Sam joined Scale Venture Partners in 2016 and focuses on the firm's early stage investment strategy, LP relations, and community development efforts. His investment aperture includes the next phase of workplace productivity tools, physical intelligence (including robotics), vertical software, and other frontier technologies. While at Scale, Sam has been involved with the following deals: ⎼ CyberGRX (acq by ProcessUnity) - Series C*⎼ Demandbase - Series B*⎼ Dusty Robotics - Series B*⎼ Expel - Series B⎼ Lever - Series B*⎼ Locus Robotics - Series B*⎼ Namely - Series D⎼ Narvar - Series C⎼ PerimeterX (now Human Security) - Series C*⎼ Plus One Robotics - Series C*⎼ Proxy (acq by Oura) - Series B*⎼ Socure - Series C*⎼ Soft Robotics - Series B*[*Board Observer]Prior to joining Scale, Sam was a Growth Manager at Tilt (acquired by Airbnb) where he was responsible for scaling the company's user acquisition and retention programs. Beforehand, he worked for Box (NYSE: BOX) on the company's SMB Sales and Strategic Planning & Analysis teams, concentrating on business development and go-to-market initiatives. Sam began his career at Permal Capital Management (now Glouston Capital Partners), a Boston-based investment firm focused on private equity and venture capital secondaries.Sam holds a B.A. from Brown University. He is a committed endurance athlete, having completed seventeen (17) marathons (including all six world majors) and qualifying for Boston on twelve (12) occasions.