Current Firm
Elizabeth Street Ventures
Focus
Consumer, Fintech
Will McClelland brings an unusual background for a consumer VC, combining his experience as co-founder of Bambike (a bamboo bicycle social enterprise in the Philippines that even produced a bike given as a state gift to President Obama) with eight years interviewing hedge fund managers at a fund-of-funds that grew from $250M to $3.5B, giving him distinctive skills in evaluating founders as "people businesses." He applies a hedge-fund-style, thematic approach to early consumer investing while maintaining his operator identity through Bambike and positioning himself as part cultural anthropologist, part financial analyst—with more than half of his ~30 investments having female founders and a track record including category-defining brands like ThirdLove, Harry's, and Rothy's.
Will McClelland is a Co-Founder & General Partner, Elizabeth Street Ventures at Elizabeth Street Ventures, based in New York, NY.
Will's investment focus spans Consumer, Fintech, Agriculture, primarily investing at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+ stages. This specialization allows for deep domain knowledge and strong network effects that benefit portfolio companies.
Will McClelland is a Co-Founder & General Partner, Elizabeth Street Ventures at Elizabeth Street Ventures, based in New York, NY. Their investment focus includes Consumer, Fintech, Agriculture.
Will McClelland focuses on investments in Consumer, Fintech, Agriculture through Elizabeth Street Ventures. These focus areas reflect their domain expertise and the types of startups they actively seek to back.
Will McClelland is currently at Elizabeth Street Ventures, headquartered in New York, NY, serving as Co-Founder & General Partner, Elizabeth Street Ventures.