costs and market accesschallenges.Based in Manhattan, Truveris is backed by Canaan Partners, New Leaf Venture Partners, Tribeca Venture Partners, New Atlantic Ventures and First Round Capital. | $10M | Series B | Feb 23, 2012 |  |
| Yieldbot | Yieldbot is a true technology company aiming to do nothing short of revolutionize the way media value is created for consumers, brands and publishers. They strive to consistently outperform expectations creating a better, more relevant web with their technology. In so doing, they believe they will enable the media industry to realize its true valuefor all three of the constituents that make the web what it is, and what it will become. | $4.2M | Series A | Feb 22, 2012 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Threshold](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/threshold) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [RRE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rre-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [CVP Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commonangels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Gotham Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gotham-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Neu Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neu-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [BAM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bam-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Blitzscaling Ventures

VC Fund · San Mateo, United States

Blitzscaling Ventures helps rapidly-growing companies become global leaders by providing in-depth scaling advice and capital.

2 contacts available at Blitzscaling Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Scott McComb Johnson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-m-johnson |
| Jeffrey Abbott | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeffrey-abbott |

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## FAQ

### What does Scott McComb Johnson invest in?

Scott McComb Johnson invests primarily in Advertising, Publishing and Analytics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Scott McComb Johnson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Scott McComb Johnson closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 21 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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