Scott Austin
Managing Director
Scott Austin is a Managing Director at Vista Point Advisors, where he has built his M&A advisory career since joining the firm as an Associate in 2013. With more than 13 years at Vista Point and leading over 25 closed transactions, Scott has become one of the firm's longest-tenured advisors, helping founders execute transactions across a broad range of software and technology verticals with private equity firms, PE-backed strategic acquirers, and publicly traded companies alike.
In 2025, Scott helped open Vista Point's New York office and serves as the firm's senior presence on the East Coast.
Prior to joining Vista Point Advisors, Scott worked as a Trader at Capital Asset Exchange and on the trading desks at Nomura Securities. Scott holds a B.S. in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University, where he played lacrosse.
Sell-side Transactions
- An undisclosed sale to Alpine SG
- The sale of Roofle to SalesRabbit (Diversis Capital)
- The sale of Book Creator to Kami (BV Investment Partners)
- An undisclosed sale to Anacapa Partners
- The sale of Bulbshare to SMG (Brentwood Associates)
- The sale of ATR to Oakline
- An undisclosed sale to GSM Outdoors
- An undisclosed sale to Charlesbank Capital Partners
- The sale of ContentKeeper to Impero Software
- The majority recapitalization of Nepris by Providence Strategic Growth
- The minority recapitalization of Zenwork by Spectrum Equity
- The majority recapitalization of Softdocs by Ridgemont Equity
- The sale of Therigy to Comprehensive Pharmacy Services
- The sale of zyBooks to Wiley
- An undisclosed sale to Vacation Brands (GSV)
- The sale of test IO to EPAM Systems
- The majority recapitalization of BizLibrary by Primus Capital
- The sale of TelTech to IAC
- The minority recapitalization of Opus 2 by Rothschild Merchant Bank
- The sale of LawRoom to EverFi (NEA)
- The sale of Bowman Systems to Mediware (Thoma Bravo)
- The sale of Synrevoice to West
- The sale of SuperSalon Software to Basswood Capital