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Jack Mcclelland

Investor at Afore Capital

New York, New York

Overview 

Jack McClelland is an engineer and investor at Afore Capital in New York, with a background in venture capital and experience at notable organizations like Rough Draft Ventures and GSV Ventures. He specializes in entrepreneurship, product management, and venture capital, with a focus on investing in pre-seed startups in sectors like marketplaces, consumer internet, SaaS, and FinTech.

Work Experience 

  • engineer & investor

    2022 - Current

    head of founders-in-residence, helping with pre-seed checks, managing internal tools. jack@afore.vc

  • venture capital intern

    2022 - 2022

Afore Capital is a venture fund that focuses on pre-seed stage exclusively and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

  • head of platform

    2021 - 2022

    led platform projects for rdv's revamp, also helped source investments

  • operations

    2021 - 2022

    for bi-monthly meetings: mtg notes, investment poll forms, also internal fund finances / ops

Sidecar Angels is a Boston-based angel group that helps venture capital firms and entrepreneurs build early stage companies.

  • operations

    2021 - 2022

    project basis: worked with a partner on gsv bootcamp (marketing, outreach, bootcamp ops)

GSV Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in the education technology sector.

  • venture capital fellow

    2021 - 2022

    fellowship project (cybersecurity research), mentor meetings, worked with evca founder on project

EVCA is a non-profit association that supports the next generation of venture capital investors.

  • growth

    2021 - 2022

    helped create partnerships with daos; ran company twitter account

Reconcile is an online service that offers intelligent tax solutions.

  • sourcing

    2019 - 2021

    sourced pre-seed / seed-stage startups; ran pitch competitions, office hours, other events

Contrary is a talent and research-driven investment firm. We back a small number of exceptional people and the companies they build.

  • e-board

    2019 - 2021

    helped lead: elevator pitch competition, accelerator, speaker series, outreach, e-week

  • venture capital intern

    2021 - 2021

    sourcing & investing, branding & marketing, lp communications, firm building & support

Acadian Ventures is the first early-stage venture capital firm specializing in the future of work

  • product intern

    2021 - 2021

    platform infrastructure team; created product knowledge base + product walkthrough videos

Republic Crypto offers a compliant and inclusive blockchain financing and investment platform for investors seeking high growth potential.

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