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#### Jim McLean

[Investor at The Data Guild](/content/the-data-guild/index.html)

Jim has a consistent and successful track record of over 25 years of venture capital experience. He works closely with industry leaders such as DataStax and Ayla (BOD). In addition, Jim works closely with the CS Dept. at UC Berkeley and is a Dean’s board member at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

[Web](http://www.svdcapital.com/)