Chris McCann

Partner · Race Capital · Palo Alto, United States

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Founding Partner at Race Capital

Stages: Pre-seed, Series A, Seed
Sectors: AI
Cheque size: €1.8M–€7.4M
Location: Palo Alto, United States
Freshness: Verified today
Fund size: $80M

Notable investments

AirMDRSeed · $11M · 2025
Unbound SecuritySeed · $4M · 2025
OpenlayerSeries A · $15M · 2025
PlayAISeed · $21M · 2024
OpsinSeed · $7M · 2024
GroqSeries D · $640M · 2024
VectaraSeries A · $25M · 2024
Clerk AISeed · $7M · 2024

Frequently co-invests with

Alfred ChuangRace Capital4×Yuri Sagalov101002×Alex ZhuravlevMento vcAlexander ZhuravlevAmjad MasadAmr AwadallahAna LevineE1 VenturesAnji ISMAILLeonis CapitalAntony DsouzaAstasia MyersFelicis VenturesBernard MoonSparkLabs Global VenturesBradley HorowitzGoogle Ventures

Background

Founding PartnerRace Capital2019–present
Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizerysn.com
Co-Founderysn.com
Entrepreneur in Residenceysn.com
Operations Internysn.com
Lead Series A InvestorOpenlayer
Lead Pre-Seed & Seed InvestorOpsin
Kauffman Fellows - Class 30Kauffman Fellows
Seed InvestorSkyPilot
PartnerRace Capital
InvestorDatabricks
Seed InvestorSolana
Lead Seed InvestorVectara
InvestorGroq
Lead Seed InvestorPLAY
Lead Seed InvestorGoodNotes
Lead Pre-Seed InvestorZeet
Lead Seed InvestorScarf
Seed InvestorOpaque Systems
Lead Seed InvestorSematic (YC S22)
Lead Pre-Seed InvestorUmami
Seed InvestorLightning Labs
Lead Pre-Seed & Seed InvestorNotifi
Lead Pre-Seed InvestorMartian
Lead Pre-Seed InvestorOttr Finance Inc.
Seed InvestorBundlr Network
Lead Seed InvestorHedge Labs
Seed InvestorKado
Lead Seed InvestorClerk Chat
Community LeadGreylock
Lead Seed InvestorShinami
Seed InvestorIrys
Seed InvestorSolana Labs
Co-FounderTechstars Startup Digest
Lead Seed InvestorAirtrain AI
Lead Seed InvestorSematic
AdvisorSingularity University
AdvisorStartX
AdvisorStartX.
TEDx Silicon ValleyTED Conferences
Co-FounderTop-Patents
Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 OrganizerTop-Patents
Business Relationship AssociatePlug and Play Tech Center
Entrepreneur in ResidenceTop-Patents
Director of the Ray Scherr Business Plan CompetitionCalifornia Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
VP Fundraising, Project ManagerEnactus United States
Operations InternTop-Patents
Grant Writing AssistantJohn Tracy Center
Lead Seed InvestorAirMDR, Inc.
Lead Seed InvestorOpaque Systems
Lead Seed InvestorHyperDX
Co-FounderNewCo
Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 OrganizerNewCo
Entrepreneur in ResidenceNewCo
Operations InternNewCo
Lead Seed InvestorPlayAI
Co-FounderNewcastle Dive Center
Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 OrganizerNewcastle Dive Center
Entrepreneur in ResidenceNewcastle Dive Center
Operations InternNewcastle Dive Center
Co-FounderRobyn Frankel
Lead Seed InvestorClerk AI
Co-FounderStartupDigest2009–2025
Community LeadGreylock Partners2014–2018
MentorThe Thiel Foundation2012–2015
Founding TeamTEDx Silicon Valley2009–2011
GoaP Tokyo 2009 OrganizerGeeks on a Plane2009–2010