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
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California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Network
18 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Race Capital Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $7.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
19
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
PlayAI
SeedNov 2024$21M
$24M
Co-investors: Steve Jang (Kindred Ventures), Dharmesh Shah, Amr Awadallah, Amjad Masad
Opsin
SeedJun 2024$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Cindy Bi (CapitalX), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital)
Vectara
SeedMay 2023$29M
$100M
Co-investors: Pegah Ebrahimi (FPV Fund), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Matt Devost (OODA Ventures), Bradley Horowitz, Jacob Kerzner, Charles Zedlewski, Stewart Butterfield, DJ Patil, Jeff Hammerbacher
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), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst), Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA))
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), Joe McCann (Asymmetric), Raj Gokal (Solana Ventures)

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