Aaron Mcclendon

Operator & Investor

๐Ÿ“ Detroit, Michigan, United States๐Ÿ”„ Updated October 2026๐Ÿ’ผ 5 investments๐Ÿ“… 9 years investing๐Ÿ—“ Last invested Sep 2024
VC๐ŸŒ United States
5
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2
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0
Mid stage
1
Late stage
9y
Years active

Portfolio

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Sep 2024
Most companies find out they have a sales tax problem the same way: a letter from a state they didnt know they owed tax in. By then, the exposure has been building for months. The US has 17,000 taxing jurisdictions and 6,000 tax law changes every year. Most businesses are not keeping up. Taxwire handles the full lifecycle โ€” nexus monitoring, registration, calculation, filing, and remittance โ€” across all US states and internationally. Proprietary tax engine. In-house tax team. Managed service, not just software. Companies go live in 1โ€“2 weeks. After that, sales tax stops being something their team thinks about. $1B+ in transaction volume processed. Zero customer churn.
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Mar 2022
Ordo is upgrading the PKโ€“12 school experience by starting with every students favorite period: lunch. Order online, chefs prepare, and students enjoy. Free for schools, no fees, no minimums.
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Jan 2022
Creative tooling powered by a network of artist-trained AI models. Our tooling makes it easy for artists to create, share, and monetize their own custom models by making them available through their creative tooling and protocol. Backed by a16z, 1 Confirmation, Betaworks Ventures, Volt Capital, Alpaca, PTC Crypto, Dennis Crowley, Alex Chung, Austin Rief, David Rosenberg, and others.
Investor
Aug 2017
Since 2010, Detroit Venture Partners has been committed to backing and founding early stage tech companies that we believe move the world forward. DVP was founded by Dan Gilbert, Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman, with a vision to grow Detroits entrepreneurial community. We partner with visionary founders and help our portfolio companies succeed by leveraging the more than 90 companies within the Rock Family of Companies.
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2024
Investor
Sep 2024
Most companies find out they have a sales tax problem the same way: a letter from a state they didnt know they owed tax in. By then, the exposure has been building for months. The US has 17,000 taxing jurisdictions and 6,000 tax law changes every year. Most businesses are not keeping up. Taxwire handles the full lifecycle โ€” nexus monitoring, registration, calculation, filing, and remittance โ€” across all US states and internationally. Proprietary tax engine. In-house tax team. Managed service, not just software. Companies go live in 1โ€“2 weeks. After that, sales tax stops being something their team thinks about. $1B+ in transaction volume processed. Zero customer churn.
2023
COCOLAB
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Nov 2023
2022
Investor
Mar 2022
Ordo is upgrading the PKโ€“12 school experience by starting with every students favorite period: lunch. Order online, chefs prepare, and students enjoy. Free for schools, no fees, no minimums.
Investor
Jan 2022
Creative tooling powered by a network of artist-trained AI models. Our tooling makes it easy for artists to create, share, and monetize their own custom models by making them available through their creative tooling and protocol. Backed by a16z, 1 Confirmation, Betaworks Ventures, Volt Capital, Alpaca, PTC Crypto, Dennis Crowley, Alex Chung, Austin Rief, David Rosenberg, and others.
2017
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Aug 2017
Since 2010, Detroit Venture Partners has been committed to backing and founding early stage tech companies that we believe move the world forward. DVP was founded by Dan Gilbert, Quicken Loans Founder and Chairman, with a vision to grow Detroits entrepreneurial community. We partner with visionary founders and help our portfolio companies succeed by leveraging the more than 90 companies within the Rock Family of Companies.
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