# Tyler Fair

> Tyler Fair is the co-founder and former CEO of Sourcescrub, a private-company intelligence and deal-sourcing platform. His earlier work at Harvey & Company and Serent Capital informed the business, which he built with childhood friend Prescott Nasser. He moved out of the CEO role in 2023; Sourcescrub was acquired by Datasite in August 2025.

- **Role:** Co-founder at Sourcescrub
- **Organizations:** Sourcescrub, Serent Capital, Harvey & Company
- **Education:** University of Arizona
- **Known for:** Co-founded Sourcescrub to address gaps in research on founder-owned private companies., Built a business whose early customers included his former employers., Led Sourcescrub through its initial bootstrapped years and subsequent growth investments.

## Career timeline

- **2007** — Graduated from the University of Arizona; began his career at Harvey & Company.
- **2011-2014** — Worked in business development at Serent Capital.
- **2014** — Developed the research operation that preceded Sourcescrub while at Serent Capital.
- **2015** — Sourcescrub began with Fair and childhood friend Prescott Nasser as co-founders.
- **2019** — Sourcescrub announced growth equity backing from Mainsail Partners on November 6.
- **2021** — Sourcescrub announced a strategic growth investment from Francisco Partners on September 28.
- **2023** — Jim Obsitnik was named CEO on January 18; Fair and Nasser were announced as continuing board members and significant equity holders.
- **2025** — Appeared in Sourcescrub’s ten-year-anniversary customer conversations; Datasite announced its acquisition of Sourcescrub on August 8.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Sourcescrub to address gaps in research on founder-owned private companies.
- Built a business whose early customers included his former employers.
- Led Sourcescrub through its initial bootstrapped years and subsequent growth investments.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Datasite announced its acquisition of Sourcescrub and plans to integrate its data and capabilities into Grata.
- **2025-03** — Sourcescrub published a ten-year-anniversary conversation pairing Fair with Sean Kelly of Insignia Capital Group.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-fair-63a3657/

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Last updated: 2026-10-25