Ignition Partners, an early-stage business software venture capital firm, has appointed Scott Coleman as a business development partner in the firm’s new Los Altos office.
Coleman will identify technical and go-to-market opportunities, as well as drive strategic partnerships for the firm’s portfolio companies by leveraging his technology, start-ups, financial and business development background.
Coleman joins Ignition from Microsoft where he led Startup Growth Partners. In this role, he worked with a wide range of technology companies from early to growth stage to solve technical and go-to-market challenges, served as a conduit for the emerging tech community into and across Microsoft, and built partnerships with leading venture capital firms globally. Coleman’s team also ran seven Microsoft Accelerators globally that produced over 500 graduates that cumulatively raised nearly USD2 billion of venture funding.
“Having worked with Scott as a partner for many years, we know first-hand that his technical and business background, as well as his ability to help start-ups scale, are a great fit with our hands-on philosophy in working with our portfolio companies. We are thrilled to add Scott and this capability to the Ignition team,” says Nick Sturiale, managing partner, Ignition Partners.
Prior to Microsoft Startup Growth Partners, Coleman led the technology innovation portfolio team as a senior vice president at Bank of America where he worked with the venture community and their portfolio companies to find innovative solutions to the bank’s most pressing technology needs.
Before Bank of America, he led technology business development at Morgan Stanley where he focused on IT strategy, and partnering with banking, equities, and venture capitalists to drive Morgan Stanley's technology platform.
“I am thrilled to join the great team at Ignition, and have long admired its model of creating powerful partnerships to ignite great companies, and to help outstanding entrepreneurs build the world’s greatest technology companies,” says Coleman.