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Dave McClure

Investor

Managing Partner at Practical Venture Capital

San Francisco, California

Writes $10K – $500K checks · typically $25K

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About

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor for over 25 years who has backed hundreds of startups including 10+ IPOs and 40+ unicorns. He founded PVC in 2019 after being founding partner of 500 Startups.

Experience

  1. Practical Venture CapitalFounder, Managing Partnercurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. trading places VC podcastPodcast Hostcurrent2025 — presentSilicon Valley
  3. 42GeeksCo-Foundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. UFAInvestor / Ownercurrent2020 — presentUnited States
  5. 500 StartupsFounder, Managing Partner2010 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  6. GeeksOnaPlaneFounder2009 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  7. Founders FundVenture Capitalist2008 — 2010San Francisco Bay Area
  8. 500 HatsAngel Investor / Advisor2004 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
  9. O'Reilly MediaConference Chair2006 — 2008San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Stanford UniversityVisiting Lecturer2007
  11. Simply HiredDirector Marketing2005 — 2006
  12. PayPalDirector Marketing2001 — 2004
  13. Aslan ComputingFounder/CEO1994 — 1999
  14. consultant for Intel, MSFT, othersSoftware Developer1989 — 1994San Francisco Bay Area

Education

  1. The Johns Hopkins UniversityBS Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science.1982 — 1988

Skills & more

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From Dave's professional profile.

Colleagues at Practical Venture Capital

Aman Verjee
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
Amber Fehrenbacher
Director of Marketing at Practical Venture Capital
Dug Song
Founder, Duo Security at Decibel Partners
Hagi Schwartz
LP Advisory Board at Fusion VC
Karin Tenenboim
Latam Partner at Practical Venture Capital
Robert Goldberg
Advisor at Practical Venture Capital

Network6

Esther DysonScout
Investor at Blue Tulip Ventures
Rick HeitzmannScout
Founder and Partner at FirstMark Capital
Adeo Ressi
Partner at Founder Capital
Aman Verjee
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
Fred Destin
Investor at Atlas Venture
Susan Akbarpour
Managing Partner at Candou Ventures

Investors connected to Dave in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Dave McClure work?
Dave McClure is Managing Partner at Practical Venture Capital.
What check size does Dave McClure write?
Dave McClure typically writes checks of $10K – $500K.

Same school

Also attended The Johns Hopkins University245

Wes NicholsPartner at March Capital PartnersDemi ObayomiPrincipal at Sapphire VenturesJun JeonInvestor at Khosla VenturesNicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla VenturesElena VibochManaging Director at General CatalystScott RubinVenture Partner at Lux Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at UFA1

Philip PerrySenior Software Engineer at Kamma

Also worked at 500 Startups134

Kaz TeradaVenture Advisor at Monta Vista CapitalChristal NgAssociate at Golden Gate VenturesDemi ObayomiPrincipal at Sapphire VenturesGbenga AjayiPartner, Head of Africa and Middle East at QED InvestorsJustin LedbetterChief Operating Officer, Marlan Space at Cortado VenturesJessica KohSenior Executive Director, Investment at Vertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.

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Also worked at Founders Fund36

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesBrian SingermanCo-founder of GPx; Partner Emeritus at Founders FundTrae StephensPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of AndurilDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaCyan BanisterCo-founder & General Partner at Long Journey Ventures

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Also worked at Stanford University650

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanEngineer, founder, angel investor, author of The Network State, and founder of Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures

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