Austin McChord - Managing Director @ Outsiders Fund

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Primary Job Title Managing Director
Primary Organization
Outsiders Fund

Location Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
Regions East Coast, New England, Northeastern US
Gender Male

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Website outsidersfund.com
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Austin is the founder and former CEO of Datto, a data continuity business that he started in college and grew to become Connecticut’s first 'unicorn'. He led Datto through acquisition by Vista in 2017. Austin now serves as the CEO of Casana Care, an OF portfolio company.

He is a graduate, trustee, and commencement speaker of RIT. He was

Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in 2015 and E&Y Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2016.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments

Austin McChord

invested in

Shelf

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. This investment -

Series B - Shelf

- was valued at

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Shelf	—	Series B - Shelf	obfuscated obfuscation

Partner Investments

Number of Partner Investments

Announced Date	Organization Name	Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	Cork	Outsiders Fund	—	Seed Round - Cork	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	RaySecur	Outsiders Fund	Yes	Series A - RaySecur	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Summus Global	Outsiders Fund	—	Series B - Summus Global	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Perygee	Outsiders Fund	Yes	Pre Seed Round - Perygee	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Root AI	Outsiders Fund	—	Seed Round - Root AI	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

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Austin McChord

has

current jobs as

Founder

Datto

and

Managing Director

Outsiders Fund

. Additionally,

Austin McChord

has had

past jobs including

Venture Partner

General Catalyst

Datto FounderJul 2007
Outsiders Fund Managing Director

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
General Catalyst	Venture Partner	Jan 2019	Jan 2020
Autotask	Chief Executive Officer	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Austin McChord

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member

Slide

Board Member

Cork

, and

Board Member

Zorus

Slide Board Member
Cork Board Member
Zorus Board Member

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