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JIM MCLEAN

Investor

Founder at Silicon Valley Data Capital

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Jim McLean has more than 20 years of venture capital experience investing in early-stage enterprise technology. He founded Silicon Valley Data Capital and co-founded Silicon Valley Data Science, 365 Data Centers, and SiteSmith. Earlier in his career he held venture roles at Crosslink Capital, 3i Ventures, ComVentures, Bedrock Capital Partners, Highland Capital, and Accel Partners, and worked in industry at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, L.M. Ericsson, and Network Equipment Technologies. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and an S.B. in Engineering Sciences from Harvard University.

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Invests in

Enterprise Software

Experience

  1. Silicon Valley Data CapitalPartnercurrent2014 — presentMenlo Park, CA
  2. Ayla NetworksMember Board of Directorscurrent2012 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. 365 Data CentersMember Board of Directorscurrent2012 — present
  4. Silicon Valley Data ScienceMember Board of Directors2013 — 2018
  5. Crosslink CapitalVenture Partner2010 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
  6. 3i GroupPartner2006 — 2008

Education

  1. Harvard University
  2. University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Business Administration (MBA)

Skills & more

Venture Capital26Private Equity9Start-ups25Corporate Development9Entrepreneurship5MergersStrategic Partnerships18Angel Investing2Mergers & Acquisitions8Due Diligence2Valuation2Financial Modeling2
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Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,231

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia CapitalChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzSarah TavelVenture Partner at BenchmarkDanny RimerPartner at Index VenturesLaela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGRyan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 1,225 more

Also attended University of California, Berkeley987

Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Ayla Networks5

Ankur SaxenaInvestment Director at TDK VenturesAnshul AgarwalPartner at LG Technology VenturesThomas OhPartner at Arrowroot CapitalPhillip ChangVenture Advisor at AI FundAmit ChaturvedyGlobal Head & Managing Partner at SE Ventures

Also worked at 365 Data Centers1

Jillian SitkaDirector of Human Resources at Cross Creek Advisors

Also worked at Silicon Valley Data Science2

JIM SIMSInvestor at Silicon Valley Data CapitalSANJAY MATHURInvestor at Silicon Valley Data Capital

Also worked at Crosslink Capital32

Alexander NiehenkePartner at Scale Venture PartnersBrandon AlexanderEntrepreneur In Residence at Crosslink CapitalEric ChinPartner and Alpha Founder at Crosslink CapitalAlexis ElfendDirector of Alpha at Crosslink CapitalAshley BatemanVP of Finance at Crosslink CapitalJulia Gonzalez SandersPartner and General Counsel at Crosslink Capital

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Investments

Led

AhuraAlantecArbinetAuroraBoston Communications GroupFabrikNew Oak CommunicationsNewCityOpSourcePolycomSiteSmithSonus NetworksUUNetV-Bits

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Silicon Valley Data Capital

ARI QAYUMI
Investor at Silicon Valley Data Capital
JIM SIMS
Investor at Silicon Valley Data Capital
LARA DRUYAN
Investor at Silicon Valley Data Capital
SANJAY MATHUR
Investor at Silicon Valley Data Capital
TOM KIPPOLA
Investor at Silicon Valley Data Capital