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Tommy McClung

Founder

Founder at Release · Founder/CEO at CarWoo

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

FoundedCarWoo · YCRelease · YC

About

Tommy McClung is the co-founder and CEO of Release, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch. His background includes work in Ruby on Rails, C/C++ programming, embedded management systems, technical sales, venture fundraising, and people management.

Founder at ReleaseYC W20

Intro paths

YC

Tommy went through Y Combinator (Winter 2020) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Tommy can intro founders to Release's investors below.

Release's investors · 2

CRV (Charles River Ventures)Bay Area · $250K – $5M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2020

Co-founders at Release

DGDavid Giffin
David GiffinFounder
ELErik Landerholm
Erik LanderholmFounder

Founder/CEO at CarWooYC S09

Intro paths

YC

Tommy went through Y Combinator (Summer 2009) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Tommy can intro founders to CarWoo's investors below.

CarWoo's investors · 1

Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2009

Co-founders at CarWoo

MYMichael Young
Michael YoungFounder/Software Engineer
ELErik Landerholm
Erik LanderholmFounder

Experience

  1. ReleaseCEO/Co-foundercurrent2019 — presentTEDquarters
  2. TrueCar, Inc.Chief Technology & Product Officer2018 — 2019Santa Monica, California
  3. TrueCar, Inc.Chief Technology Officer2015 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
  4. TrueCar, Inc.SVP Technology and Development2015 — 2019
  5. TrueCar, Inc.VP Product Development2014 — 2019San Francisco
  6. CarWoo!CEO2009 — 2014
  7. IMSafer, Inc.VP Engineering, Founder2006 — 2008
  8. uXcomm, Inc.Sr. Solutions Architect2005 — 2006
  9. RLX TechnologiesSales and Marketing Engineer2002 — 2005
  10. RLX TechnologiesFirmware Engineer - Team Lead2001 — 2002
  11. Oresis CommunicationsFirmware Engineer2000 — 2001

Skills & more

Leadership38Management44Team Management14Automotive15CEOs4Product Development32Product Management11Programming10Start-ups18User Experience4Sales27

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Tommy McClung?
Tommy McClung is the co-founder and CEO of Release, a company that participated in Y Combinator's Winter 2020 batch. His background includes work in Ruby on Rails, C/C++ programming, embedded management systems, technical sales, venture fundraising, and people management.
Where does Tommy McClung work?
Tommy McClung is Founder/CEO of CarWoo and Founder at Release.
What companies did Tommy McClung found?
Tommy McClung founded CarWoo, Release.
Where did Tommy McClung go to school?
Tommy McClung studied at Y Combinator; Oregon State University (BS, Computer Engineering).

Founder mafias

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Oregon State University mafia19

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CarWoo mafia2

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Same school

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Shared employers

Also worked at Release1

Erik LanderholmFounder at Release

Also worked at TrueCar, Inc.15

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Also worked at CarWoo!2

David J. BlumbergFounder and Managing Partner of Blumberg CapitalErik LanderholmFounder at Release

Also worked at RLX Technologies1

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