![]() He previously served as a Director of UC Davis Connect. Together with Andrew Hargadon, Lenet co-founded the UC Davis Center for Entrepreneurship and developed curriculum funded by the Kauffman Foundation. He served on the Advisory Board of the Entrepreneurship Center at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, where he was also an Adjunct Professor from 2003 to 2010. Lenet began teaching venture capital and entrepreneurship by guest lecturing at Syracuse University's graduate program in Law, Technology, and Management starting in 1993. Lenet currently serves on the board of directors of BOOM! Studios, a leading independent comic book company, and he also serves as an observer on the boards of directors of Invoy, a connected healthcare diagnostic company, and Gauzy, an Israeli company that makes switchable film for “smart glass” applications. He currently serves on the investment committees of Avery Dennison, Cooperative Ventures, and INX. Touchdown manages the complete lifecycle of a corporation’s venture capital activities, from strategy and formation to investment management.Īt Touchdown, Lenet has led the creation or management of more than fifteen corporate venture capital or strategic investing programs, including 20 th Century Fox, Avery Dennison, Edelman, INX, Kellogg, Macerich, Olympus, Scotts Miracle-Gro, Technicolor, and others. Touchdown partners with leading corporations to launch and manage their venture capital programs. In 2014, Lenet co-founded Touchdown Ventures with David Horowitz and Rich Grant. He also led and currently manages DFJ Frontier’s investment in BOOM! Studios. He has also served on the boards of DigitalPath Networks, BondMart, Dragnet Solutions, GameSalad, SkyGrid, and Super Heat Games. Lenet also led DFJ Frontier’s investment in Synthetic Genomics and served as a board observer of Prolacta Bioscience. He led DFJ Frontier's investments in and served on the boards of AudioMicro (acquired by Zealot Networks), Ninth Decimal (formerly known as Jiwire and sold to InMarket), Netpulse (sold to eGym), Seismic Games (sold to Niantic), MaxPreps (sold to CBS Sports) Lipomics Technologies, (sold to Tethys Bioscience) Delve Networks, (sold to Limelight Networks - Nasdaq:LLNW) World of Good (sold to eBay - Nasdaq:EBAY), and Unsubscribe, (sold to TrustedID). In 2002, Lenet co-founded DFJ Frontier with David Cremin and DFJ. He joined Cybergold as Vice President of Business Development, where he was responsible for startup investments and M&A, and helped manage the sale of the company to MyPoints. He served as the company's Chief Executive Officer and sold the business to Cybergold in 1999. Subsequent to Trilogy, Lenet co-founded, the first cash back rewards program for online shopping. BuyingChain was also awarded Infoworld's Ecommerce Product of the Year for 1999. The enterprise software solution won awards at the 1998 Internet Commerce Expo and the 1999 Spring Internet World. Following business school at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he worked in product marketing at Trilogy Software in Austin, Texas, where he was responsible for launching the electronic commerce procurement product BuyingChain. Lenet helped write the company's S-1 registration statement for its initial public offering. He also worked on the IPO of Catalina (formerly known as Catalina Marketing).īeginning in 1996, Lenet worked for First Virtual Holdings, Inc., one of the first three companies offering internet payment systems. While at Geocapital Partners, he worked on several successful investments including Netcom, an internet service provider which completed an IPO in 1994, and Logic Works, which went public prior to being purchased by Platinum Technology and Computer Associates. Lenet began his venture capital career in 1992 at Geocapital Partners, where he was the first Associate and had responsibilities for fundraising, deal sourcing, and due diligence. He is a co-founder of two venture capital firms: the corporate venture capital firm Touchdown Ventures and the seed stage venture capital firm DFJ Frontier. Scott Harris Lenet is an American venture capitalist and entrepreneur. ![]() Founder and President at Touchdown Venturesįounder and Managing Director, DFJ Frontier (DFJ Frontier) ![]()
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