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
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Current Investing Position
Race Capital Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $7.0M
Sweet Spot
$2.0M
Investments On Record
21
Current Fund Size
$80M

Chris McCann is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Chris McCann's Investments On Record (20)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Openlayer
Series AMay 2025$15M
$20M
Co-investors: Astasia Myers (Felicis Ventures), Julian Roeoes (Picus Capital), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Jonathan Swanson, Guillermo Rauch, Max Mullen, Mike Krieger, Gokul Rajaram, Oliver Cameron
PlayAI
SeedNov 2024$21M
$24M
Co-investors: Amjad Masad, Dharmesh Shah, Amr Awadallah
Opsin
SeedJun 2024$7M
$7M
Co-investors: Cindy Bi (CapitalX), Alfred Chuang (Race Capital)
Vectara
SeedMay 2023$29M
$100M
Co-investors: Alfred Chuang (Race Capital), Pegah Ebrahimi (FPV Fund), 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: Aaron Jacobson (New Enterprise Associates (NEA)), Ramnik Arora (FTX Ventures), Quentin Clark (General Catalyst)
Ottr Finance
Pre SeedOct 2022$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Kamal Ravikant (Evolve VC)
Headquarters
Pre SeedSep 2022$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Carlos Jo Loo (MassMutual Ventures), Jon Russell (Crypto.com Capital)

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