# Scott Tierney

> Scott Tierney is a Series A investor at Valo Ventures (Palo Alto) backing Energy and SaaS. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Valo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valo-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-tierney-9238571/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scott.tierney1

Scott Tierney is a Series A investor at Valo Ventures in Palo Alto focused on Energy and SaaS. Scott Tierney has a diverse background as an entrepreneur leading early stage companies, growth stage investor and former investment banker advising clients on IPOs and M&A. Prior to joining Google, Scott was a General Partner with Steelpoint Capital, the private equity arm for Moore Capital. Before Steelpoint, Scott was President of ArchimedesTechnology Group, a nuclear technology company that was acquired by General Atomics. Scott was also a founding executive and the Head of Investment Banking for Epoch Partners, an online, technology focused investment bank that was acquired by Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Epoch Partners, Scott was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley.Scott received an AB in Social Studies from Harvard College (magna cum laude) and an MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley, where he was a Haas Fellow.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 4 | 31% |
| SaaS | 3 | 23% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 15% |
| Sustainability | 2 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 15% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 38% |
| Seed | 2 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 15% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |
| Series D | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| XGS Energy | XGS Energy is a geothermal heat harvesting technology company. | $20M | Series A | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Equilibrium Energy | Equilibrium Energy operates at the intersection of grid variability, market volatility, economic optimization, commercial structuring, trading, and risk management, across the end-to-end power value chain. Their ambition is to become a next-generation clean power company that reshapes the energy industry. They address inquiries through onlineapplications. | $39M | Series B | Dec 26, 2023 |  |
| UrbanFootprint | UrbanFootprint is the world's first urban intelligence platform — a comprehensive urban, climate, and community resilience data system that serves mission-critical insights to the institutions that are rebuilding, financing, and insuring the world's physical and social infrastructure. UrbanFootprint’s data and web-based geospatialsoftware unifies previously siloed climate, environmental, urban, and socio-economic data and helps governments, utilities, financial institutions, and urban planners answer fundamental resource questions — where to invest, where to deploy resources, and where to optimize for risk, return, resilience, and community. | $25M | Series B | May 18, 2022 |  |
| Optera | Optera is a leading enterprise carbon emissions management software platform spanning all emissions categories, specializing in scope 3 and supply chain emissions management. Their AI-driven platform, database of over +10,000 suppliers, and expert team enable sustainability professionals to deliver real value to their businesses efficiently, fromregulatory compliance to deep decarbonization. We make sustainability data simpler to get, trusted to share, and ready to act on. | $4.2M | Seed | Feb 18, 2022 |  |
| Novoloop | Novoloop is an upcycling company that provides a proprietary lifecycling platform to create chemicals and materials from plastic waste. Its Accelerated Thermal Oxidative Decomposition (ATOD) process chemically breaks down plastic films and packaging into monomers, which are then reassembled into virgin-quality TPU and recycled+ formulations. Thecompany operates a demonstration pilot plant in India in partnership with Aether Industries, producing up to 70 metric tons of TPU annually from mixed plastic waste. | $11.4M | Series A | Nov 19, 2021 |  |
| Optera | Optera's software, Flagstaff RPO, is the first SaaS platform designed to enable companies to manage emissions, energy, water, and waste across their operations and supply chains in accordance with climate science. | $1.8M | Seed | Nov 04, 2020 |  |
| Optera | Optera is a leading enterprise carbon emissions management software platform spanning all emissions categories, specializing in scope 3 and supply chain emissions management. Their AI-driven platform, database of over +10,000 suppliers, and expert team enable sustainability professionals to deliver real value to their businesses efficiently, fromregulatory compliance to deep decarbonization. We make sustainability data simpler to get, trusted to share, and ready to act on. | $1.8M | Seed | Nov 04, 2020 |  |
| Myst AI | Myst AI is a developer of the AI-based data analysis platform intended for electricity demand and supply forecasting. The company uses AI to help energy companies better predict the future, resulting in lower costs, reduced risk, and less waste. | $6M | Series A | Sep 03, 2020 |  |
| Visby Medical | Visby Medical is a diagnostics company that develops PCR-based diagnostic tests for the detection of infectious diseases. The company develops a device platform that aims to redefine the way an illness is tested and treated. They believe that by taking a human-centric, technology-first approach to device development and they can create tools thatare both highly accurate and delightful to use. | $70M | Series D | May 04, 2020 |  |
| UrbanFootprint | UrbanFootprint is the world's first urban intelligence platform — a comprehensive urban, climate, and community resilience data system that serves mission-critical insights to the institutions that are rebuilding, financing, and insuring the world's physical and social infrastructure. UrbanFootprint’s data and web-based geospatialsoftware unifies previously siloed climate, environmental, urban, and socio-economic data and helps governments, utilities, financial institutions, and urban planners answer fundamental resource questions — where to invest, where to deploy resources, and where to optimize for risk, return, resilience, and community. | $11.5M | Series A | Feb 13, 2020 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blackhorn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackhorn-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Radicle Impact](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/radicle-impact) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SaaS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saas-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Stout Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stout-street-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Artiman Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/artiman-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Matchstick Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matchstick-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Valo Ventures

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Valo Ventures is a thesis-driven venture capital firm investing in North America and Europe. Our mission is "investing for a brighter future" and we do this by focusing on four catalyzing megatrends: climate change, circular economy, autonomy and empowered people. We identify and support entrepreneurs who are applying digital technologiesto create long term economic, environmental and social value. Learn more at www.valoventures.org.

5 contacts available at Valo Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brett Teele | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-teelee |
| Divya E. | Venture Capital Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/divya-e |
| Julia Brady | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julia-brady |
| Mona ElNaggar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mona-elnaggar |
| Scott Tierney | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-tierney |

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## FAQ

### What does Scott Tierney invest in?

Scott Tierney invests primarily in Energy, SaaS and CleanTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 13 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 Tierney last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Scott Tierney closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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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