Luis Bacalao
InvestorChief Legal Officer and General Counsel at DCVC (Data Collective)
San Francisco Bay Area
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About
Luis Bacalao is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at DCVC. He entered venture capital in 2016 at Khosla Ventures as Assistant General Counsel, later served as General Counsel of Y Combinator's Continuity Fund, and returned to Khosla Ventures as an Operating Partner. Before venture capital, he practiced law at Fenwick & West in San Francisco and Davis Polk in New York, and he holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Experience
- DCVCChief Legal Officercurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Khosla VenturesOperating Partner2023 — 2026Menlo Park, California, United States
- Y CombinatorGeneral Counsel -- Continuity2021 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- Khosla VenturesAssistant General Counsel2016 — 2021Menlo Park, CA
- Fenwick and WestAssociate2012 — 2016San Francisco, CA
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPAssociate2010 — 2012New York, NY
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLPSummer Associate2009
- Hon. Richard M. Berman, U.S.D.J., Southern District of New YorkJudicial Intern2008
Colleagues at DCVC (Data Collective)
Alan Cohen
General Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Ali Tamaseb
General Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Allyson Kaufman
Investor Relations Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Anna Fokina
Investment Director DCVC Bio at DCVC (Data Collective)
Cara Yesko
Associate at DCVC (Data Collective)
Chris Boshuizen
Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Christopher Meldrum
Entrepreneur In Residence, DCVC Bio at DCVC Bio
Clay Hutmacher
Operating Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luis Bacalao?
- Luis Bacalao is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at DCVC. He entered venture capital in 2016 at Khosla Ventures as Assistant General Counsel, later served as General Counsel of Y Combinator's Continuity Fund, and returned to Khosla Ventures as an Operating Partner. Before venture capital, he practiced law at Fenwick & West in San Francisco and Davis Polk in New York, and he holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
- Where does Luis Bacalao work?
- Luis Bacalao is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel at DCVC (Data Collective).
- Where did Luis Bacalao go to school?
- Luis Bacalao studied at Columbia Law School (J.D.); Cornell University (B.A., Government, Economics).
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