Unreasonable Mentors

Jason Scott

Founder & Managing Partner, Five Two Five

Jason is an Unreasonable Mentor.
Jason Scott is the Founding General Partner at Five Two Five, a globally-focused, early-stage venture fund. Prior to launching Five Two Five, Jason was a Partner at ANIM and led Google's startup developer ecosystem, and has been responsible for launching and running startup programs for Google worldwide, including Google's Accelerators for Black-led, women-led and climate-focused companies. Jason is also a co-founder of the Black Angel Group, XA Network Africa, and Net Zero Angels.
Finishing an undergraduate degree at MIT in Biological Sciences with a minor in Science, Technology and Society (STS), Jason got his professional start in management consulting at Arthur D. Little. After ADL, Jason moved from Boston to San Francisco to join the YC-backed startup - Homejoy - and subsequently went on to pursue an MBA from Stanford GSB.  During and after GSB, Jason worked independently with a number of startups, eventually joining the investment team at Highland Capital Partners. He has also served as a scout investor for Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Today, in addition to his role leading Five Two Five and his various angel collectives, Jason remains an active Google for Startups partner, Techstars Investor-in-Residence, and startup / angel investor advisor.