Introducing The First Cohort Of Seedscout Auto Intro Users
Guaranteed Network Expansion? Yes Please!
Seedscout is powered by two forces: Intro requests and auto intros. Intro requests can be sent to anyone else on the platform. They are double opt in, so one user can send an intro request to another user, and as long as that user “accepts” the intro request, both users are automatically introduced. This is a concept called a double opt in introduction. which is a standard way a lot of people operate in Silicon Valley, NYC, etc.
Auto intros, on the other hand, are something that we at the Seedscout team just made up out of thin air. Auto intros essentially mean a user on Seedscout can trigger an introduction to another user, and the introduction happens automatically. No double opt in necessary.
This isn’t possible for every user though; this can only be used on auto intro enabled users. If someone has auto intros ON, then they are fair game to trigger an intro to. Of course, each auto intro user has a capacity of meetings they’re able to have every month so they aren’t overwhelmed or pushed past their agreed commitment. All of this is codified into the Seedscout platform.
We’ve been running the auto intro program for over a year and made the decision we want to highlight our current auto intro users for the world to see. Some of these names you’ll recognize. Some you won’t. But I promise you there will be someone you see that you wish you had an auto intro to. Well, if you sign up for Seedscout, you’ll be able to meet them. With that, let’s get into the first cohort of auto intro users.
Seedscout Auto Intro Users: Cohort One
Tal Shmueli - Founder/CEO of Stacked
Thomas White - Head of Research at Stonks, prolific writer
Amari Smothers - Business Transformation at LinkedIn
Roland Chow - Managing Partner at Optura Advisors, Inc.
Zak Slayback - Partner at 1517 Fund
Daniel Kriozere - Partner at Climate Capital and Climate Ecosystem Builder
Gus Domel - Investor at BoostVC
Olga Duka - Cofounder/GP at Improve Ventures
Jacob Schonberger - Cofounder/CEO of Swapstack
Christian Edler - Sequoia Scout and investor
Craig Zelizer - Founder/CEO of PCDN and Conflict Resolution Faculty Fellow & Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University
Tom Dorwart - Managing Partner of Omaha Phoenix
Marc Schwartzberg - Head of Venture at Mattered, Angel Investor
Zehra Naqvi - Head of Founder Community at Republic
Francis Santora - Angel Investor
Todd Miller - Cofounder of ReferralCloud
Kristen Anderson - Cofounder/CEO of Catch
Michael Vega-Sanz - Cofounder/President of Lula
Kenny Tucker - Former VP at PlandGrid and Proxy, now angel investor
Lisa Russell - Co-founder/CEO of Aleria
Andrew Gluck - GP at IrrvrntVC
David Meng - Cofounder/CEO of Khyron Technologies Inc.
Alex Park - Co-Chairman at Start @ Shea, Fellow at True Ventures
Ileana Gonzalez - Head of Growth at Local Away, Formerly Techstars Anywhere
Dave Goldblatt - Formerly at Facebook for a decade, now GP at Vibe Capital
Maxwell Bregman - Founder of BreatheEV, formerly of Culdesac
David Barron - Global VP of Sales at Hubspot
Anna Fuller - Founder/CEO at Halo
Taylor Oliver - Venture Partner at Tenacity Ventures
Divya Shakti - Managing Director of Re-Innovatus Ventures
Jonathan Chang - Startup Engagement Team at Brex
Dane Patterson - Partner at Goodwin
Andrew Jernigan - Cofounder/CEO of Insured Nomads
Randy Holloway - Director of Infrastructure Modernization at Google and angel investor
Seth Sivak - VP of Development at World of Warcraft
Bethany Stachenfeld - Cofounder/CEO of Sendspark
Each of these auto intro users have a unified belief that the startup world should be more open, inclusive, and accessible. That’s what binds us all. In addition, they are strong in skillset, diverse in background, and ready to help YOU. If you want an intro to any of these people, sign up for Seedscout and use your auto intro on them. And yes, of course you could add every one of them on LinkedIn and try to get a meeting without using Seedscout. But at some point, you need to evaluate what your time is worth and what’s going to move the needle in your career and what’s not going to. Onward to network expansion!