Investing Profile

Chris McCann

InvestorVCAngelFounder
Partner at Race Capital
race.capital/team/chris-mccan...Palo Alto, California
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Networks Chris is a member of
Greylock Partners Network
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Network
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Current Investing Position
Race Capital Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $7.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
17
Current Fund Size
$80M

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Chris McCann's Investments On Record (16)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Vectara
SeedMay 2023$29M
$58M
Co-investors: Bernard Moon (SparkLabs Group), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), DJ Patil, Jeff Hammerbacher, Bradley Horowitz, Charles Zedlewski, Stewart Butterfield
Notifi
SeedNov 2022$10M
SeedNov 2022$10M
$22M
Co-investors: Baek Kim (Hashed)
Martian
Pre SeedOct 2022$3M
$12M
Co-investors: Ramnik Arora (FTX Ventures), Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst)
Ottr Finance
Pre SeedOct 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC)
Headquarters
Pre SeedSep 2022$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Jon Russell (Crypto.com Capital), Carlos Jo Loo (MassMutual Ventures)
Delta One
SeedApr 2022$9M
$9M
Co-investors: Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures), Joe McCann (Asymmetric)
Kado
SeedMar 2022$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Baek Kim (Hashed)
Aleph.im
Series UnknownJan 2022$10M
$10M
Co-investors: Rennick Palley (Stratos Technologies), Owen Simonin

most interested in

We generally invest in infrastructure level software focused on the enterprise including: developer tools, data infrastructure, ai infrastructure, vertical SaaS, automation, security, open source, etc.

not interested in

We are generally not interested in consumer, gaming, or more application driven companies.

Chris McCann's Experience

Co-Founder StartupDigest2009 - Present
Community Lead Greylock Partners2014 - 2018
Mentor The Thiel Foundation2012 - 2015
Founding Team TEDx Silicon Valley2009 - 2011
GoaP Tokyo 2009 Organizer Geeks on a Plane2009 - 2010

Chris McCann's Education

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo