Scott Maxwell
Senior Managing Director at OpenView Venture Partners
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Senior Managing Director at OpenView Venture Partners
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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OpenView Venture PartnersI founded OpenView Venture Partners to fill a critical gap in the venture capital landscape. At the time, most VCs focused exclusively on early-stage startups or large growth equity deals, leaving expansion-stage B2B software companies—those generating between $1-50M in revenue—underserved. These companies had proven product-market fit but needed strategic go-to-market support to scale effectively, and no dedicated firm existed to meet their unique needs. To build OpenView from this insight, I raised our first $100M fund and assembled a differentiated team by recruiting three operating partners with deep B2B SaaS expertise. Together, we developed a comprehensive expansion-stage playbook that focused specifically on helping portfolio companies optimize their go-to-market strategies during this critical growth phase. We successfully deployed the fund across 12 companies and achieved a 3.2x return. More significantly, OpenView became the category-defining firm for expansion-stage B2B SaaS investing, validating the market need we identified. The strategy's success influenced the broader venture capital ecosystem, with several other VCs subsequently launching similar expansion-stage investment programs modeled after our approach.
Work history
Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Athena Alliance
Skytap
VersionOne (now Digital.ai)
Exinda Networks
OpenView Venture Partners
University of California, Davis
Barracuda
ExactTarget
Mashery
Adobe Workfront
Central Desktop
Acronis
eEye Digital Security
Acorn Systems
Finaccess México
Reality Digital
ScriptLogic (part of Quest Software)
Insight Partners
Imceda Software
Aelita Software
Putnam Investments
Lehman Brothers
McKinsey & Company
JAN 2018 - PRESENT · 8.8 years
External Advisory Board Member
JAN 2018 - PRESENT · 8.8 years
SEP 2017 - PRESENT · 9.1 years
Director
SEP 2017 - PRESENT · 9.1 years
MAR 2011 - PRESENT · 15.6 years
Director
MAR 2011 - PRESENT · 15.6 years
JAN 2007 - PRESENT · 19.8 years
Director
JAN 2007 - PRESENT · 19.8 years
JAN 2007 - PRESENT · 19.8 years
Director
JAN 2007 - PRESENT · 19.8 years
SEP 2006 - PRESENT · 20.1 years
Senior Managing Director
SEP 2006 - PRESENT · 20.1 years
OpenView Venture Partners is a venture capital firm focused on helping technology companies turn their visions into reality. Scott Maxwell partners with management teams, boards, and investors to help build great companies.
JUL 2013 - APR 2016 · 2.8 years
Trustee
JUL 2013 - APR 2016 · 2.8 years
JAN 2007 - NOV 2013 · 6.9 years
Director
JAN 2007 - NOV 2013 · 6.9 years
JAN 2004 - JUL 2013 · 9.6 years
Director
JAN 2004 - JUL 2013 · 9.6 years
Exact Target IPOed in 2012 and was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2013
MAY 2011 - JUN 2013 · 2.2 years
Director
MAY 2011 - JUN 2013 · 2.2 years
Mashery is an API management company and was purchased by Intel
JAN 2007 - DEC 2010 · 4 years
Director
JAN 2007 - DEC 2010 · 4 years
JAN 2008 - JAN 2010 · 2.1 years
Director
JAN 2008 - JAN 2010 · 2.1 years
JAN 2004 - JAN 2010 · 6.1 years
Director
JAN 2004 - JAN 2010 · 6.1 years
JAN 2002 - JAN 2010 · 8.1 years
Director
JAN 2002 - JAN 2010 · 8.1 years
JAN 2001 - JAN 2010 · 9.1 years
Directory
JAN 2001 - JAN 2010 · 9.1 years
JAN 2001 - JAN 2010 · 9.1 years
Director
JAN 2001 - JAN 2010 · 9.1 years
JAN 2008 - JAN 2009 · 1.1 years
Director
JAN 2008 - JAN 2009 · 1.1 years
JAN 2003 - JAN 2007 · 4.1 years
Director
JAN 2003 - JAN 2007 · 4.1 years
JAN 2000 - JAN 2006 · 6.1 years
Managing Director
JAN 2000 - JAN 2006 · 6.1 years
JAN 2004 - JAN 2005 · 1.1 years
Director
JAN 2004 - JAN 2005 · 1.1 years
JAN 2001 - JAN 2003 · 2.1 years
Director
JAN 2001 - JAN 2003 · 2.1 years
JAN 1997 - JAN 2000 · 3.1 years
Managing Director
JAN 1997 - JAN 2000 · 3.1 years
JAN 1994 - JAN 1997 · 3.1 years
Senior Vice President
JAN 1994 - JAN 1997 · 3.1 years
JAN 1990 - JAN 1994 · 4.1 years
Associate
JAN 1990 - JAN 1994 · 4.1 years
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