# Dave McClure at Practical Venture Capital

> Dave McClure, Co-Founder at Practical Venture Capital. 92 investments on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its...

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Los Altos, US · Partner

# Dave McClure

Co-Founder at [Practical Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/practical-venture-capital)

Latest rounds

- **Call Levels** Seed · $500k Nov 2015
- **MoBagel** Seed Aug 2015
- **CoContest** Seed Apr 2015

Backs *IT Services* *Internet* *Martech* *Healthcare*

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 92 last Nov 2015
- **Filings:** 2 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 4 +5 mentions

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 92 rounds name them
- ✓ **On filings** 2 filings with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Practical Venture Capital
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**Practical Venture Capital** Private equity · US **1** cheques in 12 months **94** all time **0** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/practical-venture-capital)

## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 92
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $108M
- **Active:** 2005–15

2015

- [Call Levels](https://millionrounds.com/company/call-levels) *Seed* **$500k** *SG* Nov 2015 Joined · +4 investors · historical
- [MoBagel](https://millionrounds.com/company/mobagel) *Seed* *US* Aug 2015 Joined · +6 investors · historical
- [CoContest](https://millionrounds.com/company/cocontest) *Seed* Apr 2015 Joined · +3 investors · historical

2014

- [ALL DAY MEDIA](https://millionrounds.com/company/all-day-media) *Seed* **$2M** *US* Dec 2014 Joined · +10 investors · historical
- [AstroPrint](https://millionrounds.com/company/astroprint) *Seed* **$250k** *US* Nov 2014 Joined · +3 investors · historical
- [CareGuide](https://millionrounds.com/company/careguide) *Seed* **$1.5M** *CA* Oct 2014 Joined · +38 investors · historical
- [MakeLeaps](https://millionrounds.com/company/makeleaps) *Seed* **$600k** *JP* Aug 2014 Joined · +4 investors · historical
- [YogaTrail](https://millionrounds.com/company/yogatrail) *Seed* **$320k** *TH* Aug 2014 Joined · +3 investors · historical
- [Womply](https://millionrounds.com/company/womply) *Venture* *US* Aug 2014 Joined · +11 investors · historical
- [Headout](https://millionrounds.com/company/headout) *Seed* **$1.8M** *US* Aug 2014 Joined · +21 investors · historical
- [ViralGains](https://millionrounds.com/company/viralgains) *Seed* **$2.8M** *US* Jul 2014 Joined · +19 investors · historical
- [Bohemian Guitars](https://millionrounds.com/company/bohemian-guitars) *Seed* **$100k** *US* Jul 2014 Joined · +2 investors · historical

By stage

- Seed **74**
- Series A **10**
- Venture **4**
- Series B **3**
- Debt **1**

What they backed

IT Services **3** Internet **2** Martech **1** Healthcare **1** Financial Services **1** AI **1**

Alongside

- [500 Startups *10*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups)
- [Christine Tsai *3*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/christine-tsai)
- [FundersClub *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fundersclub)
- [Khailee Ng *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/khailee-ng)
- [QueensBridge Venture Partners *2*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/queensbridge-venture-partners)
- [Adam Jackson *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cambria-funds)
- Adms Chung *1*
- Alexander Black *1*

The latest 12 of 92. Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **TWILIO INC** Director since 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raising **TeachStreet Inc** Director since 2009

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at Practical Venture Capital

