Investing Profile

Dave McClure(1265)

InvestorVCFounder
Founder: Practical Venture Capital, 500 Startups
linkedin.com/in/davemcclureSan Francisco, California
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156 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), and 153 other investors on Signal.

Networks Dave is a member of
Stanford University Network
89 CONNECTIONS
500 Startups Network
78 CONNECTIONS
500 Startups Network
78 CONNECTIONS
The Johns Hopkins University Network
48 CONNECTIONS
PayPal Network
32 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Practical Venture Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$10K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
93

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Dave McClure's Investments On Record (74)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Exits.me
Pre SeedJul 2023$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Aman Verjee (Practical Venture Capital)
Terraformation
Equity CrowdfundingSep 2021$5M
$40M
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Max Altman (Saga), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Eric Kwan (Locus Ventures), Ryan Merket, Marc Benioff, Sam Altman, Sahil Lavingia
Ezra AI
Series ADec 2019$18M
SeedNov 2018$4M
$43M
Co-investors: Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Ryan Moore (Accomplice VC), Fred Destin (Stride VC), Sarah Downey (Accomplice), Ben Barokas, Esther Dyson, Anne Wojcicki, Andrei Dunca
Tribal
SeedJul 2019$1M
$96M
Co-investors: Lauren (Connolley) Morton (QED Investors), Ben Orthlieb (2.12 Angels)
Goldbelly
Series BOct 2018$20M
Series AMar 2017$10M
SeedSep 2013$3M
$130M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Michael Arrington (CrunchFund), Daniel Curran (Curran Rosschou Venture Capital), Christine Herron
Zeuss Technologies
SeedApr 2018
Co-investors: David Chao (DCM), Kevin Lin
Movia
SeedMar 2018
Price.com
Convertible NoteNov 2016$2M
$14M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), Keith Nilsson (Visionaire Ventures), Charles Seely (Hoxton Ventures), Ricky Caplin (Aurora Forge), Richard Socher (AIX Ventures), Noah Beck (Animal Capital), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Michael Vaughan (Vera Equity), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Kevin Hartz (A* Capital (A Star Capital)), Mike Edelhart (Social Starts), Baron Davis, Bryce Hall, Griffin Johnson

most interested in

Later stage investments

Dave McClure's Experience

Investor / Owner AUDL2020 - Present
Founder, Managing Partner Practical Venture Capital2019 - Present
Investor .2004 - Present
Founder, Managing Partner 500 Startups2010 - 2017
Founding Partner 500 Startups2010 - 2017
Investment Manager Founders Fund2008 - 2010
Venture Capitalist Founders Fund2008 - 2010
Conference Chair O'Reilly Media2006 - 2008
Angel Investor / Advisor 500 Hats2004 - 2008
Visiting Lecturer Stanford University2007 - 2007
Director Marketing Simply Hired2005 - 2006
Director Marketing PayPal2001 - 2004
Founder/CEO Aslan Computing1994 - 1999
Software Developer consultant for Intel, MSFT, others1989 - 1994

Dave McClure's Education

The Johns Hopkins University BS Engineering Applied Mathematics, Computer Science.