Bradley C. Harrison

Bradley C. Harrison is the Founder and Managing Partner at Scout Ventures [1]. Scout Ventures operates within the venture capital and investment sector, with Harrison holding leadership responsibility for the firm's strategic direction and management [1].

Insights & ideas

Bradley Harrison focuses Scout Ventures on what he calls "hard to access founders," entrepreneurs emerging from the military, the intelligence community, and leading research institutions and national labs, arguing that these founders are systematically overlooked by mainstream venture capital [1]. He emphasizes dual-use technology, products with both government and commercial applications, as Scout's core investment thesis [1]. A recurring theme in his thinking is the underappreciated scale of government innovation funding, noting that the U.S. government, not Silicon Valley, has been the largest investor in innovation since World War II, citing programs like the Army's roughly 3.3 billion dollar grant budget and the Endless Frontier Act's 110 billion dollars in support [1]. He describes Scout's "secret sauce" as tapping non-dilutive government grants, capital that is neither debt nor equity but functions like revenue, to help entrepreneurs build companies without diluting ownership [1]. He frames Scout's mission as using capital and operational experience to help smart entrepreneurs build companies that make the world "a better, safer place" [1].

Experience

1. 
   Founder, Managing Partner

   Scout VenturesMay 2009 to Present
2. Member

   The Explorers ClubNov 2023 to Present
3. President, AOG West Point Entrepreneurship SIG

   United States Military Academy at West PointDec 2025 to Present
4. Founder, Managing Partner

   BHVSep 2006 to May 2009
5. Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Distribution

   WhenU.comJun 2004 to Sep 2006
6. Director, Media Strategy and Development

   America Online (AOL)Jun 2002 to Jun 2004
7. Founder & Managing Director

   Gladiator GroupMay 2001 to Jun 2002
8. Captain

   U. S. ArmyMay 1994 to May 1999

Education

• MIT Sloan School of Management · MBA, New Product and Venture DevelopmentAug 1999 - May 2001
• United States Military Academy at West Point · BS, Theoretical Economics1990 - 1994

Media & appearances

• 541st 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast with Bradley Harrison, Scout ...

  Bradley Harrison, founder and managing partner of Scout Ventures, discusses his background as an entrepreneur, his experience at West Point, MIT, America Online, and a contextual advertising company. He explains Scout Ventures' focus on supporting 'hard to access founders' from the military, intelligence community, and research institutions, and describes their unique approach leveraging non-dilutive government funding for dual-use technology companies.

• VC10X - Engineering liquidity in Deeptech - Brad Harrison, Founder, Scout VenturesVC10X - Investing, Venture Capital, Asset Management, Family Office, Wealth Management · Jan 27, 2026

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