# Ali Tamaseb, Founder

> Ali Tamaseb, Founder. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/ali-tamaseb (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

San Francisco, US · Partner

# Ali Tamaseb

Founder at [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)

Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** - none observed
- **Filings:** 1 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 3 +2 mentions

What this record rests on

- **Named in rounds** No round names them yet
- ✓ **On filings** 1 filing with a regulator
- ✓ **Linked to a firm** At DCVC
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## The firm

[**DCVC** VC firm · US **46** cheques in 12 months **428** all time **11** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)

## Companies they are listed as backing

Portfolio

- [3fbio](https://millionrounds.com/startup/3fbio)
- [ADVANO](https://millionrounds.com/startup/advano)
- [Agility Robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/agility-robotics)
- [Akash Systems](https://millionrounds.com/company/akash-systems)
- [Alation](https://millionrounds.com/company/alation)
- [Area 1 Security](https://millionrounds.com/startup/area-1-security)
- [Asimov](https://millionrounds.com/company/asimov)
- [Atomwise](https://millionrounds.com/company/atomwise)
- [Beit](https://millionrounds.com/startup/beit-2)
- [Biobot Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/startup/biobot-analytics)
- [Boxcat Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/startup/boxcat)
- [C16 Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/startup/c16-biosciences)
- [CATALOG](https://millionrounds.com/company/catalog)
- [Cape Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cape-analytics)
- [Capella Space](https://millionrounds.com/startup/capella-space)
- [Caption Health](https://millionrounds.com/startup/caption-health)
- [Carbon Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbon-health)
- [Culture Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/culture-biosciences)
- [Deepcell](https://millionrounds.com/startup/deepcell)
- [EARTH AI](https://millionrounds.com/startup/earth-ai)
- [Element AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/element-ai)
- [Embark Trucks](https://millionrounds.com/company/embark-trucks)
- [Entocycle](https://millionrounds.com/startup/entocycle)
- [Enzyme](https://millionrounds.com/startup/enzyme-3)
- [Evolv Technology](https://millionrounds.com/company/evolv-technology)
- [Fortem Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/startup/fortem-technologies)
- [Freenome](https://millionrounds.com/company/freenome)
- [GitPrime](https://millionrounds.com/company/gitprime)
- [Golden](https://millionrounds.com/startup/golden-3)
- [Gro Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/startup/gro-intelligence)
- [Halter](https://millionrounds.com/company/halter)
- [HealthMode](https://millionrounds.com/startup/healthmode)
- [HelloVerify](https://millionrounds.com/startup/helloverify)
- [Horizon Quantum Computing](https://millionrounds.com/startup/horizon-quantum-computing)
- [Hub](https://millionrounds.com/startup/hub)
- [Jupiter Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/startup/jupiter-intelligence)

36 of 78 companies.

## Where they are named on record

Filings

- SEC Form D · Company raising **Reality Defender, Inc.** Director since 2023

Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.

## Also at DCVC

- [**Bruno Bowden** Series a Lead Investor *12 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/bruno-bowden)
- [**Zachary Bogue** Managing Member *6 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/zachary-bogue)
- [**Alan Cohen** General Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/alan-cohen)
- [**Matt Michelsen** Operating Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/matt-michelsen)
- [**Michael Driscoll** Co-Founder, CEO *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/michael-driscoll)
- [**Simon Crosby** Equity Partner *1 round*](https://millionrounds.com/person/simon-crosby)
- [**Abel Kim** Angel Investor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/abel-kim)
- [**Adolph Xu** Angel Investor *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/adolph-xu)

## Hear them before you pitch them

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 5 Jul 2021 · 46 min 289. Data on the Key Traits of Billion Dollar Startups with the Author of Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups (Ali Tamaseb) With [Ali Tamaseb](https://millionrounds.com/person/ali-tamaseb) Mentions [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) About this episode Ali Tamaseb of DCVC joins Nick to discuss Data on the Key Traits of Billion-Dollar Startups with the Author of Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups. In this episode we cover: Founders' history of building Second-time founders and their larger chance of being unicorns… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The NFX Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/nfx) · 15 Jun 2021 · 39 min Super Founders with Ali Tamaseb & James Currier With [Ali Tamaseb](https://millionrounds.com/person/ali-tamaseb) Mentions [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective)[Elad Gil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/elad-gil)[Flatiron Health](https://millionrounds.com/fund/flatiron-health)[Keith Rabois](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keith-rabois)[Peter Thiel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/peter-thiel)[Alfred Lin](https://millionrounds.com/person/alfred-lin) About this episode What started as a viral medium article from two years ago has now turned into 'Super Founders', a book on what data reveals about billion-dollar startups. Today on the NFX Podcast we have Ali Tamaseb (partner at DCVC) talking with James Currier about his data-driven approach to understanding what… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [Village Global Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/village-global) · 18 Apr 2021 · 37 min Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups with Ali Tamaseb With [Ali Tamaseb](https://millionrounds.com/person/ali-tamaseb) Mentions [DCVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/data-collective) About this episode Ali Tamaseb (@alitamaseb), investor at DCVC and author of Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups joins Erik to discuss: - His learnings from gathering data on unicorns and comparing them to a random selection of startups that didn’t succeed. - Why the age of a founder… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

### Mentioned in

Episodes that name Ali Tamaseb in their description, which is not the same as being on them.

- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 17 Mar 2022 · 6 min Investor Stories 235: What's Next (Tamaseb, Ebinger, Heddleston) Mentions [Ali Tamaseb](https://millionrounds.com/person/ali-tamaseb)[Jonathan Ebinger](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonathan-ebinger)[Russ Heddleston](https://millionrounds.com/person/russ-heddleston) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Ali Tamaseb Jonathan Ebinger Russ Heddleston Each investor discusses sectors, drivers and/or trends that may have significant impact in the future and are potentially positioned for outsized-returns. Did you miss… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page
- [The Full Ratchet](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/full-ratchet) · 2 Sept 2021 · 10 min Investor Stories 208: Strange & Unusual (Grayson & Holt, Tamaseb, Hung, Larco) Mentions [Ali Tamaseb](https://millionrounds.com/person/ali-tamaseb)[Dayna Grayson](https://millionrounds.com/person/dayna-grayson)[Jonathan Hung](https://millionrounds.com/person/jonathan-hung)[Rachel Holt](https://millionrounds.com/person/rachel-holt)[Vanessa Larco](https://millionrounds.com/person/vanessa-larco) About this episode On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Dayna Grayson & Rachel Holt Ali Tamaseb Jonathan Hung Vanessa Larco Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. Did you miss our guest's full-length… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page

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