Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed

Scott Weiss is a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Formerly, he was co-founder and CEO of IronPort Systems, which was acquired by Cisco in 2007. While at Cisco, Weiss was the vice president and general manager of the Security Technology Group. Previously, he was also a managing director and entrepreneur-in-residence at IdeaLab, where he met

IronPort co-founder Scott Banister. Prior to IdeaLab, Weiss was employee no. 13 at Hotmail and was responsible for all partnership and revenue generating business development efforts. After Hotmail's acquisition by Microsoft, Weiss led a business development team within the MSN division. Before joining Hotmail, Weiss was a consultant at McKinsey & Company. He also worked at EDS for five years.

Weiss holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Florida. He blogs at http://scott.a16z.com.

Number of Investments 1
Scott Weiss invested in PhoneTell on May 24, 2010. This investment - Angel Round - PhoneTell - was valued at
$1M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
May 24, 2010
PhoneTell
Angel Round - PhoneTell
$1M
Number of Past Jobs 7
Scott Weiss has had 7 past jobs including Consultant at McKinsey & Company.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
McKinsey & Company
Consultant
Idealab
Managing Director and Entrepreneur-in-Residence
Andreessen Horowitz
General PartnerMar 2011
Cisco
VP, Security Technology
Hotmail
Team Member
IronPort Systems
Co-Founder, CEO
EDS (Electronic Data Systems)
Team Member
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 1
Scott Weiss holds 6 board and advisor roles including Board of Directors at ToutApp, Board Member at Distelli, and Board of Directors at Quirky.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Lyft
Board MemberMay 23, 2013
Number of Events 3
Scott Weiss has participated in 3 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, SXSW 2015 on Mar 13, 2015.