David Cheng
Principal @ DCM Ventures
San Francisco, United States
David Cheng is a seed investor at DCM Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. David Cheng is based out of Palo Alto, California, and is the General Partner of Costanoa Ventures. David previously worked at Coreline Ventures as a Co-Founder and General Partner.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 65%
Last updated:
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Industries David Cheng invests in
Stages David Cheng invests in
Countries David Cheng invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (35%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (30%)
- FinTech 3 (15%)
- Wellness 3 (15%)
- Internet 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (50%)
- Series A 5 (25%)
- Series B 2 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 10 (50%)
- Canada 1 (5%)
- Australia 1 (5%)
- New Zealand 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Watchful operates as an AI security company. | $3.5M / Seed / Sep 25, 2025 | ||
| AI for Utilities - completely redefine how Utilities manage assets, grow the grid, predict risk, and more | $4M / Seed / Sep 22, 2025 | ||
| Flagship is a retail technology platform to bring new technology to the brick-and-mortar retail world. Flagship is introducing innovative visual merchandising technology to the world of brick-and-mortar retail. | $3.8M / Seed / Apr 02, 2025 | ||
| datascalehr develops AI Agents and APIs to natively connect to, and reconcile any Payroll and any HR data source in the world. datascalehr Payroll Providers and Global EORs more profitable by recognizing revenue 6-9 months faster and increasing gross margins 10%+. The company serves multi-country payroll, global employer of record / EOR,payroll service providers and payroll business process outsourcing companies. | Pre-Seed / Nov 06, 2023 | ||
| OpenArt is a platform that generates AI images. | $5M / Seed / May 01, 2023 | ||
| EvenUp is a legal tech company that develops cloud and AI-based legal case management solutions for personal injury AI and document generation. Its ligation cost software values personal injury claims and automates aspects of personal injury legal practices. | $50.5M / Series B / Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Weekend Health is a telehealth platform that connects clients with trained clinicians to make science-based weight loss accessible. | $20M / Series A / Dec 20, 2022 | ||
| EvenUp is a legal tech company that develops cloud and AI-based legal case management solutions for personal injury AI and document generation. Its ligation cost software values personal injury claims and automates aspects of personal injury legal practices. | Series A / Sep 24, 2021 | ||
| Weekend Health is a telehealth platform that connects clients with trained clinicians to make science-based weight loss accessible. | $6M / Seed / Aug 01, 2021 | ||
| Sequence comprehensive weight management programe combines clinically proven medications with access to board-certified clinicians, Registered Dietitians, fitness coaches, and a Care Coordinator to help with weight loss. Sequence are on a mission to help people feel confident they can control their weight while feeling good about how it fits intotheir lifestyle. They provide a virtual clinic that's free of weight bias and stigma. | Seed / Jul 06, 2021 | ||
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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
Principal
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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 Cheng invest in?
David Cheng invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 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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