DCVC (Data Collective)
Venture capitalActively deployingPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 66 people tracked
Also known as DCVC · DCVC BIO MANAGEMENT CO, LLC · DCVC MANAGEMENT CO, LLC
Investment thesis
DCVC seeks out and supports ambitious founders using technology to solve difficult, large-scale problems and to restore predictability in an unstable world. Its portfolio spans deep-technology areas including clean energy, gene therapy, sustainable agriculture, and machine learning applied to biology and disease, reflecting a focus on science- and data-driven companies tackling consequential real-world challenges.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 66 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 164 of 385 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×74Enterprise Software ×48Biotech ×47Deep Tech ×38Data & Infrastructure ×30Healthtech ×30Medical Devices ×22Developer Tools ×21
HQs:United States×128Canada×2United Kingdom×2Israel×1Nigeria×1New Zealand×1
Investments · 385 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathWaltham, US
Kevin O'Brien(Executive Officer)Joel Cutler(Director)Anil Chitkara(Executive Officer)Patrick Ennis(Director)Michael Ellenbogen(Executive Officer, Director)John Sanders(Director)
Board seatMerline SaintilAlan Cohen· per SEC Form D · $30M raise · filed Feb 2021
Fervo Energy develops next-generation geothermal technology using advanced drilling and sensing techniques to unlock carbon-free, 24/7 power generation in previously uneconomic locations.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHouston, US
Tim Latimer(Founder & CEO)inJack Norbeck(Founder)inDavid Thomas Danielson(Director)Nicholas Walrod(Director)Ion Yadigaroglu(Director)
Board seatRachel Slaybaugh· per SEC Form D
BiotechSalt Lake City, US
Blake C. Borgeson(Executive Officer, Director)Dean Y. Yi(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher C. Gibson(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatZachary Bogue· per SEC Form D · $245.9M raise · filed Nov 2020
Amplitude provides an AI analytics platform that helps companies understand customer behavior and make data-driven product decisions.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Spenser Skates(Founder/CEO)inCurtis Liu(Founder/CTO)inJeffrey Wang(Co-Founder)Erica Schultz(Director)Ron Gill(Director)Somesh Dash(Board Observer)
Freenome develops early-stage cancer detection technology using blood tests to identify cancer in its earliest, most treatable phases.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesLondon
Riley Ennis(Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer)Stuart Lawson(Director)Charles Roberts(Director)Gabriel Otte(Director)
Ginkgo Bioworks develops autonomous laboratory systems that automate manual benchwork in biotechnology R&D, enabling scientists to conduct experiments through natural language requests rather than manual lab work.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechBoston, US
Jason Kelly(Founder)inAustin Che(Founder)inTom Knight(Founder)inBarry Canton(Founder)inReshma Shetty(Founder)in
BoardReshma Sohoni
Rigetti develops quantum computing hardware and systems, leveraging superconducting quantum processing units cooled by dilution refrigerators to enable advanced quantum computation capabilities.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareQuantum ComputingRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Chad Rigetti(Founder/CEO)in
Rocket Lab develops launch vehicles and space systems for commercial space access and satellite deployment.
Deep TechHardwareSpace TechLong Beach, US
Sir Peter Beck(Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer)
SentinelOne provides an AI-powered cybersecurity platform for enterprises that integrates endpoint protection, threat detection, and incident response capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise Software
Tomer Weingarten(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)
Recursion applies computational and data-driven approaches to biological science, aiming to accelerate drug discovery and develop new treatments.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDeep TechMedical DevicesSalt Lake City, US
Chris Gibson(Co-founder, Chairman of the Board)
Twelve transforms CO2 into chemicals, fuels, and materials through carbon transformation technology.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechHealthtechNew MaterialsMoses Lake, US
Nicholas Flanders(Founder & CEO)inEtosha Cave(Founder)Kendra Kuhl(Founder)inMarc-Henri Galletti(Director)Nimesh Shah(Director)Charles Warden(Director)
Valar Labs develops AI-powered pathology analysis tools to assist physicians in cancer treatment decisions.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesPalo Alto, US
Anirudh Joshi(Co-founder & CEO)Viswesh Krishna(Co-founder & CTO)Damir Vrabac(Executive Officer, Director)
Redwood City, US
Pratik Verma(Executive Officer, Director)Ed Cluss(Director)Eric Tilenius(Executive Officer, Director)Matt Ocko(Director)Boris Nikolic(Director)Scott Barclay(Director)
Board seatScott Barclay· per SEC Form D · $6.5M raise · filed Feb 2015
Palo Alto, US
Payam Banazadeh(Executive Officer, Director)William Woods(Director)Chris Boshuizen(Director)Nabeel Hyatt(Director)
Board seatChris Boshuizen· per SEC Form D
Houston, US
Board seatAli Tamaseb· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed Jan 2025
NOETIK builds AI and computational biology platforms to discover and develop cancer therapeutics by combining large-scale multimodal spatial biology data from human tumors with machine learning models.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSouth San Francisco, US
