Jack McClelland

Engineer & Investor at Afore Capital

šŸ”— Beacons: https://beacons.ai/jackmcclelland

šŸ’¼ 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.

šŸ“ Working remotely in NYC on engineering projects (internal tools for the fund) and investing (meeting with founders.).

ā„¹ļø 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.

šŸŒ² 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