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Brian McClendon(62)

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Venture Partner at UP.Partners
up.partnersLawrence, Kansas
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8 Investors

Connected to Mike Maples (Floodgate), Ann Miura Ko (Floodgate), John Lilly (Greylock), and 5 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
UP.Partners Venture Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
16

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Brian McClendon's Investments On Record (15)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Array Labs
SeedSep 2022$5M
$11M
Co-investors: John Dauer (Helium-3 Ventures), David Hendrickson (Helium-3 Ventures), Lewis Jones (Seraphim Space), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Guillaume ANCEL (KHOCEL INVEST), Trevor Blackwell
beans.ai
SeedOct 2021$17M
$17M
Co-investors: Amit Singhal (SmartStart Fund), Manik Gupta (Uber)
Teleo
SeedMar 2020
$28M
Co-investors: Adam Grosser (UP.Partners), Manik Gupta (Uber), Kyle Vogt (Cruise Automation, Inc.), Trevor Blackwell
uMake
Series ADec 2015$5M
SeedSep 2015$700K
$5.7M
Co-investors: Chris Sang (CP Ventures), Ed Roman (Hack VC), John Malloy (BlueRun Ventures), Noam Bardin (Stealth Company (Noam Bardin)), Panos Papadopoulos (Marathon Venture Capital)
Klarismo
SeedSep 2015$250K
$250K
Co-investors: David Lee (SV Angel), Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), David Lee (SLVC), Daniel Waterhouse (Balderton Capital)
MODE
SeedNov 2014$780K
$13M
Co-investors: Om Malik (True Ventures), Corey Reese, Othman Laraki
Camio
SeedFeb 2014$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Marissa Mayer
Shyp
SeedSep 2013$2M
$62M
Co-investors: Aaron Batalion (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Dan Rose (Coatue), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Hunter Walk (Homebrew), Daymond John (Fubu), Sterling Witzke (Winklevoss Capital), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), David Marcus (Lightspark), Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC), Pascal Levy-Garboua (Checkr, Inc.), Tim Ferriss (Angel investor), Scott Belsky (capitalB), Lee Linden (Quiet Capital), Shervin Pishevar (Craft Ventures), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins), David Spector (ThirdLove), Joshua Schachter, Osama Bedier, Shri Ganeshram, Kintan Brahmbhatt

Brian McClendon's Experience

Candidate Kansas Secretary of State 2018 Kansas2018 - Present
Research Professor The University of Kansas2017 - Present
Engineering Manager SGIPresent
Engineering Director Grower Service CorporationPresent
Technology/Business Advisor Grower Service CorporationPresent
Angel Investor Free State ForgePresent
Engineering VP, COO Grower Service CorporationPresent
Board Member Grower Service CorporationPresent
Board Member KeyholePresent
Board Member GET IT MobilePresent
Technology Advisory Council Grower Service CorporationPresent
Candidate Kansas Secretary of State 2018 Grower Service CorporationPresent
Advisor Niantic, Inc.Present
Taught Startup School 2020 & 2022 @ University of Kansas The University of KansasPresent
Board Member The BeaconPresent
Board Member AinsteinPresent
Board Member Enriched AgPresent
Senior Vice President Of Engineering Niantic, Inc.Present
Chief Technology Officer Niantic Spatial, Inc.Present
Founder, Board Member KSVotes.orgPresent
Venture Partner UP.PartnersPresent
Pedicab Driver Boston PedicabPresent
Consumer Marketing & Product Management - GE Lighting GEPresent
Consumer Marketing & Product Management - GE Lighting General ElectricPresent
General Manager Coaster Pedicab dba Boston PedicabPresent
Apple Store Leadership Program ApplePresent
Manager, Spain NSO (Zaragoza) ApplePresent
Manager, London Flagship (Covent Garden) ApplePresent
Manager, Operations and Logistics UberPresent
UK GTM Director, Uber for Business UberPresent
Uber for Business UberPresent
Business Development Leader, Uber for Business UberPresent
Business Development DrChrono by EverHealthPresent
Business Development DrChronoPresent
Revolutionizing Healthcare DrChronoPresent
Vice President of Business Development Coaster CyclesPresent
Vice President Of Business Development Coaster CyclesPresent
VP of Sales & Solutions Coaster CyclesPresent
Director New Business Development One Mnet HealthPresent
Director New Business Development One Medical PassportPresent
Director - Strategy and Partnerships GopuffPresent
Strategy and Partnerships GopuffPresent
GTM Director at GoCardless North America GoCardlessPresent
Director Payments & Partnerships at GoCardless North America GoCardlessPresent
Adjunct Professor The University of Kansas2016 - 2017
VP of Maps and Business Platform Uber2015 - 2017
VP Engineering Google2004 - 2015
Engineering VP Keyhole2003 - 2004
Engineering VP, COO Intrinsic Graphics1998 - 2003
Engineering Director @Home Network1996 - 1998
Engineering Manager Silicon Graphics1988 - 1996
Software Engineer Intergraph1986 - 1988

Brian McClendon's Education

The University of Kansas BS Electrical Engineering
The University of Kansas Doctor of Science Electrical and Computer Engineering