Afore Capital
- Jack McClelland
Jack McClelland
Engineer & Investor at Afore Capital
š Beacons: https://beacons.ai/jackmcclelland
š¼ Engineer & Investor at Afore Capital, supporting and investing in founders at the earliest stages. Afore is a $150m pre-seed-focused fund usually investing $1m at a $10m post-money valuation.
š Working remotely in NYC on engineering projects (internal tools for the fund) and investing (meeting with founders.).
ā¹ļø Former founder and Boston College grad (Computer Science + Finance) with prior experience at a dozen venture-backed and unicorn startups including CrowdStrike and Eightfold as well as nine VC firms including Accel and Battery Ventures. Proud Eagle Scout '15.
š² From the Bay Area, supporter of our local teams as well as Formula 1, Nascar, rugby, and UFC. Huge fan of all things outdoors (camping, skiing, scuba) and music (concerts, DJ'ing, producing).
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Work style
How I prefer to work
Remote
Morning
Mostly on my own
Qualities I value in my colleagues
- Honesty
- efficiency
- creativity
- curiosity
- sense of humor
My communication style
- Casual
- open
- positive
- transparent
- genuine
My pet peeves
- Pessimism
- selfishness
- ungratefulness
- disloyalty
- disrespectfulness
Timeline
Engineer & Investor
Current role