About
Max Bertfield is founder and CTO of Scout, which develops enrollment automation software for schools that uses AI to extract and verify student documents and streamline the onboarding process.
Founder & CTO at ScoutYC W25
Intro paths
YC
Max went through Y Combinator (Winter 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Scout's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Max can intro founders to Scout's investors below.
Scout's investors · 7
Align VenturesMiami · since 2026Booz Allen Venturessince 2026Decisive PointWashington · $500K – $1M checks · since 2026Draper AssociatesSan Mateo · $500K – $5M checks · since 2026Evolution VC PartnersNew York · since 2026Rethink Capital PartnersNew York · $1M – $3M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025
Co-founders at Scout
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Noah FichterFounder & CEO
Experience
- Scout Edu.CTOcurrent2024 — presentNew York, NY
- TodayTix Group (TTG)Senior Software Engineer2022 — 2024New York, United States
- TodayTix Group (TTG)Software Engineer2020 — 2022New York, United States
- TodayTixSoftware Engineering Intern2019Greater New York City Area
- Soho StrategySoftware Engineer2018 — 2019London, United Kingdom
- Synthace LimitedAutomation Tester2018London, United Kingdom
- RideToFreelance Web Developer2017 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- EnvairoWeb Development Intern2017Brooklyn, New York
Skills & more
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)Amazon DynamodbWeb Development1Web ApplicationsAgileProgramming LanguagesGroovy1GrailsJava ConcurrencyNode.jsAmazon S3Hibernate
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JavaScriptJavaPythonReact.jsHTML5FlaskGithubD3.jsjQueryDjangoSQLGitFrom Max's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Max Bertfield?
- Max Bertfield is founder and CTO of Scout, which develops enrollment automation software for schools that uses AI to extract and verify student documents and streamline the onboarding process.
- Where does Max Bertfield work?
- Max Bertfield is Founder & CTO of Scout.
- What companies did Max Bertfield found?
- Max Bertfield founded Scout.
- Where did Max Bertfield go to school?
- Max Bertfield studied at UCL (Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science); Stuyvesant High School.
Founder mafias
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UCL mafia117
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Stuyvesant High School mafia35
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Same school
Also attended UCL396
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Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Hussein KanjiPartner at Hoxton VenturesBen FriedVenture Partner at Rally Ventures Management, LlcDan BorokCo-Founder and Managing Partner at NVP Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Scout Edu.2
Also worked at TodayTix Group (TTG)6
Neil WolfsonFinTech Operating Partner at RueOne InvestmentsKevin MaganPartner at Brighton Park CapitalMichael KatzGuild Member at Serac VenturesAmber PorterAssociate at American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social ImpactLauren CorcoranInvestor at Blue CollectiveLarry MarcusManaging Director at Marcy Venture Partners
