# DCVC

> DCVC is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 412 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 412
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 24%
- Fund size: $1B
- Last fund: Jul 2023
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/data-collective
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dcvc
- Website: http://www.dcvc.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcvc/

DCVC is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Backing entrepreneurs using Deep Tech to solve trillion-dollar problems.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$9.1M |
| Series A | $5.8M–$50M |
| Series B | $15M–$139M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 66 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 51 | 12% |
| Machine Learning | 39 | 9% |
| Health Care | 38 | 9% |
| Analytics | 35 | 8% |

239 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 115 | 28% |
| Series A | 113 | 27% |
| Series B | 56 | 14% |
| Series C | 28 | 7% |
| Series D | 16 | 4% |

11 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 218 | 53% |
| Canada | 9 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 2% |
| Australia | 4 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 0% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alan Cohen | Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-cohen |
| Gloria Lau | Equity Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gloria-lau |
| Kiersten Stead | Co-Founder | 18 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kiersten-stead |
| Matt Trevithick | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-trevithick |
| Scott James | General Counsel | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-james-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sabanto | Sabanto is a farming-as-a-service performing row-crop field operations using low-cost autonomous systems. |  | Series B | Jul 14, 2026 |  |
| Atom Computing | 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 | Quantum Motion Technologies is building a universal quantum computer in Silicon, using CMOS compatible processes. | $163.5M | Series C | May 07, 2026 |  |
| Halter | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Radiant | Radiant is a technology company that develops portable nuclear microreactors designed to generate electricity and heat in a compact, factory-built form. The company’s flagship product, Kaleidos, is engineered to be transportable to customer sites and to replace traditional power sources such as diesel generators for applications including backuppower and continuous energy supply. Radiant manages design, assembly, fueling, and testing of its reactors with a focus on modular deployment and energy generation without on-site water requirements. It also undertakes infrastructure planning for reactor production facilities to support broader availability of its microreactors. Radiant engages with regulatory processes and industry partners to advance testing and commercialization of its nuclear energy solutions. | $300M | Series D | Dec 17, 2025 |  |
| Mythic | Mythic is a diverse group of individuals focused on developing cutting-edge analog matrix processors based on our unique analog compute-in-memory. Their products are the M1076 Analog Matrix Processor, MP10304 Quad-AMP PCIe Card, and MM1076 M.2 M Key Card. They offer AI solutions, from the data center to the edge device. | $125M | Series D | Dec 17, 2025 |  |

10 of 412 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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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 412 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 $1.5M–$9.1M at Seed, $5.8M–$50M at Series A and $15M–$139M 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?

Public channels for DCVC include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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