General Partner
Kip McClanahan
Kip McClanahan has worked in IT security, networking, media communications, and software industries for the past 30+ years. He served as both CEO and board member to both public and private companies. He has founded or held leadership roles in companies including BroadJump (acquired by Motive), TippingPoint (IPO, acquired by 3Com) and NetSpeed (acquired by Cisco). As an operator, he has raised over $300M in capital and his companies have returned over $1B in realized gains. Kip graduated from the University of Texas with a BS in Electrical Engineering.
INVESTMENTS
Company
Round
Status
Founders
Description
Location
Seed
- Active
- Enterprise
Michael Aaron (CEO)
Agency MVP is a lead enhancement & prospecting platform for property & casualty insurance agencies.
Dallas, TX
Seed
- Active
- Enterprise
Ted Ross (CEO)
David Endler (CPO)
Alen Puzic (CTO)
SpyCloud addresses the ever-increasing threat of corporate data breaches.
Austin, TX
Seed
- Active
- Enterprise
Henrik Johansson (CEO)
Zack Leonard (President & COO)
Gembah provides a technology-enabled marketplace for Product Innovation that connects customers to expert resources across the product lifecycle: form concept through manufacturing.
Austin, TX
Seed
- Active
- Consumer
Matt Randall (Co-CEO)
Maria Miller (Co-CEO)
Short-term injury insurance starting at $25 a month.
Austin, TX
Seed
- Active
- Enterprise
Michael Patton (CEO)
Fetch is an off-site package delivery service for apartment buildings and other high-concentration resident locations, such as universities.
Austin, TX
Series A
- Active
- Consumer
Gary Forni (CEO)
Brett Appolito (COO)
Cayce Ullman (CTO)
Aaron Jistel (CREO)
ListingSpark is a consumer SaaS platform for selling homes without the need for a real estate agent and at greatly reduced fees.
Austin, TX
Series A
- Active
- Enterprise
John Berkowitz (CEO)
David Rubin (CSO)
Ojo develops an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system tailored for agents and consumers in the residential real estate market.
Austin, TX
Seed
- Active
- Enterprise
Bill Boebel (CEO)
Rob Eanes (CTO)
Pingboard’s goal is to become the ubiquitous dynamic workforce planning application for the enterprise.
Austin, TX
Seed
- Acquired/IPO
- Consumer
Ben Doherty
Zac Maurais
Favor is a mobile-based food delivery application.
Austin, TX
Series A
- Active
- Enterprise
David Schofman (CEO)
Brian Anderson (CFO)
PureWRX creates and executes, on an outsourced basis, equipment trade-in programs for networking vendors.
Austin, TX
Series A
- Acquired/IPO
- Enterprise
Ben Metcalfe
Cullen Wilson
Jason Cohen
Heather Brunner (CEO)
WP Engine is the world’s leading Digital Experience Platform for WordPress.
