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Draft:Jason Alexander Scott

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Jason Alexander Scott is the Founding General Partner at Five Two Five, a global-focused, early-stage venture fund. Jason is also a guest judge on the television program, Unicorn Hunters.

Prior to launching Five Two Five, Jason was a Founding Partner at ANIM and led Google's startup developer ecosystem, and has been responsible for launching and running startup programs for Google worldwide, including Google's Accelerators for Black-led, women-led and climate-focused companies. Jason is also a co-founder of the Black Angel Group, XA Network | Africa, and Net Zero Angels.

Finishing an undergraduate degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Biological Sciences with a minor in Science, Technology and Society (STS), Jason got his professional start in management consulting at Arthur D. Little. After ADL, Jason moved from Boston to San Francisco to join the YC-backed startup - Homejoy - and subsequently went on to pursue an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. During and after GSB, Jason worked independently with a number of startups, eventually joining the investment team at Highland Capital Partners. He has also served as a scout investor for Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Today, in addition to his role leading Five Two Five, Unicorn Hunters, and his various angel collectives, Jason remains an active Google for Startups advisor, Techstars Investor-in-Residence, and startup / angel investor advisor.

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