Scott Button

Scott is a Managing Director and heads the firm’s technology practice. He focuses on investments in engineering and physical sciences, software, energy technology and medical devices. Scott has over twelve years of venture capital experience and six years of operating experience. He created the Venture Igniter program, an entrepreneur-in-residence strategy designed to create technology start-ups out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Scott serves on the Boards of Directors for Soft Switching Technologies, NeuWave Medical and Silatronix and is an observer for Virent Energy Systems, Pattern Insight and Alfalight. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Virent Energy Systems and was an observer for Intersymbol Technologies (acquired by FNSR), NewMonics (acquired by Aonix) and Corona Optical Systems (acquired by EMKR).