About
Scott Russell’s 25 year career has been in information technology, first as a senior manager of technology for some of the world’s largest financial institutions and later as an investor in technology startups. For the last 11 years Scott has been a general partner with venture capital firms: Diamondhead Ventures and Mobius Venture Capital. During his tenure as a venture capitalist, Scott has helped manage funds totaling over 2 billion dollars and invest in over 150 technology companies. In 1996, Scott co-founded Mobius Venture Capital (formerly known as SOFTBANK Technology Ventures), where he focused on software, financial services and Internet opportunities. Scott and his partners invested in and helped build many well known successful startups including: Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO), E*Trade (ET), Verisign (VRSN), E-Loan (EELN), Geocities (sold to Yahoo!), Buy.com (BUYX), UTStarcom (UTSI), Supportsoft (SPRT), 1800Flowers.com (FLWS), Art Technology Group (ARTG), Postini (sold to Google)
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 13 investors at Carnegie Mellon University are tracked.
- • 10 investors hold the Member of the Advisory Board role in VCSift. Scott Russell is one of them.
- • 308 investors are based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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- Location
- Pittsburgh, US
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