Jacob Rinaldi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ronald Alfa(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)SVP, Head of Research at Recursion(Co-founder)VP of Informatics at Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy(Co-founder)Chief Corporate Development Officer at Recursion(Co-founder)
Board seatJames Hardiman· per SEC Form D · $8M raise · filed Sep 2022
HealthtechNew York, US
Jason Pontin(Director)Zachary Carpenter(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Gasner(Director)John McFarland(Executive Officer)
Board seatJason Pontin· per SEC Form D · $91.5M raise · filed Jun 2026
EnergyEl Segundo, US
Douglas Bernauer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Robert Urberger(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardDavid Ulevitch(Director)Stephen Burns(Director)
Board seatRachel Slaybaugh· per SEC Form D · $350M raise · filed Dec 2025
Miami Beach, US
Board seatJason Pontin· per SEC Form D · $36.2M raise · filed Dec 2025
ShennonBio develops immunotherapy technologies using microfluidic engineering, computational biology, and immunology to advance T cell engineering for cancer treatment.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Li Sun, PhD(Founder/CEO)inJAMES HARDIMAN(Director)LI SUN(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatJames Hardiman· per SEC Form D
Palo Alto, US
Patrick Perry(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Paragas(Executive Officer, Director)Mehmood Khan(Director)Jason Pontin(Director)
Board seatJason Pontin· per SEC Form D · $2.5M raise · filed Nov 2022
Mansfield, US
Jiten Manglani(Director)Pamela Lynch(Executive Officer)Tom Ferguson(Director)Julie Bliss Mullen(Executive Officer, Director)Orren Schneider(Executive Officer)Wayne Byrne(Director)
Honeycomb provides observability and monitoring software that helps engineering teams understand how their software behaves in production.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Charity Majors(Co-founder & CTO)inChristine Yen(CEO & Co-founder)in
Karius is a company that provides microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) metagenomic sequencing services for research and clinical applications.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Alec Ford(Chief Executive Officer)
Agility Robotics develops and deploys humanoid robots for warehouse automation and logistics operations.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSalem, US
Jonathan Hurst(Co-founder & Chief Robot Officer)inDamion Shelton(Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board)inBruce Leak(Director)Matthew Ocko(Director)
Akash Systems develops thermal management technology for AI servers and semiconductors using diamond cooling, enabling improved performance and energy efficiency across data centers, automotive, and communications applications.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductors
Alex Carter(Founder & CEO)
Akido Labs develops an AI operating system designed for healthcare that leverages machine learning to enable personalized medical diagnostics and care coordination at scale.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechInsurTechLos Angeles, US
Jared Goodner(Founder)Prashant Samant(Founder)John Greco(Director)Prasad Jeereddi(Director)Rohit Gupta(Director)
BoardAndrew Adams(Director)
Alation builds a data catalog platform with machine learning and generative AI capabilities that helps enterprises find, understand, and trust their data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRedwood City, US
Satyen Sangani(Founder)Dr. Venky Ganti(Founder)Dr. Feng Niu(Founder)Aaron Kalb(Founder)
Alchemab uses adaptive immunity and deep learning to develop antibody therapeutics for difficult-to-treat diseases by studying resilient individuals such as long-term cancer survivors.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
AlemHealth develops hardware and software tools for hospitals and diagnostic centers in emerging markets to deliver radiological imaging services and analysis with minimal requirements for reliable power, internet connectivity, or on-site specialists.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSingapore, SG
Aschkan Abdul Malek(Founder)in
Boulder, US
Bradley Sheftel(Director)Matt Lipscomb(Executive Officer, Director)Nathan Ratledge(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardStephen Rodriguez(Director)
Amogy develops patented ammonia cracking technology that converts ammonia into electric power for hydrogen fuel cells and engines, targeting decarbonization of heavy industries including transportation and maritime.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHardware
Seonghoon Woo(Founder & CEO)
Apollo provides a GraphQL-based API orchestration platform that unifies APIs and data sources for backend teams and frontend applications.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US
Geoff Schmidt(Founder/CEO)inmatt debergalis(Founder/CTO)Nick Martin(Founder/CTO)
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Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does DCVC (Data Collective) invest at?
- DCVC (Data Collective) invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is DCVC (Data Collective)'s typical check size?
- DCVC (Data Collective) typically writes checks of $5M – $25M.
- What sectors does DCVC (Data Collective) focus on?
- DCVC (Data Collective) focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Developer Tools, Digital Health, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Hardware, Healthtech, Medical Devices, New Materials, Quantum Computing, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Semiconductors, Space Tech.
- Where is DCVC (Data Collective) located?
- DCVC (Data Collective) is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does DCVC (Data Collective) lead rounds?
- DCVC (Data Collective) typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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