# DC Investment Partners

> DC Investment Partners is a VC fund in Mclean backing Energy, Mobile and Wireless. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mclean, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Fund size: $43M
- Last fund: Mar 2021
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dean-capital-investments-management/
- Website: https://www.dcinvestmentpartners.com/

DC Investment Partners is a private fund that invests in early and growth-stage companies. It targets businesses that have strong leadership, demonstrated market acceptance, and a competitive edge.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Wireless | 1 | 25% |
| Electronics | 1 | 25% |
| Life Science | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series D | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Verana Networks | Verana Networks develops an innovative 5G Radio Access Network solution for service providers that have licensed millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum.The company focuses on enabling 5G in mmWave spectrum because that is where the largest amount of new spectrum is. For 5G to succeed, it must deliver a 10X-50X increase in speed and capacity. Blazingfast speed and an increase in capacity enable new applications, these new applications create incremental revenue, and incremental revenue is essential to support the business case for 5G. | $28M | Series B | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Kandou AI | KANDOU specializes in the design of high-speed, and pin- and energy-efficient chip-to-chip links, SerDes, and associated technologies.Demand for bandwidth in serial links has increased as industries require both high-quantity and high-quality information. KANDOU BUS has developed a unique approach to serial link design that increases the bit-rateand the reach for a given physical communications link and reduces the power consumption. As a result, more bits can be sent per unit of energy, or less energy can be used to achieve a given bit rate.Less energy means available power can be used for more speed, greater battery life, smaller dies or novel designs that shatter many of today’s constraints.Their team of scientists and engineers, based in Switzerland, the UK, and the US, is pushing the boundaries of serial links. | $75M | Series D | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Werewolf Therapeutics | Werewolf Therapeutics, Inc. is an innovative biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of therapeutics engineered to stimulate the body’s immune system for the treatment of cancer. We are leveraging our proprietary PREDATOR™ platform to design conditionally activated molecules that stimulate both adaptive and innate immunity with thegoal of addressing the limitations of conventional proinflammatory immune therapies. Our INDUKINE™ molecules are intended to remain inactive in peripheral tissue yet activate selectively in the tumor microenvironment. Our most advanced product candidates, WTX-124 and WTX-330, are systemically delivered, conditionally activated Interleukin-2 (IL-2), and Interleukin-12 (IL-12) INDUKINE molecules for the treatment of solid tumors. | $72M | Series B | Jan 07, 2021 |  |
| Verana Networks | Verana Networks develops an innovative 5G Radio Access Network solution for service providers that have licensed millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum.The company focuses on enabling 5G in mmWave spectrum because that is where the largest amount of new spectrum is. For 5G to succeed, it must deliver a 10X-50X increase in speed and capacity. Blazingfast speed and an increase in capacity enable new applications, these new applications create incremental revenue, and incremental revenue is essential to support the business case for 5G. | $11M | Series A | Dec 08, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Aspiro Capital Management — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Spark Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/spark-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adage Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adage-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arkin Bio Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkin-bio-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bold Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bold-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does DC Investment Partners invest in?

DC Investment Partners invests primarily in Energy, Mobile and Wireless startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did DC Investment Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for DC Investment Partners closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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