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Become a Scout Who should scout?

Community Insiders should scout startups

Help your ecosystem grow by identifying exciting startups. Your community thrives when its founders are given the chance to succeed so they return and invest in their community again as angel investors. Community Insiders are regularly found in these jobs and volunteer positions:

Coworking organizer, Host or simple greeters
Startup-Club organizer, Community Head, NGO's representant
Accelerator and Startup Program Lead
Startup ecosystem developer and operator in private-public hub

Event Organizers should scout startups

Further refine and monetize your event content, programs and network to set yourself apart from other event organizers by referring startups and experts. Typical event formats from small to large regularly deliver exchange opportunities for startups and startup experts. Events such as:

Simple Drink-Abouts & Meetups
Hackathons & Barcamps
Pitch Events, Conferences & Startup Festivals
Summits, Demo Days & Tech Weeks

Startup and VC alumnis should scout startups

Former executives, employees, interim managers of startups, and interns of VCs simply help friends obtain funding and are best positioned to build a reputation in scouting for a career in venture building or venture capital. This includes MBA students who are active in an entrepreneurship club at their university. A good fit is therefore achieved if you belong to one of these groups:

Entrepreneur in Residence
Founder in Transition & Interim Executive
MBA or PhD Student, former VC Associate or VC Intern