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Cowboy Ventures Scout Program
Cowboy Ventures Scout Program is Cowboy Ventures' scout program offering unique deal sourcing opportunities for technology professionals.
- Application state
- Not currently accepting
Overview
What Cowboy Ventures Scout Program offers
What Cowboy Ventures Scout Program is
Cowboy Ventures Scout Program is a closed-network scout program connected to Cowboy Ventures, a Palo Alto seed-stage VC firm founded in 2012 and focused on software-oriented technology startups. The scout program is not publicly marketed for applications, but multiple current data sources list named Cowboy scouts. Signal lists Donna Boyer, Pooja Brown, James Cross, Ryan Libster, Saira Rahman, and Mike Schierberl as Cowboy scouts or venture scouts, with stages centered around pre-seed, seed, and Series A across consumer internet and enterprise software.
Operational profile
Program status and context
Program status describes the program itself. Application availability and deadlines remain separate.
- Operational status
- Active
- Program type
- Scout Program
- Host organization
- Cowboy Ventures
- Last reviewed
- June 11, 2026
What Scout program means
A scout program is a structured venture-capital program that recruits external people to help a fund discover, refer, evaluate, or sometimes invest in early-stage startups.
Open the glossary entryTerms and economics
Published program terms
- Investment
- $40,000,000
- Price
- Unknown
- Compensation
- Carry Share
Compensation and economics
Public materials do not disclose scout compensation, carry, micro-fund allocation, training, or formal benefits.
Focus and fit
Who the program is for
Program thesis
Cowboy's host thesis is US-based software-oriented seed investing, usually leading or co-leading $1M-$5M seed rounds and writing initial checks generally between $500K and $4M. Scout profiles cluster around consumer internet, enterprise software, SaaS, fintech, health/healthcare, AI, and software infrastructure at pre-seed, seed, and Series A.
Eligibility
Public scout profiles show senior product, engineering, operator, founder, and investor backgrounds, but no official eligibility criteria were found. No public application page was found, so entry appears to be internal-network or invitation based.
Selection approach
No public application, deadline, or open scout recruiting flow was found. The available evidence consists of named scouts on investor directories and individual profiles, implying a closed selection process through Cowboy's network.
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Seed+ · Series A
- Regions
- North AmericaUnited States
- Audience
- Scouts · Founders
- Career stage
- Mid Career · Senior · Executive
Format and cadence
How participation works
- Main location
- Silicon Valley, California, United States
- Engagement
- Part Time
Availability and engagement
Application timing and route
- Application state
- Not currently accepting
- Admissions
- By Invitation
Value and support
What participation may provide
Publicly described support is context, not a guarantee of current delivery or future benefit.
What participants may receive
Verified benefits are affiliation with Cowboy Ventures and visibility as a Cowboy scout on investor discovery platforms, where scout profiles are associated with investment ranges, stage/sector interests, and intro paths for founders and co-investors. Cowboy's broader platform provides context for what scouts can connect founders into: seed-stage capital, founder-first support, recruiting and fundraising help, product and GTM support, customer/advisor introductions, and a community of founders, operators, co-investors, LPs, and friends.
Common questions
Program details at a glance
Cowboy Ventures Scout Program is published in Upseed as a scout program program hosted by Cowboy Ventures. Upseed treats the Program and its host Organization as separate records so each can have its own status and sources.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
June 11, 2026
Known limits
Terms, deadlines, and application states can change. Confirm current details at the published destination before acting. Upseed does not yet classify every Program destination as official.
Upseed is an independent guide. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or the official representative of this program or its host.