Team Members

Geoff Oblak

Geoff Oblak is a Managing Partner at Data Point Capital. Geoff has 25 years of experience as a venture investor. Prior to joining Data Point, Geoff served as a General Partner at Ascent Venture Partners and spent 22 years at the Boston-based firm. At Ascent, Geoff worked with entrepreneurs in newly emerging enterprise technology markets. He led and served on the Board of numerous Ascent investments including Network Intelligence (acquired by EMC), Guardium (acquired by IBM), Fidelis Security (acquired by General Dynamics), Revulytics (acquired by Flexera), Invaluable, Splash, Startapp and Vee24. Prior to Ascent, Geoff served as an Investment Analyst in the Boston office of Norwest Venture Partners, where he researched emerging technology markets and worked on successful investments such as Quadritek Systems (acquired by Lucent) and Nashoba Networks (acquired by Cisco). He began his career in the Audit/Business Advisory division of Arthur Andersen, LLP, where he was concurrently sponsored by the firm in an accelerated MBA program. Geoff received a BA in Economics from Hamilton College, completed the General Course program at the London School of Economics, and received an MBA from Boston University. Geoff holds a CFA Charter, and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Boston Security Analysts Society. He is also a former CPA. Geoff currently lives in Sudbury, MA and volunteers his time working with numerous entrepreneurial advisory groups.

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Mike Majors

Mike Majors is a Managing Partner at Data Point Capital. Mike has spent more than 15 years as a venture investor and has significant operating experience. Most recently, Mike was a Managing Partner at Siemens Venture Capital where he was the founder and head of the $100 million early-stage, Industry of the Future Fund, and head of the later-stage Industry Fund. At Siemens, Mike’s investments included Encelium (acquired by OSRAM), Wurldtech (acquired by GE), Lagoa (acquired by Autodesk), Polarion (acquired by Siemens), CyActive (acquired by PayPal), LogRhythm (acquired by Thoma Bravo), Black Duck (acquired by Synopsys), Electric Cloud, CounterTack, and Digital Guardian. Mike served on the boards of Encelium, LogRhythm, Electric Cloud, Polarion, and CyberFlow. Before joining Siemens Venture Capital, Mike was the CFO of Visible World (acquired by Comcast) as well as the CFO of Indeed (acquired by Recruit). Mike started his venture career at Brand Equity Ventures, a fund focused on software, digital media and consumer Internet opportunities. Mike’s investments at Brand Equity Ventures included Retail Solutions (acquired by VeriSign) and MaxPreps (acquired by CBS). Mike received a B.S.E, summa cum laude, in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and a Ph.D. in Machine Learning and Robotics, supported by a Fulbright scholarship, from Cambridge University.

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Scott Savitz

Scott Savitz is the Founder and Managing Partner of Data Point Capital, an investment firm focused on making technology investments. Scott is a strong advocate of entrepreneurship and innovation, especially where it aims to raise the bar on the consumer experience. Scott is also the founder and former CEO of Shoebuy.com. Scott founded Shoebuy in 1999, and served as its CEO through its sale to IAC. Under his guidance, Shoebuy grew to be one of the largest online retailers in the country, with over 1 million products and $3.5 billion in inventory available for sale, serving over 8 million visitors a month. Between the sale of Shoebuy in 2006 and Scott retiring from the company in 2011, Shoebuy tripled revenues and grew bottom line faster than top-line. Scott serves on the boards of CoachUp, FlexCar, eRetailing Group, Returnalyze and Upshift. Additionally, he is a board observer of Caba and Trifecta. Scott has also previously served as an Advisor or Director for Bluestem Brands (acquired by Capmark Financial Group), Jebbit (acquired by Vista), Olejo Stores (acquired by Mattress Firm), On The Spot Systems, Inc. (acquired by Press Ganey), Paintzen (acquired by PPG), Yieldify (acquired by Publicis) and YourMechanic (acquired by Wrench). He also led the investments in Clypd (acquired by AT&T), ConnectRN, DraftKings (IPO: DKNG), Rent The Runway (IPO: RENT) and Resident (acquired by Ashley) and serves on several committees focused on fostering growth and a more robust economy including the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, Citi Performing Arts Center, and Co-Chair of 12 X 12 and Mass Scale. Scott received a B.A. in English from the University of Colorado and currently resides in Boston, MA. He is a frequent industry speaker and has received numerous awards and accolades including Ernst & Young’s New England Entrepreneur of the Year.

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