Christopher McKay
Managing Director @ Granite Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Christopher McKay is a Series B investor at Granite Ventures in San Francisco focused on SaaS and FinTech. Chris McKay joined Granite Ventures in September 1998 from Hambrecht & Quist, where he was an analyst in the firm’s Venture Capital department. Chris focuses on software investments, and he serves on the Board of Directors for Lucid Imagination, Marqeta, Martini Media, Sendmail, and Symplified. Chris previously served as a Director of ArcotSystems (acquired by CA Technologies), Purisma (acquired by Dun & Bradstreet) and was involved with the Boards of Actional (acquired by Progress Software), Cardiff (acquired by Verity) and Connected (acquired by Iron Mountain). Chris holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
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Industries Christopher McKay invests in
Stages Christopher McKay invests in
Countries Christopher McKay invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 2 (13%)
- FinTech 1 (7%)
- Payments 1 (7%)
- Security 1 (7%)
- Software 1 (7%)
Stage
- Series B 4 (27%)
- Series D 3 (20%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Series C 2 (13%)
- Series E 1 (7%)
Investments
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Lucidworks
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Lucidworks connects experiences throughout the entire user journey to meet customer and employee intent in the moment. Lucidworks Connected Experience Cloud (CXC) makes it easy for customers to capture user signals and create personalized search, browse, and discovery experiences. The world’s largest brands, including Lenovo, Red Hat, Reddit andCisco Systems rely on Lucidworks’ suite of products to power commerce, customer service, and workplace applications that delight customers and empower employees. Lucidworks’ investors include Francisco Partners, Sixth Street Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Shasta Ventures, Granite Ventures, and Walden International. Learn more at Lucidworks.com. | $100M / Series F / Aug 12, 2019 | |
Marqeta
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Marqeta’s modern card issuing platform empowers its customers to create customized and innovative payment cards. Marqeta’s platform, powered by open APIs, gives its customers the ability to build more configurable and flexible payment experiences, accelerating product development and democratizing access to card issuing technology. Its modernarchitecture provides instant access to highly scalable, cloud-based payment infrastructure that enables customers to launch and manage their own card programs, issue cards and authorize and settle transactions. Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California and is enabled in 36 countries globally. For more information, visit www.marqeta.com. | $260M / Series E / May 21, 2019 | |
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Marqeta
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Marqeta’s modern card issuing platform empowers its customers to create customized and innovative payment cards. Marqeta’s platform, powered by open APIs, gives its customers the ability to build more configurable and flexible payment experiences, accelerating product development and democratizing access to card issuing technology. Its modernarchitecture provides instant access to highly scalable, cloud-based payment infrastructure that enables customers to launch and manage their own card programs, issue cards and authorize and settle transactions. Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California and is enabled in 36 countries globally. For more information, visit www.marqeta.com. | $25M / Series D / Jun 12, 2017 | |
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Lucidworks
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Lucidworks connects experiences throughout the entire user journey to meet customer and employee intent in the moment. Lucidworks Connected Experience Cloud (CXC) makes it easy for customers to capture user signals and create personalized search, browse, and discovery experiences. The world’s largest brands, including Lenovo, Red Hat, Reddit andCisco Systems rely on Lucidworks’ suite of products to power commerce, customer service, and workplace applications that delight customers and empower employees. Lucidworks’ investors include Francisco Partners, Sixth Street Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Shasta Ventures, Granite Ventures, and Walden International. Learn more at Lucidworks.com. | $21M / Series D / Nov 18, 2015 | |
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Marqeta
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Marqeta’s modern card issuing platform empowers its customers to create customized and innovative payment cards. Marqeta’s platform, powered by open APIs, gives its customers the ability to build more configurable and flexible payment experiences, accelerating product development and democratizing access to card issuing technology. Its modernarchitecture provides instant access to highly scalable, cloud-based payment infrastructure that enables customers to launch and manage their own card programs, issue cards and authorize and settle transactions. Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California and is enabled in 36 countries globally. For more information, visit www.marqeta.com. | $25M / Series C / Oct 27, 2015 | |
Martini Media
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Martini Media is a digital media and content platform for brands to engage with influential audiences. It provides solutions for delivering media campaigns that integrate content, videos, and social functionality across sites its audience interacts with. Martini Media was launched in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $14M / Series D / Aug 27, 2013 | |
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Marqeta
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Marqeta’s modern card issuing platform empowers its customers to create customized and innovative payment cards. Marqeta’s platform, powered by open APIs, gives its customers the ability to build more configurable and flexible payment experiences, accelerating product development and democratizing access to card issuing technology. Its modernarchitecture provides instant access to highly scalable, cloud-based payment infrastructure that enables customers to launch and manage their own card programs, issue cards and authorize and settle transactions. Marqeta is headquartered in Oakland, California and is enabled in 36 countries globally. For more information, visit www.marqeta.com. | $15.7M / Series B / May 15, 2013 | |
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Lucidworks
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Lucidworks connects experiences throughout the entire user journey to meet customer and employee intent in the moment. Lucidworks Connected Experience Cloud (CXC) makes it easy for customers to capture user signals and create personalized search, browse, and discovery experiences. The world’s largest brands, including Lenovo, Red Hat, Reddit andCisco Systems rely on Lucidworks’ suite of products to power commerce, customer service, and workplace applications that delight customers and empower employees. Lucidworks’ investors include Francisco Partners, Sixth Street Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Shasta Ventures, Granite Ventures, and Walden International. Learn more at Lucidworks.com. | $10M / Series C / May 13, 2013 | |
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Lucidworks
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Lucidworks connects experiences throughout the entire user journey to meet customer and employee intent in the moment. Lucidworks Connected Experience Cloud (CXC) makes it easy for customers to capture user signals and create personalized search, browse, and discovery experiences. The world’s largest brands, including Lenovo, Red Hat, Reddit andCisco Systems rely on Lucidworks’ suite of products to power commerce, customer service, and workplace applications that delight customers and empower employees. Lucidworks’ investors include Francisco Partners, Sixth Street Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Shasta Ventures, Granite Ventures, and Walden International. Learn more at Lucidworks.com. | $6M / Private Equity / Feb 03, 2012 | |
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Martini Media
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Martini Media is a digital media and content platform for brands to engage with influential audiences. It provides solutions for delivering media campaigns that integrate content, videos, and social functionality across sites its audience interacts with. Martini Media was launched in 2007 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $13M / Dec 07, 2011 | |
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Co-Investors
About Granite Ventures
Granite Ventures has been helping early-stage technology companies build solid foundations for success since 1992. T Granite has invested over $1 billion in more than 90 private companies. They partner with promising and successful entrepreneurs to create businesses that have a competitive edge and help them achieve category leadership.
Granite Ventures Contacts
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Christopher McKay
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Jackie Berterretche
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Isaac Ruiz
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Jeff Cooke
President & Managing Director
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Standish O'Grady
Managing Director & Co-Founder
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What does Christopher McKay invest in?
Christopher McKay invests primarily in SaaS, FinTech and Payments startups, most often at Series B and Series D stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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