Scott Brady

Partner at Innovation Endeavors · Joined 2010

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Biography

Scott Brady is a partner at Innovation Endeavors, which he started in 2010 with Eric Schmidt, Dror Berman and Rick Scanlon; the firm's own team page lists him as a Founding Partner. Before venture capital he co-founded four technology companies, serving as CEO and co-founder of Slice and of FiberTower and as co-founder and chief technology officer of Clarus Corporation and SQL Financials. He serves on the boards of Aro Homes, Third Wave Automation, Afresh, Skylo, Trunk Tools and Machina Labs. He is also a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he earned a master's degree in management.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Machina LabsAro HomesTrunk ToolsSkyloThird Wave AutomationAfresh

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2010
Started Innovation Endeavors with Eric Schmidt, Dror Berman and Rick Scanlon.
2021
Invested in Machina Labs at its Series A.
2022
Co-authored Innovation Endeavors' announcement of its incubation of and investment in Aro Homes, which launched in November with a $21 million Series A led by the firm.
2023
Authored Innovation Endeavors' announcement of its investment in Trunk Tools, which launched in July with $9.9 million in seed funding.
2026
Joined the board of directors of Machina Labs in January.

Sources & References

Innovation Endeavors - Scott Brady ↗Stanford Graduate School of Business - Scott J. Brady ↗Machina Labs - Machina Labs Welcomes Scott Brady to Its Board of Directors ↗Innovation Endeavors - Reimagining residential construction: our incubation and investment in Aro Homes ↗Innovation Endeavors - Aligning incentives in construction: our investment in Trunk Tools ↗Skylo - The Most Important Investment I Ever Made (by Scott Brady) ↗TechCrunch - Innovation Endeavors closes $630M for Fund V ↗