OpenScout is Landscape VC’s “scout‑as‑a‑service” marketplace, unveiled in December 2021 and now used by a global community of founders, angels and ecosystem operators. Instead of tying scouts to a single venture firm, the platform lets them share opportunities with a pool of more than 60 subscribing funds. Scouts upload a short memo and deck; interested investors request introductions through the dashboard, triggering transparent tracking of engagement and outcomes. If a deal closes, the VC pays a pre‑agreed success fee—typically £5 k–£10 k, with some funds offering up to £50 k. Landscape automatically deducts a 20 % platform fee and remits the balance to the scout.

At launch, Landscape hand‑picked 30 scouts to seed quality; subsequent cohorts expanded the network toward a first‑year target of 100. Applicants today range from WeWork community managers and accelerator directors to operator‑angels and VC associates. The marketplace averages 75 % pre‑seed and seed deals and increasingly supports follow‑on carry sharing as legal frameworks mature. Scouts build a public track record via on‑site metrics (intros sent, funds raised), helping them parlay activity into jobs or raise micro‑funds of their own.

Funds subscribe on flexible plans that bundle access to the dealfeed with Landscape’s private founder‑review data, giving emerging managers a cost‑effective alternative to running an in‑house scout scheme. For founders, the model removes single‑fund gate‑keeping and surfaces a broader slate of investors in one go. Landscape positions OpenScout as a talent pipeline: by lowering friction on both sides it aims to surface the “top 1 %” of global talent‑spotters—regardless of background—and steer more capital to overlooked geographies and demographics.

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