Cameron Mclain
Managing Partner at Giant Ventures
Greater London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2019 - Current
Giant Ventures backs purpose-driven founders solving the world's most pressing environmental and social problems. - Current Board Member of Sesame, Doccla, Agreena, Terradepth, Meadow, Avalo. - Led Giant's investments into WaterPlan, Byterat, MightyBuildings, Radicle, Ada, Calm, Tenet, and dClimate, and more.
Co-Founder
2022
Simpler, greener, home renovation.
Co-Founder, Board Member
2021
Modern student financial services.
Meadow is a modern student payment and engagement platform that elevates the higher education financial experience for everyone.
Raised $3,500,000.00 from Giant Ventures, Susa Ventures, Tom Blomfield, Richie Serna, Treble, Koda M. Wang, AlleyCorp and Abhijeet Ranadive.
Board Member
2024
Arbol is a global climate risk coverage platform offering full-service solutions for any business looking to analyze and mitigate exposure to climate risk. Giant led the Series B.
Arbol is a climate risk coverage company that offers solutions to analyze .and mitigate exposure to climate risk.
Raised $69,000,000.00 from Opera Tech Ventures, Mubadala Capital Ventures, Amitis Capital and Giant Ventures.
Board Member
2021
Agreena is a carbon marketplace connecting corporates with farmers who remove CO2. Giant co-led the seed round with Denmark's Sovereign Investment fund.
Board Member
2019
Sesame's mission is simple: make it easier and more affordable for all Americans to access high-quality health care. Giant led the Series A extension alongside General Catalyst.
Sesame is building a radically new healthcare system for uninsured Americans and those with high-deductible insurance plans.
Raised $74,960,000.00 from Virgin Group, General Catalyst, FMZ Ventures, TeleSoft Partners, Industry Ventures, Giant Ventures, Google Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Coefficient Capital and Green D Ventures.
Board Member
2021
Doccla builds "virtual wards" for hospitals, to shift patient care from crowded hospitals to the home, where costs are lower and patients feel more comfortable. Giant led the seed round.
Board Member
2021
Discovering the last unexplored frontier on Earth, Terradepth is using unmanned submersibles to generate the first holistic picture of the subsea environment. Giant co-led the Series A with Nimble Ventures.
Terradepth is a data-as-a-service company whose vision is to create a holistic map of Earth's ocean.
Raised $30,100,000.00 from Alumni Ventures, Giant Ventures and Nimble Ventures.
Principal
2017 - 2019
Hummingbird Ventures is a global venture capital fund that has invested in high-growth startups such as Deliveroo, Kraken, ShowPad, Gram Games and Peak Games.
Founder & CEO
2014 - 2016
Beehive is a marketing technology that provides social intelligence to brands. By synthesizing and analyzing large amounts of social data, Beehive facilitates the real-time discovery of influencers and trends. As founder and CEO, I led product development, hiring, sales, and fundraising. Beehive was acquired in December, 2016.
BeeHive crunches social data to give you the information you need and nothing more.
Education
AB
2006 - 2010
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
2015 - 2017
Study Abroad
2008 - 2008