Investing Profile

Dave McClure(1388)

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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

Dave McClure is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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: Sundeep Ahuja (Climate Capital), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Eric Kwan (Locus Ventures)
Ezra AI
Series ADec 2019$18M
SeedNov 2018$4M
$43M
Co-investors: Esther Dyson (HealthWorldWeb LLC), Ryan Moore (betPawa)
Tribal
SeedJul 2019$1M
$1M
Goldbelly
Series BOct 2018$20M
Series AMar 2017$10M
SeedSep 2013$3M
$33M
Co-investors: Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Michael Arrington (CrunchFund)
Zeuss Technologies
SeedApr 2018
Movia
SeedMar 2018
Price.com
Convertible NoteNov 2016$2M
$4M
Co-investors: Wei Guo (UpHonest Capital), Charles Seely (QuantrolOx)

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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.