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What does DCVC invest in?
DCVC invests most often at Seed and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI, Compute & Quantum and Computational Bio & Chem.
DCVC highlights
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46 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Seed and Series A: 60% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 17 rounds, median $10M
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21 exits from the portfolio
What they do
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- $1.0M – $15M as they say
- Stages
- GrowthPre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- AICompute & QuantumComputational Bio & Chem
- Based in
- Palo Alto, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
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The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first429 appearances
- 2026
37 rounds
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- 2025
46 rounds
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration6 named
JHJohn HamerManaging Member of the Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
KSKiersten SteadManaging Member of the Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MOMatthew OckoManaging Member of the Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RTRyan T WardChief Legal OfficeriForm ADV
SCSpencer Cochrane PunterChief Operating OfficeriForm ADV
ZBZachary BogueManaging Member of the Managing Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
We also hold 66 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$4.9Bgross assets of its funds, 2 advisers combinedOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- DCVC Management Co, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 167441
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed21 in all
Citus DataBought by MicrosoftUndisclosedJan 2019
Standard TreasuryBought by Silicon Valley BankUndisclosedAug 2015
ComposeBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedJul 2015
Piston Cloud Computing, Inc.Bought by CiscoUndisclosedJun 2015
Space MonkeyBought by VivintUndisclosedAug 2014
CardSpringBought by TwitterUndisclosedJul 2014
Morta SecurityBought by Palo Alto NetworksUndisclosedJan 2014
The latest 20 here. An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.