Investing Profile

Dave McClure(1389)

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Founder, Managing Partner at Practical Venture Capital
linkedin.com/in/davemcclureSan Francisco, California
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166 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), and 163 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Practical Venture Capital Managing Partner
Investment Range
$10K - $500K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
98

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Dave McClure's Investments On Record (82)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Exits.me
Pre SeedJul 2023$1M
$1M
Terraformation
Equity CrowdfundingSep 2021$5M
$40M
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Luigi Bajetti (LombardStreet Ventures), Ryan Merket (Jude AI), Eric Kwan (Locus Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Sahil Lavingia, Sam Altman, Marc Benioff
Ezra AI
Series ADec 2019$18M
SeedNov 2018$4M
$43M
Co-investors: Rick Heitzmann (FirstMark Capital), Anne Wojcicki (23andMe), Esther Dyson (HealthWorldWeb LLC), Sarah Downey (Accomplice), Fred Destin (Atlas Venture), Ryan Moore (betPawa), Ben Barokas, Andrei Dunca
Tribal
SeedJul 2019$1M
$96M
Co-investors: Lauren (Connolley) Morton (QED Investors), Ben Orthlieb (Linkedin)
Goldbelly
Series BOct 2018$20M
Series AMar 2017$10M
SeedSep 2013$3M
$130M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Dan Jones (Jigsaw VC), Michael Arrington (CrunchFund), 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), Keith Nilsson (Xplorer Capital), Charles Seely (QuantrolOx), Richard Socher (AIX Ventures), Jonathan Weiner (Oak HC/FT), Noah Beck (Animal Capital), Griffin Johnson (Animal Capital), Josh Richards (Super Coffee), Michael Vaughan (Vera Equity), Dick Costolo (01 Advisors), Mike Edelhart (Social Starts), Bryce Hall, Baron Davis

most interested in

Later stage investments

Dave McClure's Experience

Investor / Owner AUDL2020 - Present
Founder, Managing Partner Practical Venture Capital2019 - Present
Investor .2004 - Present
Podcast Host [trading places] a very bad VC podcastPresent
Investor / Owner UFAPresent
Founder GeeksOnaPlanePresent
Podcast Host Top-PatentsPresent
Co-Founder 42GeeksPresent
Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Founder/CEO Top-PatentsPresent
Software Developer Top-PatentsPresent
Podcast Host XtreamITPresent
Founder, Managing Partner 500 GlobalPresent
Founder XtreamITPresent
Director Marketing SimplyHiredPresent
Founder/CEO XtreamITPresent
Software Developer XtreamITPresent
Podcast Host Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founder/CEO Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Software Developer Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Founding Partner 500 Startups2010 - 2017
Founder, Managing Partner 500 Startups2010 - 2017
Investment Manager Founders Fund2008 - 2010
Venture Capitalist Founders Fund2008 - 2010
Angel Investor / Advisor 500 Hats2004 - 2008
Conference Chair O'Reilly Media2006 - 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.