# DCM Ventures

> DCM Ventures is a VC fund in Menlo Park backing Software and Internet. See 442 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 442
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 27%
- Fund size: $780M
- Last fund: Sep 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/dcm
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/DCM_VC
- Website: http://www.dcm.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dcmvc

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for DCM Ventures. Shizune tracks 10 team members at DCM Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/dcm?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.3M–$35M |
| Series B | $8.5M–$60M |
| Series C | $8.5M–$134M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 63 | 14% |
| Internet | 34 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 30 | 7% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 27 | 6% |
| Apps | 26 | 6% |

283 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 98 | 22% |
| Series B | 94 | 21% |
| Series C | 70 | 16% |
| Seed | 57 | 13% |
| Series D | 33 | 7% |

15 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 149 | 34% |
| China | 71 | 16% |
| Japan | 23 | 5% |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 0% |

15 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Weijin Huang | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/weijin-huang-e57a |
| David K. Chao | Co-Founder & General Partner | 22 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-chao |
| Dixon Doll | Co-Founder & Partner Emeritus | 14 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dixon-doll |
| Frank Lin | Co-Founder and General Partner | 36 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hurst-lin |
| Ibrahim AlSuwaidi | Principal & Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ibrahim-alsuwaidi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kaon | 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 | 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 | Trovy is a fintech company that provides applications. analytics, and financial services. | $15M | Series A | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Dots | 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 |  |
| Kaon | 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 | enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy. | $32.6M | Series B | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| Enechain | enechain provides liquidity in Japan’s energy market by brokering OTC transactions of energy. | $32.6M | Series B | Jan 26, 2026 |  |
| ExploMar | 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 | Genki Robotics is a humanoid robotics that offers to aid practical applications of physical AI. | $50M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| UniUni | 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 |  |

10 of 442 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norwest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norwest-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 14 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 13 deals together
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- [Matrix Partners China](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matrix-partners-china) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Emergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergence-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 9 deals together

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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 442 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 $4.3M–$35M at Series A, $8.5M–$60M at Series B and $8.5M–$134M 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?

Public channels for DCM Ventures 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 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 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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