Scott Frederick

Scott Frederick is a co-founder and General Partner at Valhalla Partners. He has been an investor and advisor to emerging technology companies since 1994.

Prior to co-founding Valhalla Partners in 2002, Scott was a partner at FBR Technology Venture Partners ("FBRTVP"). Scott joined FBRTVP in 1997 as its second employee, and in doing so played a key role in the creation and management of one of the Mid-Atlantic region's most successful venture capital funds. During Scott's tenure, the FBRTVP funds produced seven IPOs, and FBRTVP I realized returns of approximately nine times invested capital.

Prior to FBRTVP, Scott was a consultant at Dean & Company where he focused on strategy and business model development in the telecommunications and technology industries. Prior to his work at Dean & Company, Scott was a corporate attorney at Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P.

Scott is on the board of Fishbowl, Geomagic, GetWellNetwork, Quick Hit and StatSheet. Previously, he served on the board of RealOps which was acquired by BMC Software (NASDAQ: BMC). Scott has also served as a board observer on a number of successful investments including CareerBuilder (NASDAQ: CBDR, acquired by Tribune Company & Knight Ridder), Call Technologies (acquired by 3com), and LifeMinders (NASDAQ: LFMN, acquired by Cross Media). He is a former Director of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association ("MAVA") and co-founded the Young mid-Atlantic Venture Association ("YAVA"), serving as its first President and Chairman.

Scott received a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School (cum laude) and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Duke University (magna cum laude), where he was an A.B. Duke Scholar.

Scott lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and two children.

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