Number of Portfolio Companies 2
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Scott Thompson was formerly CEO of Yahoo!. Before taking up this role he served as president of PayPal with overall responsibility for growing the global leader in online payments. Succeeding Rajiv Dutta in 2008, Scott previously served as PayPal's senior vice president and chief technology officer where he oversaw information technology,

product development, and architecture for PayPal.

Prior to PayPal, Scott worked for Inovant, a subsidiary of Visa formed to oversee global technology for the organization. As executive vice president of technology solutions at Inovant, he was responsible for all development, support and maintenance of Visa's global payment system.

Scott was also chief information officer of Barclays Global Investors, where he implemented a new strategic technology platform and global infrastructure. In addition, he has worked with Coopers and Lybrand, delivering information technology solutions to leading financial services clients such as Wells Fargo.

Scott received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Stonehill College. In 2012, Yahoo admitted his earlier claim that he received a computer science degree was false.

Number of Investments 2
Scott Thompson has made 2 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Trolley on Oct 10, 2017, when Trolley raised
CA$1.1M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Oct 10, 2017
Trolley
Yes
Seed Round - Trolley
CA$1.1M
May 31, 2012
Diffbot
Angel Round - Diffbot
$2M
Number of Partner Investments 1
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Investor Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Mar 11, 2015
Zuora
BlackRock
Yes
Series F - Zuora
$115M
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 9
Scott Thompson has 2 current jobs as CEO at Tuition.io and CEO at VirtualBeam. Additionally, Scott Thompson has had 9 past jobs including CEO at ShopRunner.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
ShopRunner
CEOJul 2012Jul 2016
Yahoo
CEO2012May 13, 2012
Yahoo
CEO at YahooJan 2012May 2012
PayPal
PresidentFeb 1, 20052012
Inovant - Visa International
Executive Vice President & CIO19982005
Barclays Global Investors
Managing Director & Global CIO19931998
BlackRock
Managing Director & Global CIO19931998
Coopers & Lybrand
Team Member
PayPal
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 4
Scott Thompson holds 6 board and advisor roles including Director at Radius Intelligence, Board Member at Zebit, and Member of the Board of Directors at Coupa Software.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Plastiq
Board Member20132016
Zuora
DirectorSep 20082012
Kabbage
Member of the Board of Directors
PerkStreet Financial
Member of the Board of Directors
Number of Events 1
Scott Thompson has participated in 1 event, FinovateFall 2017 on Sep 11, 2017.