
We Help Founders Scale Opportunities
ScOp stands for Scalable Opportunities. You’ve worked hard to solve an essential problem with your early customers—now it is time to scale. We bring capital and insightful advice to help you take your company to the next level—up and to the right.
Where We Invest
We invest in early-stage software companies. We look for Scalable Opportunities (ScOps) that have proven product-market fit—our team partners for the long run, and we build lasting relationships with ambitious founders.
What We’re Looking for
We want companies that efficiently fill a fundamental consumer or business need. Cool technology just doesn't cut it—your product has to solve a real problem. We seek management teams that are smart, competitive, and aggressive. We want to find people who love what they do and need to make a profound impact.
Recent Thoughts
I became convinced back in 1995 that the Internet would be transformative: providing access to the world’s information from anywhere, free of charge. That was a very compelling value proposition. People rushed to develop content for the exploding user base. Our company, DoubleClick, helped to monetize those sites through advertising, now a $700 billion industry. Over the following years, the Internet expanded from a relatively small number of sites to millions of sites and billions of pages. It took Google to bring order to our world, and that order made them the gatekeepers.
Authenticity in education and academic honesty are paramount to a robust learning environment. The rise of AI poses a significant set of challenges for educators seeking to preserve honesty and integrity in the classroom. At the same time, AI tools for education allow students to gain experience with cutting edge technologies changing the world of work. Properly teaching students to use AI in ways that supports their authentic work instead of replacing it is a paramount task facing educators in the 21st century.
Cheating on essays and academic papers has existed for centuries. From plagiarism to Wikipedia, too many students have always found ways to avoid the hard work of writing. But today, a new tool has rapidly become the preferred shortcut: Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok. Hence, the desperate need for AI detectors.
Pangram, the developer of the leading AI detector for written content has added plagiarism detection to their suite of products.
Pearly helps dental practices automate patient billing, accounts receivable (A/R) collection, payment plans, and more.
SmartBarrel: The most accurate time clock in construction.
Powered by biometrics and AI, SmartBarrel completely automates time tracking and guarantees 100% accuracy.
Developed by a team of AI researchers from Stanford, Tesla and Google, Pangram's AI detector tool beats all other detectors in the market. It reliably detects ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and more with a near-zero false positive rate. No more uncertainty when deciding whether something is AI writing or not.
A few weeks ago, we signed a term sheet with Alpha Design, an early-stage company developing AI to assist in the development and testing of digital chips. The company was founded by William Wang, an accomplished professor at UCSB who has led the university’s AI efforts over the past several years.
PromptLayer has built a tool that enables any company to hire domain experts and leverage their experience with zero software development. They offer an entire development workflow, including version control, testing, deployment, and more.
ScOp portfolio company Designalytics is a data-centric platform that empowers brands to drive growth by providing robust insights into package design performance.
We want to use our experience, track record of success, and innovation to help you scale your business.