Scott Nelson

Permute is an end-to-end data platform that helps executives, sales leaders, and financial professionals get the most out of AI agents.

Density Ventures / Density Collective is an invite-only founder ecosystem and high-density hub in Chicago that convenes top startup builders, including YC and Sequoia/Accel-backed founders, and high-growth ventures. It offers dedicated workspace, peer-driven mentorship, collaborative problem solving, and curated access to funding and strategic networks to accelerate early-stage startup success. If you are a founder / startup in Chicago looking for an amazing place to work and increase your odds of success, please reach out!

Scout Space pioneers autonomous orbital sensing and decision-making systems that embed advanced optical payloads, real-time perception algorithms, and cross-orbit intelligence software into spacecraft. Their technologies enable dynamic Space Domain Awareness, in-orbit autonomy, collision avoidance, and actionable space operations data, driving resilient, next-generation satellite functionality across contested, congested orbital environments. In my role as COO, I helped scale the company from early-stage R&D to operational execution by building high-performance teams, instituting processes, forging strategic partnerships, and driving execution across engineering, operations, and commercial functions.

Developed and managed full-stack trading and operational software for $100bn AUM currency management business from design & architecture, requirements management, CI/CD pipeline development, QA, to final production delivery of system and ongoing support. Main languages: C#, Node / JS, SQL