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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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1,688 people in our graph share verified history with Dave — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

John WangunlockedDave: together at Simply Hired (2005–2006)
×2Dave: together at Simply Hired
Dave: together at Practical Venture Capital
×2Dave: together at O'Reilly Media

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

Skills & more

Strategy99Leadership65SaaS12dad jokesbad punsStartups3Start-ups99Entrepreneurship99Venture Capital99Marketing99Product Development99E-commerce99
+12 moreProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentProduct MarketingWeb AnalyticsMarketing StrategyOnline MarketingWeb DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsSEMDigital MediaBloggingSocial Media

From Dave's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

42FloorsAdstageBaydinBehanceBinpressBizeeBeeBoatboundBreatherBugHerdBuildersCloudCapLinkedCareguideCredit KarmaCultureMapEcoMomERPLYEventVueExits.meEzra AIFarmeronFlywireFormative LabsGeekatooGengoGoldbellyGraphiclyGreentoeHappyCoHeadoutHipsterIMRSVKissmetricsLife360LookSharpLyftMakeLeapsMakerBot IndustriesMasheryMattermarkMill River LabsMintMobagelMocavoMogotixMoonFruitMoviaMyGolaNuzzelOnefortyOneTrueFanOtherInboxPartenderPostlingPrestoPrice.comReadyForZeroRiskpulseRolepointShareaholicSimpleHoneySimply HiredSlideshareSocial TablesSpotHeroStormpulseTech.euTerraformationToutappTribalTuckernuckTwilioVersusVidcasterViralGainsViroolVULCUNWander (f. YongoPal)WePayWHILLWildfireWomplyZappli (Acquired by Shopzilla)Zeuss Technologies

Per curated public sources.

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

Network7

Andrei DuncaScout
Angel
Esther DysonScout
Founder of Wellville; chairman of EDventure Holdings
Rick HeitzmannScout
Founder and Partner at FirstMark Capital
Adeo Ressi
Partner at Founder Capital
Aman Verjee
General Partner at Practical Venture Capital
Fred Destin
Founder at Stride VC
Susan Akbarpour
Managing Partner at Candou Ventures

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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dave McClure?
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.
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.
What companies has Dave McClure invested in?
Investments tracked here include 42Floors, Adstage, Baydin, Behance, Binpress, BizeeBee, Boatbound, Breather, BugHerd, BuildersCloud, CapLinked, Careguide, and 71 more.
Where did Dave McClure go to school?
Dave McClure studied at The Johns Hopkins University (BS Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science.).

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