Investing Profile

Chris McCann

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Partner at Race Capital
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Networks Chris is a member of
Greylock Partners Network
20 CONNECTIONS
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Network
18 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Race Capital Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $8.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
20
Current Fund Size
$80M

Chris McCann is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Chris McCann's Investments On Record (16)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
AirMDR
SeedJul 2025$11M
$16M
Co-investors: Sid Trivedi (Foundation Capital), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital)
Unbound Security
SeedMay 2025$4M
Pre SeedSep 2024$500K
$25M
Co-investors: Rick Yang (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Taro Fukuyama (Pioneer Fund), Wally Wang (Scale Asia Ventures), Dalton Caldwell (Y Combinator), J.R. Smith (Evolution Equity Partners), Zain Rizavi (Ridge Ventures (Formerly known as IDG Ventures USA))
Openlayer
Series AMay 2025$15M
$20M
Co-investors: Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Immad Akhund, Gokul Rajaram, Jonathan Swanson, Oliver Cameron, Mike Krieger, Guillermo Rauch, Max Mullen
PlayAI
SeedNov 2024$21M
Pre SeedApr 2023$3M
$24M
Co-investors: Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Amr Awadallah, Amjad Masad, Dharmesh Shah
Opsin
SeedOct 2024
SeedJun 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Cindy Bi (CapitalX), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital)
Groq
Series DAug 2024$640M
$1.6B
Co-investors: Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Chris Sklarin (Alumni Ventures ), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Nicolas Sauvage (TDK Ventures), Trang Nguyen (Transpose platform), Bernard Moon (SparkLabs Group), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Axiom Partners), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), George Godula, Sahin Boydas
Vectara
Series AJul 2024$25M
SeedMay 2023$29M
$54M
Co-investors: Matt Devost (OODA Ventures), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Pegah Ebrahimi (FPV Fund), Jacob Kerzner, Charles Zedlewski, Stewart Butterfield, DJ Patil, Jeff Hammerbacher, Bradley Horowitz
Clerk Chat
SeedJan 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Alexander Zhuravlev, Alex Zhuravlev

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

Founding Partner Race Capital2019 - Present
Co-Founder StartupDigest2009 - 2025
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