Investing Profile

Chris McCann

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Founding Partner at Race Capital
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Current Investing Position
Race Capital Partner
Investment Range
$2.0M - $8.0M
Sweet Spot
$5.0M
Investments On Record
22
Current Fund Size
$80M

Chris McCann is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Chris McCann's Investments On Record (18)

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)), J.R. Smith (Evolution Equity Partners), Taro Fukuyama (SmartHR, Inc.), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Wally Wang (Scale Asia Ventures), Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), 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), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Jonathan Swanson (Thumbtack), Max Mullen, Guillermo Rauch, Mike Krieger, Oliver Cameron
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: Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC)
Groq
Series DAug 2024$640M
$2.4B
Co-investors: Tripp Jones (Uncork Capital), Sandhya Venkatachalam (Khosla Ventures), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Antony Dsouza (DNV), Ana Levine (E1 Ventures), Trang Nguyen (Transpose platform), Bernard Moon (SparkLabs Global Ventures), Nicolas Sauvage (TDK Ventures), Anji ISMAIL (Leonis Capital), Matthew Shang (Prosperity7 Ventures), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital LP), Peter Bordes (Trajectory Ventures), George Godula (Life Biosciences), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Chris Sklarin (Castor Ventures), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures)
Vectara
Series AJul 2024$25M
SeedMay 2023$29M
$54M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), DJ Patil (‎GreatPoint Ventures), Pegah Ebrahimi (FPV Ventures), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Matt Devost (ARK Investment Management LLC), Jeff Hammerbacher, Jacob Kerzner, Charles Zedlewski, Stewart Butterfield
Clerk AI
SeedJan 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Alex Zhuravlev (Mento vc), Alexander 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 BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Lead Seed Investor Clerk AIPresent
Co-Founder Robyn FrankelPresent
Operations Intern ysn.comPresent
Entrepreneur in Residence ysn.comPresent
Co-Founder ysn.comPresent
Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizer ysn.comPresent
Operations Intern Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
Entrepreneur in Residence Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizer Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
Co-Founder Newcastle Dive CenterPresent
Lead Seed Investor PlayAIPresent
Operations Intern NewCoPresent
Entrepreneur in Residence NewCoPresent
Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizer NewCoPresent
Co-Founder NewCoPresent
Lead Seed Investor HyperDXPresent
Lead Seed Investor Opaque SystemsPresent
Lead Seed Investor AirMDR, Inc.Present
Grant Writing Assistant John Tracy CenterPresent
Operations Intern Top-PatentsPresent
VP Fundraising, Project Manager Enactus United StatesPresent
Director of the Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)Present
Entrepreneur in Residence Top-PatentsPresent
Business Relationship Associate Plug and Play Tech CenterPresent
Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizer Top-PatentsPresent
Co-Founder Top-PatentsPresent
TEDx Silicon Valley TED ConferencesPresent
Advisor StartX.Present
Advisor StartXPresent
Advisor Singularity UniversityPresent
Lead Seed Investor SematicPresent
Lead Seed Investor Airtrain AIPresent
Co-Founder Techstars Startup DigestPresent
Seed Investor Solana LabsPresent
Seed Investor IrysPresent
Lead Seed Investor ShinamiPresent
Community Lead GreylockPresent
Lead Seed Investor Clerk ChatPresent
Seed Investor KadoPresent
Lead Seed Investor Hedge LabsPresent
Seed Investor Bundlr NetworkPresent
Lead Pre-Seed Investor Ottr Finance Inc.Present
Lead Pre-Seed Investor MartianPresent
Lead Pre-Seed & Seed Investor NotifiPresent
Seed Investor Lightning LabsPresent
Lead Pre-Seed Investor UmamiPresent
Lead Seed Investor Sematic (YC S22)Present
Seed Investor Opaque SystemsPresent
Lead Seed Investor ScarfPresent
Lead Pre-Seed Investor ZeetPresent
Lead Seed Investor GoodNotesPresent
Lead Seed Investor PLAYPresent
Investor GroqPresent
Lead Seed Investor VectaraPresent
Seed Investor SolanaPresent
Investor DatabricksPresent
Partner Race CapitalPresent
Seed Investor SkyPilotPresent
Kauffman Fellows - Class 30 Kauffman FellowsPresent
Lead Pre-Seed & Seed Investor OpsinPresent
Lead Series A Investor OpenlayerPresent
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