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Dave McClure

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Smart Money Rating: 94 out of 100

General Partner, Practical Venture Capital

Firm
Practical Venture Capital
Title
General Partner
Role
General partner
Location
San Francisco, CA
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Dave 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, Stripe, Bukalapak). Prior to launching PVC in 2019, he was the founding partner of 500 Startups, a global VC firm with $1B AUM that has invested in over 2,500 companies.

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