About
Scott Cara is co-founder and CEO of Elevate AI. He previously worked as a private equity investor at Sycamore Partners and as a management consultant at Bain & Company. He holds a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Founder at ElevateYC S24
Intro paths
YC
Scott went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Harj Taggar, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Elevate's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Scott can intro founders to Elevate's investors below.
Experience
- ElevateCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2024 — present
- Sycamore PartnersVice President2021 — 2024New York, New York, United States
- The MBA ResponseCo-Founder & Head of Small Business Support2020 — 2021United States
- Sycamore PartnersAssociate2017 — 2019New York, New York
- International Rescue CommitteeChief Of Staff2017Greater New York City Area
- Bain & CompanySenior Associate Consultant2014 — 2017
- Propel GPS, LLCSoftware Design Intern | Programming Intern2014Henderson, North Carolina
- Duke UniversityStudent2010 — 2014
- Duke UniversityTeaching Assitant2011 — 2013
- Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.Internal Audit Intern2013Hoboken, NJ
- Duke Mathematics DepartmentResearch Assistant2012
Skills & more
Research43Mathematics15Analytics14Computer Science9Statistics23Java9Management Consulting7Python7JavaScript4Data Analysis24Leadership7C6
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Public SpeakingSocial MediaLanguages English · Spanish
- Master in Business Administration — Harvard Business School
From Scott's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Scott Cara?
- Scott Cara is co-founder and CEO of Elevate AI. He previously worked as a private equity investor at Sycamore Partners and as a management consultant at Bain & Company. He holds a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
- Where does Scott Cara work?
- Scott Cara is Founder of Elevate.
- What companies did Scott Cara found?
- Scott Cara founded Elevate.
- Where did Scott Cara go to school?
- Scott Cara studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA); Duke University (Bachelor of Science (BS), Mathematics and Computer Science).
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