Data Collective (DCVC) — Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$15.0M Checks)
Data Collective (DCVC) is a Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States investing in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$15.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$15.0M
- Portfolio
- 11 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- AUM
- $4B
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Deep Tech, AI / ML, Developer Tools
- HQ
- Palo Alto, California, United States
Last verified: 2026-10-07
Seed
$1.0M – $15.0M
$4.0B
11+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
DCVC backs deep-tech companies applying AI and computing to major real-world industries and problems. Its publicly listed areas include AI and compute, computational biology and chemistry, energy and climate, security and defense, and advanced manufacturing.
How Data Collective (DCVC) invests
Data Collective (DCVC) is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, California, United States. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Deep Tech, AI / ML, Developer Tools.
Data Collective (DCVC) typically writes checks of $1.0M–$15.0M per investment, backed by approximately $4B in assets under management.
Investing since at least 2014, Data Collective (DCVC) has backed 11 companies in our records, including Latus Bio, Fervo Energy, Relation. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2024.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (11)
2024
Latus Bio
Finding precisely tuned viral vectors for gene therapy in CNS disorders
2022
Fervo Energy
Tapping into the heat beneath our feet to provide gigawatts of clean energy
2021
Relation
Using machine learning to understand the biology underlying disease
2014
Pivot Bio
Reprogramming soil microbes to produce nitrogen sustainably
Other
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
AI revolution in drugmaking
Unlearn
AI revolution in drugmaking
Databricks
Radiant
Boosts round to $350M amid nuclear fervor
Planet
Iterable
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $15.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ali Tamaseb, General Partner.
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