# Scout Investments

> Scout Investments is a VC fund in Kansas City backing Water and FinTech. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kansas City, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.scoutinv.com

Scout Investments is a company that has a broad portfolio of investors and mutual funds.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Scout Investments. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Scout Investments. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/scout-investments?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Personal Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Post-IPO Equity | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Hedstrom | senior vice president of marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-hedstrom |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alto Solutions | Alto Solutions delivers an easy-to-use, automated process for investing in alternatives with IRA savings. It aims to democratize alternative asset investing. AltoIRA offers an easy-to-use investing platform that empowers everyday investors to diversify their IRAs by investing in alternative assets such as private equity, venture capital, realestate, loans, and cryptocurrency. Offering Traditional, Roth, SEP, and Crypto IRAs, Alto is bringing alternative investments to the mainstream. Everyday investors can now easily and cost-effectively access their retirement savings to invest in assets once reserved solely for high-net-worth individuals.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. | $2.8M | Seed | Mar 06, 2019 |  |
| American States Water Company | American States Water Company (AWR), is the parent company of Golden State Water Company (GSWC) and American States Utility Services, Inc. (ASUS) and its subsidiaries (Fort Bliss Water Services Company (FBWS), Terrapin Utility Services, Inc. (TUS), Old Dominion Utility Services, Inc. (ODUS), Palmetto State Utility Services, Inc. (PSUS) and OldNorth Utility Services, Inc. (ONUS)). AWR operates in three segments: water, electric and contracted services. Within the segments, AWR has two principal business units, water and electric service utility operations, conducted through GSWC, and contracted services conducted through ASUS and its subsidiaries. GSWC is a California public utility company engaged principally in the purchase, production and distribution of water in 75 communities in 10 counties in the State of California. |  | Post-IPO Equity | Nov 05, 2016 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amplify.LA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplify-la) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foundation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foundation-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Green D Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-d-funds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Scout Investments invest in?

Scout Investments invests primarily in Water, FinTech and Personal Finance startups, most often at Seed and Post-IPO Equity stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Scout Investments?

Public channels for Scout Investments include the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Scout Investments?

The team at Scout Investments includes Michael Hedstrom (senior vice president of marketing). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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