Chris McCann Location
Palo Alto, United States
Chris McCann Work
- 2019–nowFounding Partner @ Race Capital
- Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizer @ ysn.com
- Co-Founder @ ysn.com
- Entrepreneur in Residence @ ysn.com
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- Operations Intern @ ysn.com
- Lead Series A Investor @ Openlayer
- Lead Pre-Seed & Seed Investor @ Opsin
- Kauffman Fellows - Class 30 @ Kauffman Fellows
- Seed Investor @ SkyPilot
- Partner @ Race Capital
- Investor @ Databricks
- Seed Investor @ Solana
- Lead Seed Investor @ Vectara
- Investor @ Groq
- Lead Seed Investor @ PLAY
- Lead Seed Investor @ GoodNotes
- Lead Pre-Seed Investor @ Zeet
- Lead Seed Investor @ Scarf
- Seed Investor @ Opaque Systems
- Lead Seed Investor @ Sematic (YC S22)
- Lead Pre-Seed Investor @ Umami
- Seed Investor @ Lightning Labs
- Lead Pre-Seed & Seed Investor @ Notifi
- Lead Pre-Seed Investor @ Martian
- Lead Pre-Seed Investor @ Ottr Finance Inc.
- Seed Investor @ Bundlr Network
- Lead Seed Investor @ Hedge Labs
- Seed Investor @ Kado
- Lead Seed Investor @ Clerk Chat
- Community Lead @ Greylock
- Lead Seed Investor @ Shinami
- Seed Investor @ Irys
- Seed Investor @ Solana Labs
- Co-Founder @ Techstars Startup Digest
- Lead Seed Investor @ Airtrain AI
- Lead Seed Investor @ Sematic
- Advisor @ Singularity University
- Advisor @ StartX
- Advisor @ StartX.
- TEDx Silicon Valley @ TED Conferences
- Co-Founder @ Top-Patents
- Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizer @ Top-Patents
- Business Relationship Associate @ Plug and Play Tech Center
- Entrepreneur in Residence @ Top-Patents
- Director of the Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition @ California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)
- VP Fundraising, Project Manager @ Enactus United States
- Operations Intern @ Top-Patents
- Grant Writing Assistant @ John Tracy Center
- Lead Seed Investor @ AirMDR, Inc.
- Lead Seed Investor @ Opaque Systems
- Lead Seed Investor @ HyperDX
- Co-Founder @ NewCo
- Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizer @ NewCo
- Entrepreneur in Residence @ NewCo
- Operations Intern @ NewCo
- Lead Seed Investor @ PlayAI
- Co-Founder @ Newcastle Dive Center
- Geeks on a Plane - Tokyo 2009 Organizer @ Newcastle Dive Center
- Entrepreneur in Residence @ Newcastle Dive Center
- Operations Intern @ Newcastle Dive Center
- Co-Founder @ Robyn Frankel
- Lead Seed Investor @ Clerk AI
- 2009–2025Co-Founder @ StartupDigest
- 2014–2018Community Lead @ Greylock Partners
- 2012–2015Mentor @ The Thiel Foundation
- 2009–2011Founding Team @ TEDx Silicon Valley
- 2009–2010GoaP Tokyo 2009 Organizer @ Geeks on a Plane
Chris McCann Investing
Founding Partner at Race Capital
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Series A, Seed
- Sectors
- AI
- Cheque size
- €1.8M–€7.4M
- Leads rounds
- Yes
- Fund size
- $80M
- Freshness
- Verified 1mo ago
Chris McCann Summary
Chris McCann, based in Palo Alto, United States, is a Partner at Race Capital. Chris McCann invests in AI at Pre-seed, Series A and Seed, writing €1.8M–€7.4M cheques. Chris McCann brings experience from ysn.com, Openlayer, Opsin and Kauffman Fellows. Chris McCann's verified email and contact details are available on Mintround.
How to cold email Chris McCann
Chris McCann, Race Capital in Palo Alto, United States, backs AI companies at Pre-seed, Series A and Seed, writing €1.8M–€7.4M cheques. Here's how to get a reply when you cold email Chris:
- Subject line: name your company and one metric that matters to AI, not “quick chat”.
- First line: your strongest traction, the real numbers, not adjectives.
- One ask: a 20-minute call with a date range. Keep it under 150 words.
- Send it to Chris's verified address below. No warm intro required.
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