David K. Chao
Co-Founder & General Partner @ DCM Ventures
San Jose, United States
David K. Chao is a seed investor at DCM Ventures in San Jose focused on FinTech and Internet. David K. Chao joined DCM Ventures as General Partner and Co-Founder. He previously worked at McKinsey & Company as a Management Consultant. David K. Chao attended Stanford University and Brown University.
- Total investments:
- 28
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 21%
Last updated:
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Industries David K. Chao invests in
Stages David K. Chao invests in
Countries David K. Chao invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (11%)
- Internet 3 (11%)
- Software 3 (11%)
- Health Care 3 (11%)
- Financial Services 3 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (29%)
- Series A 5 (18%)
- Series B 5 (18%)
- Series C 2 (7%)
- Series D 2 (7%)
Country
- United States 12 (43%)
- China 4 (14%)
- Brazil 1 (4%)
- Mexico 1 (4%)
- United Arab Emirates 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Eaze is an online marketplace and technology platform that helps provide legal access to cannabis through safe and convenient delivery. In doing so, Eaze works with and assists local cannabis entrepreneurs in expanding their businesses sustainably and responsibly. | $35M / Series D / Feb 25, 2020 | ||
| Grin Scooters is a software company that operates network of operational shared electric scooters. Currently, Grin only operates in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Sao Paulo and Bogota but it has plans to expand to other cities throughout Latin America. | $20M / Seed / Sep 06, 2018 | ||
| Zeuss Technologies develops next generation blockchain-based Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) technology for cash intensive industries. Zeuss’ software non-intrusively monitors and verifies all financial activity across industries and efficiently fulfills federal regulatory compliance obligations. | Seed / Aug 29, 2018 | ||
| At Stockwell, they’re combining the convenience of online ordering with the instant gratification of real world retail. We’re building hardware, software and supply chain operations to create delightful automated stores that are only a few feet away and always stocked with what you need. | $7.5M / Series A / Feb 17, 2018 | ||
| Baletoo.com is a C2C real estate platform that provides rentals & information to tenants, homeowners, and real estate agents. | Series B / Sep 21, 2017 | ||
| Eaze is an online marketplace and technology platform that helps provide legal access to cannabis through safe and convenient delivery. In doing so, Eaze works with and assists local cannabis entrepreneurs in expanding their businesses sustainably and responsibly. | $27M / Series B / Sep 14, 2017 | ||
| TravelBank is the modern all-in-one business travel and expense management platform, powering the expense and travel solution for more than 20,000 companies.Businesses gain immediate control of their travel program, reducing travel spend by 30% on average while improving employee happiness through a user-friendly design and travel rewardsprogram. Companies can create and deploy custom travel policies with ease and create a baseline for travel spend, and have access to TravelBank’s in-house customer success team for 24/7 concierge-level support, always available by phone, email, or chat. For more information, please visit TravelBank.com or download our iOS or Android app. | $25M / Series B / Aug 30, 2017 | ||
| THETA.tv is a next generation decentralized live streaming platform powered by blockchain technology. Theta Network enables existing video platforms to drive incremental revenues and reduce content delivery CDN costs while end-users are rewarded for sharing their bandwidth to relay video on a peer-to-peer basis on any PC, mobile, Smart TV or IoTdevice. Strategic corporate investors include Samsung NEXT, Sony Innovation Fund, media investors BDMI Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, CAA Creative Artists Agency, and traditional Silicon Valley VCs including DCM and Sierra Ventures. | $9.8M / Series A / Aug 23, 2017 | ||
| VeeR connects you instantly to an active community of VR video creators and audience all over the world. They combine a mix of social-following and algorithm-based recommendation to deliver best content in front of every VeeR users. | $16M / Series A / Jun 17, 2017 | ||
| Careem operates a car booking platform that connects passengers with local drivers. The company's platform provides a marketplace of community drivers where passengers can request a ride in minutes, see the cost, and have it charged to their credit card of choice, giving passengers access to affordable and advantageous transportation. | $150M / Series E / Jun 14, 2017 | ||
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Co-Investors
About DCM Ventures
DCM Ventures assists entrepreneurs in building companies that will change how institutions and people use and live with technology.DCM Ventures focuses on the size of its team, the money they raise, and the investments they make all so that it can focus on the business of helping portfolio companies succeed. Collectively, the DCM investingpartners have over a century of investing and operational experience and each DCM partner has experience building hyper-growth startups into billion-dollar businesses.DCM Ventures manages ten funds totaling $4.0 billion and has made investments in more than 400 technology companies across the United States and Asia. With offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo, DCM provides hands-on operational guidance and a vast network of global business and financial resources to its portfolio companies.
DCM Ventures Contacts
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Weijin Huang
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David K. Chao
Co-Founder & General Partner
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Dixon Doll
Co-Founder & Partner Emeritus
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Frank Lin
Co-Founder and General Partner
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Ibrahim AlSuwaidi
Principal & Investor
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What does David K. Chao invest in?
David K. Chao invests primarily in FinTech, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for David K. Chao closed in Feb 2020. Shizune tracks 28 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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