Investments
56Portfolio Exits
27About Dave McClure
Dave McClure has been active in Silicon Valley for almost twenty years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, blogger, & internet marketing nerd. Dave is a founding partner at 500 Startups, an internet startup seed fund & incubator program headquartered in Mountain View, CA. <br /><br />He has invested in over 70 startup companies including: Mint.com (acquired by Intuit),CreditKarma, Crowdflower, KissMetrics, Mashery, Sendgrid, Simply Hired,SlideShare, TeachStreet, Twilio, and Wildfire Interactive, among others. He also runs conferences and events on technology, marketing, design, & entrepreneurship such as SMASHsummit & WarmGun.<br /><br />From 2008 thru 2010, Dave managed the FF Angel seed investment program for Founders Fund, and ran the 2009 fbFund REV incubator program on behalf of Facebook, Accel Partners, & Founders Fund. McClures's investments while part of the FBfund can be seen in the profile of the FBfund. His founder's fund investments are visible in Founders Fund profile. <br /><br />McClure is an angel investor who generally invests $50-$100K in young, emerging companies with a focus on the funding and advisory for early-stage startups seeking seed round capital (usually less than $1M but occasionally small series A up to $2M). McClure mostly focuses on consumer internet and small business opportunities with some focus on software and technology infrastructure. He will invest $50-$100K professionally via his firm 500 Startups, and occasionally $10-25K privately / personally.
Dave McClure Headquarters Location
San Francisco, California,
United States
Latest Dave McClure News
Sep 8, 2021
500 Startups and its departed founder Dave McClure made seed investments in the business PayPal is buying in 2009 and 2010.
Dave McClure Investments
56 Investments
Dave McClure has made 56 investments. Their latest investment was in Ezra as part of their Series A on June 6, 2020.
Dave McClure Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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6/1/2020 | Series A | Ezra | $18M | No | 3 | |
11/15/2018 | Seed VC | Ezra | $4M | Yes | 3 | |
12/27/2016 | Seed VC | Price.com | $2M | Yes | 1 | |
7/16/2015 | Series A | |||||
2/18/2015 | Series A |
Date | 6/1/2020 | 11/15/2018 | 12/27/2016 | 7/16/2015 | 2/18/2015 |
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Round | Series A | Seed VC | Seed VC | Series A | Series A |
Company | Ezra | Ezra | Price.com | ||
Amount | $18M | $4M | $2M | ||
New? | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Dave McClure Portfolio Exits
27 Portfolio Exits
Dave McClure has 27 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Presto on November 11, 2021.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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11/11/2021 | Acq - Pending | 4 | |||
9/30/2021 | Acquired | 1 | |||
4/12/2021 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 11/11/2021 | 9/30/2021 | 4/12/2021 | ||
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Exit | Acq - Pending | Acquired | Acquired | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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