Profile
Chris McCann is a General Partner at Race Capital, an early stage venture capital fund investing in all things infrastructure.
Chris is the seed investor in Solana, Lightning Labs, Zeet, Notifi Network, and many other companies across Web3 and Web2.
Prior to Race Capital, Chris founded and led the community program at Greylock Partners, a San Francisco based venture capital firm with $3.5 billion under management which led investments in Facebook, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Airbnb, Figma and Coinbase, among others.
Before Greylock, Chris was the co-founder and CEO of StartupDigest – one of the earliest technology focused email newsletters – which he grew from zero to over one million subscribers before being acquired by Techstars.
He was an early advisor for the Thiel Fellowship & StartX at Stanford University.
Chris McCann active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Race Capital
 Race Capital Investment ManagersFinance Race Capital (Race capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Alfred Chuang. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-05-31 |
Former positions of Chris McCann
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
SynergyList, Inc.
 SynergyList, Inc. Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services SynergyList, Inc. published newsletters. The company was founded by Christopher Mccann and Brendan Mcmanus in November 2009 and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Chief Executive Officer | 2016-06-09 |
SynergyList, Inc.
SynergyList, Inc. Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services SynergyList, Inc. published newsletters. The company was founded by Christopher Mccann and Brendan Mcmanus in November 2009 and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Founder | - |
SynergyList, Inc.
SynergyList, Inc. Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services SynergyList, Inc. published newsletters. The company was founded by Christopher Mccann and Brendan Mcmanus in November 2009 and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Founder | - |
| Singularity University | Consultant / Advisor | 2013-01-01 |
StartX, Inc.
 StartX, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance StartX, Inc. organizes and develops startup accelerator programs. It provides a network of mentors which is world class. The company benefits from having access to faculty and lecturers from the stanford community including the engineering, business, medical, and design schools. StartX was founded by Divya Nag and Cameron Teitelman in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Consultant / Advisor | 2013-01-01 |
Training of Chris McCann
| California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo) | Undergraduate Degree |
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| Private companies | 3 |
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SynergyList, Inc.
SynergyList, Inc. Publishing: NewspapersConsumer Services SynergyList, Inc. published newsletters. The company was founded by Christopher Mccann and Brendan Mcmanus in November 2009 and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Consumer Services |
StartX, Inc.
StartX, Inc. Investment ManagersFinance StartX, Inc. organizes and develops startup accelerator programs. It provides a network of mentors which is world class. The company benefits from having access to faculty and lecturers from the stanford community including the engineering, business, medical, and design schools. StartX was founded by Divya Nag and Cameron Teitelman in 2009 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | Finance |
Race Capital
Race Capital Investment ManagersFinance Race Capital (Race capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 by Alfred Chuang. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. | Finance |
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