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Ivan Bercovich

Investor

Partner at ScOp Venture Capital

Santa Barbara, California

Writes $500K – $3M checks · typically $1.3M

About

Technical operator focused on structured data, knowledge graphs, and NLP, backing companies building vertical AI and data-intensive applications.

Experience

  1. ScOp Venture CapitalGeneral Partner / Technical Directorcurrent2020 — presentSanta Barbara, California, United States
  2. Stanford UniversityResearch Collaboratorcurrent2025 — present
  3. FewshotCo-Founder & Researchercurrent2025 — present
  4. ChipAgentsBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. RogoBoard (2022 - 2024), Investorcurrent2022 — present
  6. Unwrap.aiCo-Founder (2021), Investor (2022+)current2021 — present
  7. PromptLayerInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  8. UserpilotBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
  9. HeyTutorBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  10. HeyTutorCEO2022 — 2023
  11. YogiBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  12. Voyager PortalBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
  13. EfficastAI Strategycurrent2023 — present
  14. Allen Institute for AI (AI2)Entrepreneur In Residence2021Santa Barbara, California, United States
  15. AmazonGM for Semantic Q&A | Alexa2017 — 2020Santa Barbara, California Area
  16. Surfline Wavetrak, Inc.Advisory Board2016 — 2019
  17. Graphiq Inc.Vice President of Engineering (Acquired by Amazon)2015 — 2017Santa Barbara, California Area
  18. Graphiq Inc.Director / Senior Director of Engineering (Acquired by Amazon)2012 — 2015Santa Barbara, California Area
  19. Graphiq Inc.Software Developer (Acquired by Amazon)2011 — 2012Santa Barbara, California Area
  20. Cisco SystemsUser-Centric Design Engineer2009 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. University of Massachusetts AmherstBS, Electrical Engineering & Financial Math (double degree)2005 — 2009
  2. UC Santa BarbaraPhD, Statistics and Applied Probability with emphasis in Financial Mathematics

Skills & more

Problem Solving7Strategy2Engineering Management18Software Development54User Experience25Entrepreneurship15ProbabilityProduct Development3Cross-functional Team Leadership12Analytics28Software Engineering4User Interface Design
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Languages English · Spanish

From Ivan's professional profile.

Colleagues at ScOp Venture Capital

Cormac O'Connor
General Partner at ScOp Venture Capital
Cormac O’Connor
General Partner at ScOp Venture Capital
Jeff Best
Analyst at ScOp Venture Capital
Kevin O'Connor
General Partner at ScOp Venture Capital
Mike Tucker
General Partner at ScOp Venture Capital
Natalie Hubbard
Analyst at ScOp Venture Capital
Zi Pan
Analyst at ScOp Venture Capital

Network2

Alex Oppenheimer
Founder & GP at Verissimo Ventures
Cormac O'Connor
General Partner at ScOp Venture Capital

Investors connected to Ivan in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Ivan Bercovich work?
Ivan Bercovich is Partner at ScOp Venture Capital.
What check size does Ivan Bercovich write?
Ivan Bercovich typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.

Founder mafias

Stanford University mafia855

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Reid HoffmanB.S.Founded Manas AI +1Joe LonsdaleBSFounded Opto +3Mike Maples JrBSFounded Pattern BreakersSteve JurvetsonBSEEFounded Mojo VisionBalaji SrinivasanGraduate StudentFounded Counsyl +1Jess LeeBSFounded Polyvore

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UC Santa Barbara mafia59

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Nils ReggeBAFounded Developx +2Michael WitzbaFounded Mob Science +2Brett GibsonBAFounded Slinkset +1Logan GreenBAFounded Lyft +1Arthur ChangBachelor of ScienceFounded Priime +1Brandon FooFounded Polymail +1

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University of Massachusetts Amherst mafia20

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Wayne ChangDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)Founded Crashlytics +1Ali TehraniM.S.Founded ZymeworksKumar GanapathyMaster of Science (MS)Founded AkridataAbilash MenonMaster of Electrical and Computer EngineeringFounded MaiaEdgeTim GriffinBAFounded CraftworkJon RoskillBachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.)Founded Acumatica

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Yogi mafia3

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Justin WiszMember, Board of DirectorsFounded VestorlyParth PatelSoftware EngineerFounded HUD

Same school

Also attended University of Massachusetts Amherst94

Larry BohnInvestment Team at General CatalystQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystRavi RajamonyVice President at March Capital PartnersJason MorrisVice President, Investor Relations at Sapphire VenturesRobert SeveroPartner, Chief Compliance Officer at Sapphire VenturesJonathan BavaroAccounting Manager at Founder Collective

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Also attended UC Santa Barbara224

Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalKevin ThauInvestor at Spark CapitalErica DelamareInvestor at DaphniTiffany ChandraVice President, Head of Talent Network at Sapphire VenturesStephanie DuranInvestor at True VenturesLouis BernemanFounding Partner at Osage University Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at ChipAgents5

Daisy CaiGeneral Partner at B4 CapitalSue XuManaging Partner at Amino CapitalKevin O'ConnorGeneral Partner at ScOp Venture CapitalMike TuckerGeneral Partner at ScOp Venture CapitalHenry HuangInvestor at Micron Ventures

Also worked at HeyTutor2

Kevin O'ConnorGeneral Partner at ScOp Venture CapitalCormac O'ConnorGeneral Partner at ScOp Venture Capital

Also worked at Yogi4

Sheldon LewisManaging Partner at Blueprint EquityJohn BonhardVice President at Blueprint EquityJustin WiszVenture Partner at RTP GlobalParth PatelFounder at HUD

Also worked at Amazon611

Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group

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