David Cheng
InvestorPrincipal at DCM Ventures
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K – $15M checks · typically $5M
About
David Cheng is a Principal at DCM, a global early-stage venture firm managing over $4B across 14 funds with investments in more than 400 technology companies over its 24-year history. He invests at the Seed through Series B stages, focusing on consumer, fintech, and digital health companies.
Invests in
Climate TechConsumerE-commerceFintechGamingHealthtechSocial
Experience
- Costanoa VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Fish AudioSeed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- SenpilotBoard Observer, Seed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- WatchfulBoard Observer, Seed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- FlagshipBoard Director, Seed Investorcurrent2025 — present
- Coreline VenturesCo-Founder and General Partner2025 — 2026
- PlaygroundBoard Director, Series A Investor2024
- OpenArt AIBoard Observer and Seed Investor2023 — 2024
- MetafySeed Investor2021 — 2024
- EvenUpBoard Observer and Seed Investor2020 — 2024
- BrigitBoard Observer and Seed Investor2018 — 2024
- DCM VenturesPartner2014 — 2024Menlo Park, California, United States
- Weekend HealthBoard Director, Founding Investor2022 — 2023
- Gold HouseAdvisor - Gold Rush2020 — 2023
- SoFiBoard Observer2017 — 2021
- BILLBoard Observer2018 — 2020
- musical.ly Inc.Investor2016 — 2018
- AccentureConsultant2013 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
- StreetEasy (acq. by Zillow)Product Manager2012 — 2013New York
- CitiSummer Analyst2012388 Greenwhich St, NY, NY
Education
- The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA
- New York UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA
Skills & more
Microsoft Excel16PowerPoint10Bloomberg Terminal4SQLSalesforce.comMicrosoft Office12Mandarin7Management Consulting19Data Analysis13Financial Analysis9Business Development11Public Speaking8
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Strategic PlanningMarket AnalysisMobile PaymentsCompetitor IntelligenceProject ManagementStrategyFinancial ModelingVenture CapitalFundraisingDue DiligenceStart-upsInbox ZeroLanguages Chinese · Japanese
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Investments
Investor
BrigitCoffee Meets BagelEvenupLife360LighthouseLimeMetafy.ggMusical.lyPawpPlenty
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Colleagues at DCM Ventures
Addison Leong
Venture Partner at DCM Ventures
Andre Levi
Partner at DCM Ventures
André Levi
Chief Financial Officer & Partner at DCM Ventures
Bahram Tavakoli
Associate at DCM Ventures
David Chao
Co-Founder and General Partner at DCM Ventures
Fiona Huang
Partner at DCM Ventures
George Zhou
Investment Vice President at DCM Ventures
Gloria Zhang
Investment VP at DCM Ventures
Network7
Gokul RajaramScout
DoorDash, Coinbase, Square at Good AI Capital
Sameer DholakiaScout
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Andre Levi
Partner at DCM Ventures
David Chao
Co-Founder and General Partner at DCM Ventures
Hurst Lin
General Partner at DCM Ventures
Ibrahim AlSuwaidi
Partner at DCM Ventures
Jason Krikorian
General Partner at DCM Ventures
Investors connected to David in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does David Cheng work?
- David Cheng is Principal at DCM Ventures.
- What does David Cheng invest in?
- David Cheng invests in Climate Tech, Consumer, E-commerce, Fintech, Gaming, Healthtech, Social.
- What check size does David Cheng write?
- David Cheng typically writes checks of $500K – $15M.
Same school
Also attended The Wharton School1,481
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Also attended New York University359
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Shared employers
Also worked at Fish Audio1
Also worked at Coreline Ventures8
Osuke HondaGeneral Partner at Coreline VenturesKenichiro "Ken" HaraGeneral Partner at Coreline VenturesArthur KanekoCo-Founder, Managing Partner at Coreline VenturesKeita MorikawaVenture Partner at Coreline VenturesKeiko MiwaInvestor at Coreline VenturesMaria Palma OkuboDirector of Business Development at Coreline Ventures
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Also worked at BILL22
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