DCVC
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
DCVC is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Backing entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve trillion-dollar problems.
- Total investments:
- 491
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 23%
- Fund size:
- $5M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries DCVC invests in
Stages DCVC invests in
Countries DCVC invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 25 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1.1M–$9.1M
- Series A
- $5.8M–$45M
- Series B
- $15M–$130M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 66 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 51 (10%)
- Machine Learning 39 (8%)
- Health Care 38 (8%)
- Analytics 35 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 115 (23%)
- Series A 113 (23%)
- Series B 56 (11%)
- Series C 28 (6%)
- Series D 16 (3%)
Country
- United States 218 (44%)
- Canada 9 (2%)
- United Kingdom 7 (1%)
- Australia 4 (1%)
- New Zealand 2 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Cohen
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Gloria Lau
Equity Partner
|
Equity Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Kiersten Stead
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 19 | Find email | |
Matt Trevithick
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Scott James
General Counsel
|
General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 25 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regent develops an electric boat-flying machine for coastal transportation. The company designs and manufactures electric flying machines that will transport commercial passengers. The vehicle, known as a seaglider, is a wing-in-ground-effect craft that operates a few meters above the water's surface and combines an airplane's high speedwith a boat's low operating cost. Seagliders are designed to travel at speeds of up to 180 mph (290 km/h) with a range suitable for regional trips, connecting coastal cities and islands. The company aims to revolutionize regional transportation by creating fast, efficient, and sustainable seagliders that connect coastal communities. | $120M / Series B / Aug 27, 2026 | ||
| Callosum is an intelligent systems company that develops systems-level software that orchestrates AI workloads across a diverse mix of hardware. | $100M / Seed / Aug 20, 2026 | ||
| Sabanto is a farming-as-a-service performing row-crop field operations using low-cost autonomous systems. | Series B / Jul 14, 2026 | ||
| Atom Computing builds truly scalable quantum computers out of individual atoms.The company's quantum computers use quantum mechanical properties of atoms to process information and solve problems beyond the reach of traditional computers, including drug design, computational chemistry, and more.Atom Computing was founded in 2018 and basedin Berkeley, California. | $100M / Series C / Jun 16, 2026 | ||
| Quantum Motion Technologies is building a universal quantum computer in Silicon, using CMOS compatible processes. | $163.5M / Series C / May 07, 2026 | ||
| Halter provides GPS-enabled collars and software that help farmers monitor and control cattle movement. Its system uses virtual fencing to guide animals without physical barriers, allowing users to manage grazing patterns and land use through a mobile interface. The platform collects data on animal location, behavior, and health indicators,supporting day-to-day farm operations and decision-making. Halter also enables remote shifting of herds, reducing the need for manual labor in moving livestock. Its services are used in agricultural settings to improve pasture utilization and streamline herd management processes. | $220M / Series E / Mar 24, 2026 | ||
| Chariot Defense is developing the sophisticated hardware and software framework to address the military's most pressing problem: the distribution, control, and transformation of energy into power on the contemporary battlefield. | $34M / Series A / Feb 25, 2026 | ||
| Iceberg Quantum is an advanced quantum architecture company focused on designing fault-tolerant quantum computing solutions. By leveraging LDPC (Low-Density Parity-Check) codes, the company significantly reduces the hardware overhead required for quantum error correction, accelerating the timeline for practical quantum computing. The team includesexperts in quantum computing and partners with leading institutions to develop the next generation of quantum architectures. | $6M / Seed / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| Lunar Energy's mission is to transition homes to 100% clean energy. Founded in 2020, Lunar Energy is designing and engineering the world’s best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants. The fast-growing, global company is delivering an ecosystem of all-electric productsto make our electricity greener, our air cleaner, and our energy more safe, secure, and reliable for all. | $102M / Series D / Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Proxima Bio develops programmable medicines that modulate protein interactions to address disease processes. It focuses on creating proximity-modulating therapeutics that direct protein interactions for potential use in conditions such as autoimmune disorders and cancer, expanding the range of targets that traditional drugs cannot easily reach.Proxima Bio combines structural biology, data generation, and machine learning to identify actionable protein-protein interfaces and support the discovery of new therapeutic modalities. The company works with pharmaceutical partners to apply its platform in research collaborations and advance drug discovery pipelines. Proxima Bio’s platform integrates multiple technologies to support the design and discovery of novel proximity-based treatment approaches. | $86.3M / Seed / Jan 13, 2026 | ||
| See all 491 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does DCVC invest in?
DCVC invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 491 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is DCVC's check size?
DCVC typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$9.1M at Seed, $5.8M–$45M at Series A and $15M–$130M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds DCVC participates in.
How do I contact DCVC?
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Who are the partners at DCVC?
The team at DCVC includes Alan Cohen (Partner), Gloria Lau (Equity Partner) and Kiersten Stead (Co-Founder), among 25 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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