About
Scott Friend sold a retail analytics company to Oracle, focuses on commerce and retail tech, makes bold early bets like leading Jet.com's $140M Series A, favors founders with deep conviction.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Experience
- Bain Capital VenturesPartnercurrent2006 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area and Boston
- Harvard Business SchoolExecutive Fellowcurrent2025 — present
- ShopMyBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- FERMÀTBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- ArchiveBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- AttentiveBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- WonderInvestorcurrent2020 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- MiraklBoard Membercurrent2019 — presentGreater Boston
- PersadoBoard Membercurrent2012 — present
- soonaBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Rent The RunwayBoard Observercurrent2009 — present
- mParticleBoard Member2016 — 2025New York City Metropolitan Area
- 4momsBoard Member2011 — 2024Greater Pittsburgh Region
- Flow (Flow Commerce, Inc.)Board Member2017 — 2022
- MediaRadar Inc.Board Member2008 — 2017
- HookLogic, Inc. (Acquired by Criteo in 2016)Board Member2011 — 2016New York City
- Jet.comBoard Member2014 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area
- CQuotientBoard Member2011 — 2014
- TapCommerceBoard Member2013 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- OracleVice-President, Marketing & Science, Oracle Retail2005 — 2006
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolMBA, Business1993 — 1995
- Brown UniversityBA, Engineering & Economics1983 — 1987
Skills & more
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Strategic PartnershipsAnalyticsLeadershipManagementEnterprise SoftwareSaaSInspiring PeopleFrom Scott's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
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Also attended Brown University301
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Shared employers
Also worked at Wonder4
Also worked at soona2
Also worked at Rent The Runway13
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Deals · 10
Fermat CommerceBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Jun 2025 · $45.1M raise
Shop My ShelfBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Jan 2025 · $72.9M raise
Ex QuantaBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Jul 2024 · $8.8M raise
mParticleBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Aug 2022 · $6.4M raise
Attentive MobileBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Jun 2021 · $59M raise
Flow CommerceBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Sep 2018 · $18.8M raise
Thorley IndustriesBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Sep 2016 · $15M raise
Semantic MachinesBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Dec 2015 · $12.4M raise
Jet.com, Inc.Board seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Feb 2015 · $119.5M raise
Rent the RunwayBoard seat
via Bain Capital Ventures · filed Jan 2015 · $60M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Bain Capital Ventures
Network1
Investors connected to Scott in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.


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