Where does Kip McClanahan work?

Kip McClanahan is General Partner at Silverton Entrepreneurs and Board director at Enveedo and Board director at Life by Spot and Board director at Fetch.

What check size does Kip McClanahan write?

Kip McClanahan typically writes checks of $6M – $7M.

What boards does Kip McClanahan sit on?

Kip McClanahan holds tracked board seats at Enveedo, Fetch, It's Skinny, Inc., Life by Spot, NeighborFavor, Ojo Labs, Pingboard, Spycloud.

Where did Kip McClanahan go to school?

Kip McClanahan studied at The University of Texas at Austin (BSEE, Electrical Engineering); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

Kip McClanahan

Investor

General Partner at Silverton Entrepreneurs · General Partner at Silverton Partners · Board director at Enveedo · Board director at Life by Spot · Board director at Fetch

Austin, Texas

Writes $6M – $7M checks · typically $6.5M

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About

Kip McClanahan has over 30 years of experience across IT security, networking, media communications, and software, serving as CEO and board member for both public and private companies. He founded or led companies including BroadJump, TippingPoint, and NetSpeed, and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

kmcclanahan@silvertonpartners.com

Board director at Enveedo

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Enveedo's investors · 3

Runtime VenturesArlington · $250K – $2M checks · since 2023 Service Provider CapitalVail · since 2023 Silverton PartnersAustin · $200K – $2M checks · since 2023

Board director at Life by Spot

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Life by Spot's investors · 1

Silverton PartnersAustin · $200K – $2M checks · since 2022

Board director at Fetch

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Fetch's investors · 19

Alpaca VCNew York · $500K – $1.3M checks Archer Venture CapitalLos Angeles · since 2022 BYU Cougar CapitalProvo Cadron Capital PartnersConway DST GlobalGeorge Town, Grand Cayman · since 2022 Frame VCSalt Lake City · since 2020 GaingelsNew York · $200K – $500K checks · since 2022 GreycroftNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2022 Hamilton LaneConshohocken · since 2022 HeadlineSan Francisco · $1M – $50M checks · since 2022 ICONIQ GrowthSan Francisco · since 2022 Iron Gate CapitalDenver · since 2020 Pando VenturesWiesbaden · since 2020 Rose Park AdvisorsBoston Signal Peak VenturesSalt Lake City · $250K – $5M checks · since 2020 Silverton PartnersAustin · $200K – $2M checks · since 2022 SoftBank GroupTokyo Tech WildcattersDallas · since 2016 YieldstreetNew York · $25K checks · since 2022

Co-founders at Fetch

Michael PattonFounder

Experience

Silverton PartnersGeneral Partnercurrent2009 — presentAustin, Texas Metropolitan Area
PershingOwnercurrent2014 — presentEast Austin
KLRU-TVBoard Membercurrent2009 — present
SpareFootBoard Member2009 — 2018
WP EngineBoard Member2009 — 2018Austin, Texas
3ComPresident, Security Division2005 — 2006
TippingPointCEO2003 — 2005
MotivePresident2003 — 2004
BroadJumpCEO1998 — 2002
NetSpeeddirector1996 — 1998
Motorola SPSSoftware Engineer1993 — 1996
Thomas Conrad CorpSenior Developer1989 — 1993
Dellone-of-everything1985 — 1988

Skills & more

EntrepreneurshipEnterprise Software96Go-to-market Strategy66Venture Capital62Start-ups98SaaS27Cloud Computing22Business Strategy38Sarcasm10Not Suffering Fools8Yelling5Analytics3

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AquisitionBusiness Development

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Deals · 5

It's Skinny, Inc.Board seat

via Silverton Partners · filed Jun 2024 · $7.5M raise

Life by SpotBoard seat

via Silverton Partners · filed Oct 2022 · $27.1M raise

PingboardBoard seat

via Silverton Partners · filed May 2018 · $5M raise

Ojo LabsBoard seat

via Silverton Partners · filed Jan 2016 · $5.9M raise

NeighborFavorBoard seat

via Silverton Partners · filed Mar 2015 · $12.9M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Other disclosed investments

Board seats

Enveedo Fetch Spycloud

Investor

ControlTheoryCoppereggEnveedoFavor DeliveryFetch GembahihijiNarrativeDxNuveOutbound EnginePrism.fmPureWRX Sparefoot SpycloudStackengineStepOneWorkleap PingboardWP Engine

Sources: SEC Form D filings · curated public sources.

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Colleagues at Silverton Entrepreneurs

Michael J. Dodd

General Partner at Silverton Entrepreneurs

Morgan Flager

Managing Partner at Silverton Partners

Network1

Dan GrahamScout

Co-Founder | General Partner at Springdale Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kip McClanahan?: Kip McClanahan has over 30 years of experience across IT security, networking, media communications, and software, serving as CEO and board member for both public and private companies. He founded or led companies including BroadJump, TippingPoint, and NetSpeed, and holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas.
Where does Kip McClanahan work?: Kip McClanahan is General Partner at Silverton Entrepreneurs and Board director at Enveedo and Board director at Life by Spot and Board director at Fetch.
What check size does Kip McClanahan write?: Kip McClanahan typically writes checks of $6M – $7M.
What boards does Kip McClanahan sit on?: Kip McClanahan holds tracked board seats at Enveedo, Fetch, It's Skinny, Inc., Life by Spot, NeighborFavor, Ojo Labs, Pingboard, Spycloud.
What companies has Kip McClanahan invested in?: Investments tracked here include ControlTheory, Copperegg, Enveedo, Favor Delivery, Fetch, Gembah, ihiji, NarrativeDx, Nuve, Outbound Engine, Prism.fm, PureWRX, and 6 more.
Where did Kip McClanahan go to school?: Kip McClanahan studied at The University of Texas at Austin (BSEE, Electrical Engineering); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).