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Scott Friedman
Investor at Room40
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Scott Friedman is a Crypto, Fintech, and Software Investor at Room40 Ventures in the New York City Metropolitan Area. With a background in investment banking and private equity, he has successfully invested in companies like NeXtGen Biologics at the seed stage and has expertise in deal screening and financial analysis.
Scott's career highlights include his role as a Venture Partner at Red Beard Ventures and his experience as a Director at PCS Wireless, demonstrating his strong track record in investment and strategic decision-making within the tech and finance sectors.
Work Experience
Investor
2022 - Current
Room40 is a crossover investment firm focused on digital assets. Our dedicated strategies for private and public crypto markets enable us to fully serve the next wave of builders across every stage of growth. Room40 Ventures partners with best-in-class founders leveraging crypto, whether they are building protocols or scaling companies powered by blockchain.
Room40 Ventures partners with founders catalyzing the next wave of web3 adoption across defi, infrastructure, and web3 commerce
Venture Partner
2022 - 2022
Web 3/Crypto VC
Redbeard Ventures builds, invests, and advises startups across web 3.0 and crypto.
Raised $25,000,000.00 from John Crain, Animoca Brands, Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon.
Director
2019 - 2022
Built a Secure Mobility Solutions business unit
Investment Banking
2017 - 2019
Marlin & Associates is a boutique investment banking firm focused on providing highly strategic, transaction-related services in the financial technology, software, data and analytics sectors.
Associate
2016 - 2017
- Assist corporations, institutional investors and family offices seeking to gain greater exposure to early stage companies on the forefront of financial services innovation for strategic partnerships and investments - Work alongside fintech CEO’s and their teams to help build product strategy and development, operational strategy, business development and technology enhancements
Founding Member, Led Research and Business Development (Acquired by Helix Edge)
2016 - 2017
As a founding member, my responsibilities spread across all parts of building the company, from data/tech to business development: - Collaborate with leading fintechs, financial institutions and VC’s to track, analyze, and digest what financial innovation is reshaping the financial landscape and provide actionable insights for our community and clients - Scout innovative startups from all verticals of fintech, by leveraging our network, attending events, filtering through inbounds, and researching insight for The FR for its “Company of Note” section - Work with corporate partners and sponsors to organize events ranging from intimate CEO dinner gatherings to conferences in excess of 150 people to focus on specific topics within innovation effecting their organizations
The Financial Revolutionist is a fintech blog that provides insightful and differentiated commentary in a weekly email newsletter.
Consultant
2014 - 2016
Deloitte Tax is an advisory firm that provides tax preparation and advisory services.
Business Consultant
2013 - 2014
Collaborate with business owners in the Broome County area to stabilize and provide valuable and effective marketing, financial and operational consulting by identifying weaknesses and competitive threats to implore new strategies to obtain a competitive edge in the market; Initially analyze the company’s level of success in order to adapt the aim of the marketing campaigns to ideal target markets by utilizing the access to student body on campus.
Enactus is an experiential learning platform dedicated to creating the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and social innovators.
Private Equity Intern
2013 - 2013
Forest Hills Capital Management is a lower middle market private equity firm in New York.
Excelsior Wealth Management Intern
2012 - 2012
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2011 - 2014