Scott Sandler
Investor @ Oregon Venture Fund
Portland, United States
Scott Sandler is a funding round investor at Oregon Venture Fund in Portland focused on SaaS and Software. Scott joined the Oregon Angel Fund in 2012 and manages the day-to-day activities of the Oregon Angel Fund including generating deal flow, evaluating business plans and due diligence management. Scott became CEO of electronic design automation (EDA) startup Novas Software in 2000. There he honed his management skills and engaged his passion forbuilding teams and brands. After selling the company to Taiwanese EDA leader SpringSoft in 2008 he fulfilled a promise to pursue something completely different at mid-life in 2010. He stopped commuting to San Jose, returned to Oregon full time, and invested in the Oregon Angel Fund, quickly becoming one its most active members. Scott is an engineer who found out early that he liked talking about technology and products more than designing and testing them. Starting at Intel in the mid-80s provided a solid launching pad for a career in high-tech startups and marketing. He was the first applications engineer for the Verilog hardware description language, spent a year in Japan with formal verification pioneer Chrysalis Symbolic Design, and created a partnership with Microsoft while with early networking vendor Shiva Corporation. Scott received a BS in Computer Systems engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
Last updated:
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Industries Scott Sandler invests in
Stages Scott Sandler invests in
Countries Scott Sandler invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 2 (40%)
- Software 2 (40%)
- Training 1 (20%)
- Analytics 1 (20%)
- Real Time 1 (20%)
Stage
- Funding Round 3 (60%)
- Seed 1 (20%)
- Series A 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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The Wild
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The Wild is a cloud-connected, extended reality (XR) platform. It enables architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals to present, collaborate and review projects together in immersive and interactive experiences, from anywhere and at any time. | Seed / Jan 06, 2017 | |
Brandlive
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Reinventing virtual experiences. As the world bends towards virtual, and Zoom becomes the everyday meeting place, Brandlive empowers companies to create and stream high-end virtual experiences that stand out from the crowd.Strike a pose, bring the pow, and make a splash — in a virtual world, Brandlive products help customers raise the bar in newand memorable ways. With Events, companies can maximize attendee engagement and capture value in a virtual format with audience tracking, rich analytics, and the ability to drive impressions for content and sponsors. With Showrooms, brands create their own compelling go-to-market video hub for their products each season. Each show helps drive business outcomes by educating global teams (both internally and accounts) in a secure fashion on what’s hitting the market next.With Greenroom, users can create professional video content as easily as hosting a video call or webcast. Greenroom gives event hosts access to high-end, integrated video production tools that are designed for anyone to use, not just technical producers.The result is elevated shows that blow everyday video meetings away. (Greenroom is not sold separately from Events or Showrooms) | Apr 15, 2016 | |
Notion
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Notion unlocks business intelligence for team metrics by providing a home for your team to tell the story behind their data. Notion is based around a game-changing, integrated experience for your team: simple workflows, easy data capture, meaningful visualizations, linked activity feed, and best-practice KPI library.Notion is designed to bethe central place for business performance data with one key premise: teams are struggling with their current solutions to readily (and easily) make data-driven decisions. | Apr 07, 2016 | |
Poached Jobs
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Poached is a jobs marketplace connecting hospitality workers with employers. Workers have access to full-time and on demand shift jobs that fit their goals. Employers can fill open positions quickly and efficiently to maintain a full staff while also reducing worker turnover and expense. | $1.5M / Feb 08, 2016 | |
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Brandlive
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Reinventing virtual experiences. As the world bends towards virtual, and Zoom becomes the everyday meeting place, Brandlive empowers companies to create and stream high-end virtual experiences that stand out from the crowd.Strike a pose, bring the pow, and make a splash — in a virtual world, Brandlive products help customers raise the bar in newand memorable ways. With Events, companies can maximize attendee engagement and capture value in a virtual format with audience tracking, rich analytics, and the ability to drive impressions for content and sponsors. With Showrooms, brands create their own compelling go-to-market video hub for their products each season. Each show helps drive business outcomes by educating global teams (both internally and accounts) in a secure fashion on what’s hitting the market next.With Greenroom, users can create professional video content as easily as hosting a video call or webcast. Greenroom gives event hosts access to high-end, integrated video production tools that are designed for anyone to use, not just technical producers.The result is elevated shows that blow everyday video meetings away. (Greenroom is not sold separately from Events or Showrooms) | Series A / Sep 11, 2013 |
Co-Investors
Portland Seed Fund
4 deals together
The R-Group
4 deals together
10Branch
1 deal together
Alliance of Angels
1 deal together
Archivist
1 deal together
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
1 deal together
About Oregon Venture Fund
Founded in 2007, the Oregon Venture Fund is the largest and most active venture fund focused on supporting startups and growth companies with a presence in Oregon and SW Washington. The fund has invested over $120 million and is backed by the leaders of Oregon’s business, technology, and entrepreneurial communities. Consistently one of the topperforming venture funds in North America, OVF invests $15 million annually in the most promising startups and growth companies in Oregon and SW Washington. Over 4,200 jobs have been created by the 75 companies in the portfolio. OVF’s largest investors include the State of Oregon, Oregon Community Foundation, and Meyer Memorial Trust.OVF invests $500K to $3M per round and can allocate up to $10M for each portfolio company. The fund is stage and sector agnostic.
Oregon Venture Fund Contacts
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Ann Carney Nelson
Member of Investment Strategy Board
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Lynn Fletcher
Operations & Investor Relations
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Scott Sandler
Investor
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Alline Akintore
principal
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Ben Waldron
Investor
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FAQ
What does Scott Sandler invest in?
Scott Sandler invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Training startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Sandler last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Scott Sandler closed in Jan 2017. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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