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:
- 520
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$9.1M
- Series A
- $6M–$50M
- Series B
- $15M–$130M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 92 (18%)
- Artificial Intelligence 70 (13%)
- Machine Learning 48 (9%)
- Information Technology 48 (9%)
- Analytics 45 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 155 (30%)
- Series A 140 (27%)
- Series B 70 (13%)
- Series C 39 (8%)
- Series D 20 (4%)
Country
- United States 262 (50%)
- United Kingdom 12 (2%)
- Canada 11 (2%)
- Australia 4 (1%)
- Singapore 2 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alan Cohen
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
Gloria Lau
Equity Partner
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Equity Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Kiersten Stead
Co-Founder
|
Co-Founder | Total investments: 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TypeSafe AI develops artificial intelligence models and software tools designed to support automated decision-making within applications and business workflows. Its primary product, Jev, is a System One Model that processes structured questions and returns typed decisions accompanied by probability scores and confidence estimates. These outputs help software systems perform tasks such as classification, scoring, routing, content evaluation, and customer service operations. TypeSafe AI provides an application programming interface and a web-based console that enable developers and organizations to integrate Jev into their existing systems. Its technology uses a training approach called Reinforcement Learning for Calibrated Decisions, which focuses on producing decisions that software can interpret and apply directly. The platform also supports configurable confidence thresholds, allowing applications to automate actions when confidence meets defined criteria or direct uncertain cases for human review. Through these capabilities, TypeSafe AI focuses on making AI-driven decisions usable in structured, programmatic workflows. | $870M / Series A / Oct 09, 2026 | ||
| Universal Quantum is building quantum computers to tackle real-world problems that would take today’s fastest supercomputers billions of years to solve. | $100M / Series A / Oct 08, 2026 | ||
| Soteris provides artificial intelligence-based pricing tools to the insurance business. The company is working hard to transform the entire insurance value chain and would like to keep you updated on developments. | $8M / Seed / Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| Rainmaker employs cutting-edge technology to generate rain, replenish water sources, and address drought challenges in a sustainable and effective manner. | $100M / Series B / Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| TypeSafe AI develops artificial intelligence models and software tools designed to support automated decision-making within applications and business workflows. Its primary product, Jev, is a System One Model that processes structured questions and returns typed decisions accompanied by probability scores and confidence estimates. These outputs help software systems perform tasks such as classification, scoring, routing, content evaluation, and customer service operations. TypeSafe AI provides an application programming interface and a web-based console that enable developers and organizations to integrate Jev into their existing systems. Its technology uses a training approach called Reinforcement Learning for Calibrated Decisions, which focuses on producing decisions that software can interpret and apply directly. The platform also supports configurable confidence thresholds, allowing applications to automate actions when confidence meets defined criteria or direct uncertain cases for human review. Through these capabilities, TypeSafe AI focuses on making AI-driven decisions usable in structured, programmatic workflows. | $40M / Seed / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| Shennon Biotechnologies analyzes and manipulates a massive number of cells on the single-cell level to develop more effective treatments for human diseases. It functionally profiles millions of immune cells to find the best targets for cancer immunotherapy. | $12M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| 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 | ||
| See all 520 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 520 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does DCVC invest in?
DCVC typically joins rounds of $1M–$9.1M at Seed, $6M–$50M at Series A and $15M–$130M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not DCVC's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds DCVC took part 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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