Jack Mcclelland
Investor at Afore Capital
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Principal
2024 - Current
started as intern, now principal + head of founders-in-residence: jack@afore.vc
Associate
2024 - 2024
Analyst
2022 - 2024
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.
various roles
2018 - 2022
worked a part-time job every semester + summer in college and most of high school • head of platform @ rough draft ventures / gc fellows (nov '21 - may '22) • operations intern @ sidecar angels (apr '21 - apr '22) • operations intern @ gsv ventures (nov '21 - mar '22) • fellow @ evca (jan '21 - mar 122) • contractor @ thingtesting (nov - dec '21) • growth intern @ reconcile (oct - dec '21) • venture partner @ contrary (sep '19 - nov '21) • vc intern @ acadian ventures (jun - aug '21) • fellow @ on deck [odc1] (may - aug '21) • writer / scout @ dailydropout.fyi (jan - jul '21) • project mgr intern @ 10k entrepreneurs (dec '20 - jul '21) • design @ grailpay (jan - may '21) • vc intern @ laconia (jan - may '21) • pe fellow @ activus capital partners (aug - nov '20) • various roles @ boston college - graphic design intern (nov '18 - sep '19) / marketing intern (sep - dec '19) / marketing research intern (jan - may '20) / cs research assistant (may - aug '20) / cs teaching assistant (aug - nov '20) • vc intern @ amity ventures (jun - nov '20) • fellow @ soma capital (jun - oct '20) • social policy intern @ meadow (jul - aug '20) • partnerships intern @ dormops (jun - aug '20) • project mgmt intern @ otis ai (jul - aug '20) • product & design @ cariina (may - aug '20) • sales @ marketing intern @ performance architects (jan - aug '20) • equity research intern @ jmp securities (jun - jul '20) • member success @ boston product management association (jan - may '20) • customer success intern @ eightfold.ai (jun - aug '18) • founding employee (scooper -> keyholder -> shift lead) @ tin pot creamery (sep '17 - jun '18) • vc intern @ foundation capital (jun - aug '17) • operations intern @ fictiv jun - aug '16
venture capital intern
2020 - 2020
jamstack space: market research, 91-company spreadsheet w top cos; group presentation
Accel is an seed and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
sales development intern
2019 - 2019
originated 2,500+ leads, five sales ops projects, sales eng tasks, competitive analysis, metrics report
CrowdStrike Falcon Fund is an early-stage investment fund started by CrowdStrike and Accel.
co-founder & cto
2014 - 2016
helped build an app that finds the best people for you to meet at events / conferences
Education
computer science & finance
2018 - 2022
W2020 Cohort
2020 - 2020