Scott Sobel, Co-founder & Managing Partner of Valor Capital Group, the pioneer cross border venture fund bridging the U.S., Brazil, and Latin America technology markets, was part of the founding team of the pioneer Internet Telephony company Net2Phone; Scott helped take the company from a piece of software that was first to bridge the PC and the Public Switch Telephony Network to acquiring millions of users, generating over $200M in revenue, an IPO (1999) and the strategic sale of the company to AT&T for $1.4 Billion (2000). Scott went on to hold executive positions in Symbol Technologies working with the Mobile Computing and Wireless Divisions and NCR Corporation based in Singapore responsible for Corporate Development and later the P&L for the Financial Line of Business in the Emerging Markets. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University.
Scott has primarily lived and worked in the emerging markets (China, India, and Brazil) for the past decade, is a passionate surfer, and practices Jiu Jitsu.