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Data Collective (DCVC)

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Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Data Collective (DCVC) is a Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Deep Tech, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$10.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $10.0M

AUM

$4.0B

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

7 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2024Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in data/AI-driven frontier technologies, including infrastructure software with defensible technical differentiation.

How Data Collective (DCVC) invests

Data Collective (DCVC) is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. 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–$10.0M 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.

Meet the Team

AT

Ali Tamaseb

General Partner

FC

Flo Chialtas

Talent Acquisition Partner

JP

Jason Pontin

General Partner

MO

Matt Ocko

Managing Partner

SP

Spencer Punter

Chief Operating Officer

RW

Ryan Ward

Chief Legal Officer

AC

Alan Cohen

General Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Deep Tech
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (11)

2024

LA

Latus Bio

Finding precisely tuned viral vectors for gene therapy in CNS disorders

2022

FE

Fervo Energy

Tapping into the heat beneath our feet to provide gigawatts of clean energy

2021

RE

Relation

Using machine learning to understand the biology underlying disease

2014

PI

Pivot Bio

Reprogramming soil microbes to produce nitrogen sustainably

Other

RE

Recursion Pharmaceuticals

AI revolution in drugmaking

UN

Unlearn

AI revolution in drugmaking

DA

Databricks

Data/AI Infrastructure
RA

Radiant

Boosts round to $350M amid nuclear fervor

PL

Planet

Data Platform
IT

Iterable

B2B SaaS
How to pitch Data Collective (DCVC)
  • 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 – $10.0M check.
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ali Tamaseb, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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