- [**Aman Verjee** General Partner *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/aman-verjee)
- [**Stephanie Shorter** Co-Founder / Investor Relations at Practical Venture Capital *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/stephanie-shorter)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [Superclusters](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/superclusters) · 8 Jul 2024 · 1h 30m VC Fund Secondaries Unlocked | Dave McClure | Superclusters | S3E2 With [Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure) Mentions [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) About this episode Dave McClure has been a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor for over 25 years. He has invested in hundreds of startups around the world, including 10+ IPOs and 40+ unicorns (Credit Karma, Twilio, SendGrid, Lyft, The RealReal, Talkdesk, Grab, Intercom, Canva, Udemy, Lucid, GitLab, Reddit,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 15 Aug 2016 · 27 min 20VC: 500 Startups' Dave McClure on Whether Unicorns Are Necessary For Venture Returns & Why Ownership Is Not The Math To Think About When Investing With [Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure) Mentions [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[Mark Suster](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mark-suster)[Sam Altman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sam-altman)[Brad Feld](https://millionrounds.com/person/brad-feld) About this episode Dave McClure is the founding partner of 500 Startups, who have made over 1500 investments in the likes of Twilio, SendGrid, Intercom and Makerbot just to name a few. Prior to 500 Dave was on the investment team at Founders Fund, he also led the Facebook Fund Incubator and was Head of Marketing @… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 14 Jul 2016 · 27 min 94. What's Wrong with Venture? Part 2 (Dave McClure) With [Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure) About this episode Today we cover Part 2 of "What's Wrong with Venture?" with Dave McClure of 500 Startups. In this segment we address: Are there any problematic issues that you've observed w/ founders? Any thoughts on who might be one of the most misunderstood people in the venture ecosystem? How do you... To… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 13 Jul 2016 · 26 min 93. What's Wrong with Venture? Part 1 (Dave McClure) With [Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure) Mentions [Christine Tsai](https://millionrounds.com/fund/christine-tsai) About this episode Welcome back to TFR. We've got a good one today as we welcome one of the most respected and polarizing figures in venture, Dave McClure, to the program. Dave, of course, is a founding partner at 500 startups and, with Christine Tsai, they have built an organization that may be... To listen more,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Dave McClure in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 23 Sept 2026 · 1h 27m VCs Would Bet on Open-Source AI Over OpenAI and Anthropic | E2341 Mentions [Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures)[Jeff Clavier](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jeff-clavier)[Practical Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/practical-venture-capital)[Uncork Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uncork-capital)[Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure)[Jenny Fielding](https://millionrounds.com/person/jenny-fielding) About this episode This Week In Startups is made possible by: Northwest Registered Agent: https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain Odoo: https://odoo.com/twist Rippling: https://rippling.ai/twist Plaud: https://plaud.ai/twist Harmonic: https://harmonic.ai/twist Today’s show: Anthropic and OpenAI released… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 26 Aug 2026 · 1h 31m Bill Gates foresees massive AI job loss: these VCs disagree | E2330 Mentions [Bill Gates](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bill-gates)[Better Tomorrow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/better-tomorrow-ventures)[Hoxton Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hoxton-ventures)[Practical Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/practical-venture-capital)[Tomorrow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tomorrow-ventures)[Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure) About this episode This Week In Startups is made possible by: Lightfield: https://lightfield.app Northwest Registered Agent: https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twistdomain Rippling: https://Rippling.ai/twist Today's show: *Bill Gates dropped a 6,000 word warning: AI will be "the greatest equalizer ever… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 13 May 2026 · 1h 25m How Many Startups Will Survive OpenAI? | E2288 Mentions [Everywhere Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/everywhere-ventures)[Slow Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slow-ventures)[Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure)[Jenny Fielding](https://millionrounds.com/person/jenny-fielding)[Sam Lessin](https://millionrounds.com/person/sam-lessin) About this episode This Week In Startups is made possible by:Pilot -⁠ https://Pilot.com/TWIST⁠Grasshopper Bank -⁠ https://Grasshopper.bank/TWIST⁠Quo -⁠ https://Quo.com/TWiST⁠Plaud - ⁠https://Plaud.ai/twist⁠Anthropic just declared every unauthorized secondary sale of its stock "void", naming Hiive, Forge, Sydecar,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) · 14 Aug 2025 · 1h 21m The End of the ZIRP Era, and why recruiting is SO PAINFUL | E2164 Mentions [Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure)[Tomasz Tunguz](https://millionrounds.com/person/tomasz-tunguz) About this episode Today's show: We're back with another all-star VC roundtable discussion. Joining Jason are Dave McClure of Practical VC, NVNG's Grady Buchanan, and Tomasz Tunguz of Theory VC. Together, they're having a deep insider discussion of the state of venture, secondary markets, running funds of funds,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Latitud Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/latitud) · 1 Mar 2022 · 50 min #82 - Earning a seat at the table: Bedy Yang, 500 Global Mentions [Bedy Yang](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bedy-yang)[Dave McClure](https://millionrounds.com/person/dave-mcclure) About this episode Born and raised in a chinese-brazilian family, Bedy Yang has a lengthy track record of consulting for global companies on go-to-market strategies in Brazil. She moved to the US at a time when there weren't many links between Silicon Valley and Latin America, and so she helped build and strengthen… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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