# McKinsey & Company

> McKinsey & Company is a VC fund backing Software and Consulting. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mckinsey/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/McKinsey
- Website: http://www.mckinsey.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mckinsey

McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm, the trusted advisor to the world's leading businesses, governments, and institutions. McKinsey & Company provides solutions for issues of concern to senior management in large corporations and organizations. It provides advisory services to the world's leadingbusinesses, governments, and institutions. It also provides industry practice solutions and functional practice solutions. Its industry practice solutions include advanced electronics, chemicals, metal and mining, electrical power, consumer goods, and more. Its functional practice solutions include business technology, corporate finance and sales, operations, and other related areas. McKinsey & Company was established in 1926 and is based in London, United Kingdom. It operates additional offices on each continent. When James O. McKinsey founded McKinsey in 1926, he could not have imagined the reach his small firm would eventually have. Eighty-seven years later, the firm has grown into a global partnership serving two-thirds of the Fortune 1000.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for McKinsey & Company. Shizune tracks 58 team members at McKinsey & Company. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/mckinsey-company?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 19% |
| Consulting | 3 | 19% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 19% |
| Travel | 2 | 13% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 25% |
| Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 2 | 13% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 4 | 25% |
| Italy | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 6% |
| Bermuda | 1 | 6% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Bawcom | Sr. Solution Leader and Associate Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-bawcom |
| Angela Spatharou | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-spatharou |
| Benedikt Kolbinger | Associate Consultant | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedikt-kolbinger |
| Gordon Cairns | Member of the Advisory Board | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gordon-cairns |
| Jorge Azevedo | Senior Expert | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jorge-azevedo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OpenAI Deployment Company | OpenAI Deployment Company provides artificial intelligence software services. The Deployment Company is a JV formed by OpenAI in partnership with TPG Inc (NASDAQ:TPG), Brookfield Asset Management Inc (NYSE:BAM), Advent, and Bain Capital Specialty Finance Inc (NYSE:BCSF). | $4B | Private Equity | May 04, 2026 |  |
| AppliedAI | AAICO uses artificial intelligence to solve document, process, and measurable business improvement problems in regulated industries. | $55M | Series A | Feb 10, 2025 |  |
| Shiprocket | Shiprocket is an eCommerce shipping platform that enables cost-effective shipping for direct-to-consumer retailers. Its platform employs a machine-learning-based data engine that recommends proper courier service for a business and chooses a courier company, prints shipping labels, and tracks orders from a single panel that enables businesses tomanage their shipping and returns simply and effectively.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India. | $10.9M | Series E | Oct 09, 2023 |  |
| MediaGlobe | Industry-leading paid media facilitator and strategic partner of Meta, Google, and TikTok. MediaGlobe also offers executive-level consulting services and software tools. | $5M | Series A | Jul 05, 2023 |  |
| Holidoit | Holidoit is a marketplace to book local outdoor experiences such as horse riding, truffle hunting and sailing – or even heliski flights. | $422.2K | Pre-Seed | Apr 27, 2022 |  |
| Upstreet | 'NextGen Loyalty Solution', 'FinTech', 'Share Trading', 'Marketing Solution', 'B2B', 'B2C', 'DtC', "Share Rewards" | $3M | Seed | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Praetorian | Praetorian is a cybersecurity company whose mission is to make the digital world safer and more secure. Through expertise and engineering, Praetorian helps today's organizations solve complex cybersecurity problems across critical enterprise assets and product portfolios. At Praetorian, it brings together the world's security expertise tosolve the cybersecurity problem and secure the next-wave innovation. | $10M | Series A | Feb 13, 2020 |  |
| Element AI | Element AI is an artificial intelligence company that gives organizations unparalleled access to cutting-edge technology. The company launches and incubates advanced AI-First solutions in partnership with large corporations. They deliver AI software products that augment decisions to make your business stronger, safer, and more agile.Element AIallows accelerating the deployment and commercialization of solutions that meet customer needs for the operationalization of AI while continuing to develop AI products. It maintains a strong connection to academia through research collaborations and takes a leadership position in policy-making around the impact of technology on society. The has built an AI systems integrator of sorts to help other companies develop and implement artificial intelligence solutions an Accenture’ for machine learning, neural network-based solutions, and computer vision applications.Element AI was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. | $143.3M | Series B | Sep 13, 2019 |  |
| Tjori | Imbibing cultural and traditional crafts from around the globe, Tjori is a platform for treasured designs across apparel, footwear, bags, decor, and jewelry. In keeping with the essence of our brand, we also offer a range of organic and ayurvedic skin care products, using secrets whispered through generations. Tjori has become an integral part ofthe everyday lifestyle of modern contemporary women in India. We design and craft all our products in a range of aesthetics and fabrics, enabling our customers to experience handmade goodness and create a statement unique to their style. Our vision is to bring together traditional crafts and modern designs, creating contemporary products that are one-of-a-kind. Working closely with designers and artisans, we pride ourselves on our attention to detail and quality, providing only the best for our niche' and valued customers. We passionately infuse quality and comfort into everything we create. | $700K | Seed | Aug 13, 2019 |  |
| Loadshare Networks | Loadshare Networks provides the technology platform, operations know-how, besides providing guidance on business development and branding. It also offers other services, ranging from first-mile, line-haul, and last-mile deliveries to modular logistics software solutions.The services offered by Loadshare Networks Pvt. Ltd. range from first-mile,line-haul, last-mile deliveries, and modular logistics software solution to partners. It is primarily focussed on business-to-consumer (B2C) logistics and has plans to foray into B2B logistics. |  |  | Jul 03, 2019 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [23 High Networth Individuals (HNIs)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/23-high-networth-individuals-hnis) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accrete Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accrete-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Advent International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advent-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bain-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banco-bilbao-vizcaya-argentaria) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Santander](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banco-santander) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does McKinsey & Company invest in?

McKinsey & Company invests primarily in Software, Consulting and E-Commerce startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at McKinsey & Company?

The team at McKinsey & Company includes Aaron Bawcom (Sr. Solution Leader and Associate Partner), Angela Spatharou (Partner) and Benedikt Kolbinger (Associate Consultant), among 58 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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