Race Capital

What is Race Capital?

Race Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, co-founded by partners including Chris McCann. They specialize in leading seed stage investments with a primary focus on infrastructure-related sectors.

Their investment strategy revolves around infusing capital primarily in seed stages, usually with an initial check range of $1M-$4M. Race Capital has a track record of being early seed investors in notable companies such as Databricks, Solana, Lightning Labs, Zeet, Opaque Systems, Sematic, and others.

Their core interest lies in all aspects of infrastructure, such as data infrastructure, developer tools, open source software, transaction systems, payment infrastructure, and ML/AI infrastructure. They delve into the lower level technical infrastructure layers of various stacks, including APIs, transaction systems, embedded systems, etc. Known for a founders-first, no-nonsense approach, Race Capital is actively involved in supporting portfolio companies beyond capital provision, assisting in strategy, distribution, go-to market initiatives, customer acquisition, hiring, marketing, and publicity.

Race Capital operates with an investment sweet spot of $5,000,000 and maintains assets under management of $80,000,000. Their specialties include Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Venture, Initial Coin Offerings, Early Stage Venture, and Convertible Notes.

Furthermore, their interest isn't limited to infrastructure as they invest in a wide array of industries including Software, PropTech, Media, Education, BioTech, Business Solutions, FinTech, Retail, IoT, CleanTech, A.I., HealthTech, Blockchain, Web Security, Cloud Services, Future of Work, Medical Devices, Messaging, Payments, Real Estate, DeepTech, Healthcare, Mobility, Online Social sectors, Consumer goods, and have programs focusing on supporting women entrepreneurs.