Chris Callahan, president and co-founder of Startup Palm Beach, has joined Scout Ventures as Venture Partner based in South Florida. Chris will be focused on connecting with entrepreneurial talent, generating deal flow and engaging investors across Florida.
“Chris’s deep connections within the entrepreneur and investor communities make him the perfect fit to lead our efforts in South Florida,” said Brad Harrison, managing partner of Scout Ventures.
Callahan will remain active in Startup Palm Beach, leveraging the organization’s workshops, events and mentoring efforts to engage entrepreneurs and generate deal flow for Scout Ventures. In addition, Callahan will regularly host meetings for South Florida based investors in order to help raise capital for Scout Ventures Fund III, its latest fund. “The firm’s goal of working with smart and scrappy entrepreneurs who are disrupting established business models and creating products that matter aligns perfectly with the trajectory of the startup ecosystem across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties,” Callahan said.
New York-based Scout Ventures opened its office in Miami in the fall of 2014 and made investments in local companies Rokk3r Labs, LiveNinja and Fitting Room Social in early 2015. To learn more about Scout Ventures, visit www.scoutventures.com.