Parker Macdonell

Venture Partner at R1 Capital

📍 Columbus, Ohio, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2023
VC🌍 United States
10
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4
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Portfolio

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Board Member
Apr 2023
3Bar Biologics is a cutting-edge biotech company that helps the agricultural value chain optimize their solutions for improving quantity and quality of crop production. 3Bar’s proprietary delivery method grows fresh microbes on-site to ensure farmers have the most viable and abundant beneficial microbes at the time of application. By partnering with innovative like-minded companies and research universities, 3Bar is delivering the highest quality and most cost-effective biological microbe solutions to drive profitability for the agriculture industry, while also reducing its dependence on synthetic chemicals.
Board Observer
Jan 2022
Lucy-AI is using AI to make personalized English education accessible to everyone.
Board Observer
Jan 2021
Supply Dynamics’ SDX platform serves as the digital thread across your distributed manufacturing supply chain – an essential first step to digital transformation. Managing a global supply chain, keeping tabs on supplier performance, and making sense of data across hundreds, and even thousands of sub-tier suppliers are not easy tasks. We can help.
Board Observer
Dec 2017
Able allows recruiters to simplify and automate the onboarding processes that prevent new employees from getting to work, from the most straightforward to the diabolically complex, so they can do what they were hired to do sooner. We believe that no matter who someone is, what job they do, whether they’re temporary or permanent, every employee can and should be able to have a great first day.
Board Observer
Dec 2017
EmployStream is now Able. We changed our name to better reflect the industry we serve and make sure that no barriers prevent employees from having a great first day. Same product, same great people, new name. Keep up-to-date with Able by following us at Able on LinkedIn via the URL below.
Board Member
Aug 2017
Rapchat is on a mission to democratize music creation with mobile tools that allow anyone to be a music artist. Rapchat takes the friction out of making music and has helped over 10 million artists unleash their creativity.
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Board Observer
Dec 2015
Employee Mentoring Made Easy. MentorcliQ is a mentoring software solution that helps organizations launch, support, and grow high-impact employee mentoring programs. Our approach drives employee participation and satisfaction through an engaging user experience and supporting training resources. MentorcliQ system makes it easy to manage multiple mentoring and talent development programs from a single place. MentorcliQ’s enthusiastic customers span Fortune 500 companies to Non-Profits. Companies like Deloitte, Honda, and JP Morgan Chase rely on MentorcliQ to power their talent development strategy through mentoring. MentorcliQ supports mentoring programs in more than 100 countries across 6 continents and is proudly improving the workplace for 2 Million employees and counting. The Association of Talent Development (ATD) and Brandon Hall have awarded MentorcliQ with Excellence in Practice and Best Technology in mentoring. MentorcliQ has been featured in TechCrunch, INC and Chief Learning Officer Magazine.
Board Member
Jul 2013
The Angel Capital Association (ACA) is the professional society of angel groups and private investors that invest in high growth, early-stage ventures. Our mission is to fuel the success of angel groups and private investors that invest in high growth, early-stage ventures. ACA provides professional development and delivers services and benefits to support the success of ACA members. We also serve as the promotional voice for the global angel community and the public policy voice for the US professional angel community. ACA membership includes more than 250 angel groups, accredited platforms and family offices from across the world. Our members represent more than 8,000 accredited investors funding approximately 5,000 portfolio companies.
Board Member
Jan 2011
SparkBase is a gift card and loyalty software platform that enables businesses to reward their customers in real time for monetary and non-monetary behavior across channels. Whether customers are making a purchase in a store or online, opening a marketing email or engaging through social media, the SparkBase engine enables business to reward customer whenever and wherever they engage with their brand. SparkBase has been powering loyalty and gift card transactions since 2004 and works with more than 100 resellers, agencies and technology partners to bring our loyalty and gift card platform to thousands of businesses in 8 countries. For career opportunities, visit: http://sparkbase.com/contact/careers/
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2023
Board Member
Apr 2023
3Bar Biologics is a cutting-edge biotech company that helps the agricultural value chain optimize their solutions for improving quantity and quality of crop production. 3Bar’s proprietary delivery method grows fresh microbes on-site to ensure farmers have the most viable and abundant beneficial microbes at the time of application. By partnering with innovative like-minded companies and research universities, 3Bar is delivering the highest quality and most cost-effective biological microbe solutions to drive profitability for the agriculture industry, while also reducing its dependence on synthetic chemicals.
2022
Board Observer
Jan 2022
Lucy-AI is using AI to make personalized English education accessible to everyone.
2021
Board Observer
Jan 2021
Supply Dynamics’ SDX platform serves as the digital thread across your distributed manufacturing supply chain – an essential first step to digital transformation. Managing a global supply chain, keeping tabs on supplier performance, and making sense of data across hundreds, and even thousands of sub-tier suppliers are not easy tasks. We can help.
2017
Board Observer
Dec 2017
Able allows recruiters to simplify and automate the onboarding processes that prevent new employees from getting to work, from the most straightforward to the diabolically complex, so they can do what they were hired to do sooner. We believe that no matter who someone is, what job they do, whether they’re temporary or permanent, every employee can and should be able to have a great first day.
Board Observer
Dec 2017
EmployStream is now Able. We changed our name to better reflect the industry we serve and make sure that no barriers prevent employees from having a great first day. Same product, same great people, new name. Keep up-to-date with Able by following us at Able on LinkedIn via the URL below.
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