Scout Program

Fantasy Sports for Early-Stage Investing with real money

freeLaunched Feb 12, 2026

Scout Program is designed to find the world’s best early-stage pickers and give them a public arena to prove it. Each season, 10 scouts receive $100K each to deploy into startups while building their thesis in public. Performance, portfolios, and outcomes are transparent. Scouts publish their theses... See more

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Jeff Morris Jr. 3 months ago

I've been dreaming of building a "Thiel Fellows for Investors" scout program for a long time. The inspiration for the product came from my starting my career as a scout for Index Ventures. In that program, I was lucky to invest along some of the best operators of my generation - people like Dylan Field from Figma.

My fund ended up being a 4x DPI fund within a few years and one of the top performing in my cohort, but everything happened in private, and there was not a great way for me to showcase the success that I was having.

That said, I did spend a ton of time building my investing career during the program. I launched a Chapter One website, developed a firm thesis, and managed my back office meticulously.

This experience was ultimately what launched my career as an investor. As I was looking for roles in venture firms, they took me more seriously, and I was able to actually launch my own firm because I had done all the work to develop the firm during this time period.

I want to offer the best of that experience for the next generation of investors, while also creating more of a support system around the program. We have world-class mentors to help develop your career or "coaches" as we call them:

  • Mamoon Hamid, Partner at Kleiner Perkins
  • Keith Rabois, Managing Director at Khosla Ventures
  • Rebecca Kaden, Managing Partner at Union Square Ventures
  • Kyle Samani, Founder at Multicoin Capital
  • Roger Ehrenberg, Managing Partner at Game Changers
  • Gokul Rajaram, Founding Partner at Marathon
  • Tomasz Tunguz, General Partner at Theory Ventures
  • Ashton Kutcher, General Partner at Sound Ventures
  • Laura Andron, Managing Director at Pathstone
  • Kelli Fontaine, Partner at Cendana Capital

Please share with your friends who might become great investors one day or apply yourself. The ideal fit is likely an operator with a killer network and a boundless curiosity. You are also welcome to apply with teammates if you want to build your Scout Program team with other people you love working with.