Daniel Scott, Managing Parnter

Daniel founded Mitchell Street Capital (MSC) to search for, acquire and operate a single great company for the long run.

Prior to founding MSC, Daniel was CEO of San Francisco based bizinsure.com, America’s first end-to-end online marketplace for small business insurance. The company grew exponentially under his leadership and a controlling stake was acquired by bizcover.com in 2016.

Daniel holds a Master’s degree in business from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and lives with his wife Izumi and 2 cats Luli and Kaya in Silicon Valley.

Mitchell Street is the name of the street where Daniel’s grandfather’s business stood in South Africa since 1959. Daniel acquired and operated the business from 2009 to 2014, doubling revenue before ultimately selling the company to a Strategic Investor in order to attend business school at Stanford.

Whilst at Stanford, Daniel studied entrepreneurial acquisition under David Dodson (see advisory board) and Jim Ellis (co-founder of Asurion) and was inspired to embark upon journey to identify, acquire and operate a single great company.

Earlier in his career, Daniel was a public accountant at PwC and an Investment Banker at Barclays Investment Bank.

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