DCM Ventures
VC Fund
Menlo Park, United States
DCM Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park focused on Software and Internet. 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.
- Total investments:
- 537
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 29%
- Fund size:
- $780M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries DCM Ventures invests in
Stages DCM Ventures invests in
Countries DCM Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 10 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Series A
- $4M–$30M
- Series B
- $8.5M–$53M
- Series C
- $9M–$100M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 67 (12%)
- Internet 41 (8%)
- E-Commerce 32 (6%)
- Artificial Intelligence 29 (5%)
- Apps 28 (5%)
Stage
- Series A 120 (22%)
- Series B 108 (20%)
- Series C 81 (15%)
- Seed 74 (14%)
- Series D 37 (7%)
Country
- United States 162 (30%)
- China 83 (15%)
- Japan 26 (5%)
- Hong Kong 4 (1%)
- South Korea 3 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Weijin Huang
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
David K. Chao
Co-Founder & General Partner
|
Co-Founder & General Partner | Total investments: 28 | Find email | |
Dixon Doll
Co-Founder & Partner Emeritus
|
Co-Founder & Partner Emeritus | Total investments: 14 | Find email | |
Frank Lin
Co-Founder and General Partner
|
Co-Founder and General Partner | Total investments: 44 | Find email | |
Ibrahim AlSuwaidi
Principal & Investor
|
Principal & Investor | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 10 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| FlowGPT is a LLM prompt platform that allows anyone to explore, use, and share prompts across different LLMs. On FlowGPT, users can find high-quality prompts and their potential use cases. It is also an open-source community, a "Github" for prompt creators to collaborate, iterate, and manage their prompts. | $60M / Series B / Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| APTSell intends to use the fresh funds to expedite research, development, and iteration of its product technology. Furthermore, the company intends to use these funds to actively seek extensive commercial cooperation and market expansion. | Seed / Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Trovy is a fintech company that provides applications. analytics, and financial services. | $15M / Series A / Jun 24, 2026 | ||
| Dots is a multichannel payouts API that automates manual processes for marketplaces. Dots' API lets a marketplace pay their sellers in the ways they want to be paid, including Venmo, Paypal, ACH and Zelle. As more Americans earn a living by becoming a 1099 worker, marketplaces need to provide flexible payout options and we make supportingthese payouts easy through a single API. | $8.9M / Series A / Feb 25, 2026 | ||
| FlowGPT is a LLM prompt platform that allows anyone to explore, use, and share prompts across different LLMs. On FlowGPT, users can find high-quality prompts and their potential use cases. It is also an open-source community, a "Github" for prompt creators to collaborate, iterate, and manage their prompts. | $30M / Series A / Feb 01, 2026 | ||
| enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy. | $32.6M / Series B / Jan 26, 2026 | ||
| ExploMar, founded in 2021, develops high-performance electric outboard systems with integrated batteries, enabling smart, thrilling, and eco-friendly boating. With over 100 core patents—covering reducers, electronic steering, closed cooling, and more—our CE-certified systems lead in innovation. We operate an R&D center in Shanghai and a testingand manufacturing base in Suzhou, driving the electrification and intelligence of water mobility. | $10M / Series A / Nov 18, 2025 | ||
| Genki Robotics is a humanoid robotics that offers to aid practical applications of physical AI. | $50M / Seed / Nov 13, 2025 | ||
| UniUni's revolutionary delivery approach and cutting-edge technology make it the most reliable, cheap, and flexible last-mile service in North America, enabling eCommerce enterprises to prosper. | $70M / Series D / Jun 19, 2025 | ||
| BentoML is the platform for AI developers to build, ship, and scale AI applications. Headquartered in San Francisco, BentoML’s open-source products are enabling thousands of organizations’ mission-critical AI applications around the globe. Our serverless cloud platform brings developer velocity and cost-efficiency to enterprise AI use cases.BentoML is on a mission to empower every organization to compete and succeed with AI | $10M / Series A / Apr 11, 2025 | ||
| See all 537 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does DCM Ventures invest in?
DCM Ventures invests primarily in Software, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 537 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 DCM Ventures's check size?
DCM Ventures typically joins rounds of $4M–$30M at Series A, $8.5M–$53M at Series B and $9M–$100M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds DCM Ventures participates in.
How do I contact DCM Ventures?
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Who are the partners at DCM Ventures?
The team at DCM Ventures includes Weijin Huang (Principal), David K. Chao (Co-Founder & General Partner) and Dixon Doll (Co-Founder & Partner Emeritus), among 10 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 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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