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DCVC
Palo Alto and San Francisco, California
DCVC is a venture investment platform with declared focus across AI and compute, cybersecurity and defense, finance and insurance, industrial transformation, climate and activity from seed through early stage through growth across flagship funds.
Strategy lens
Declared focus vs. observed sample
Declared focus reflects the firm’s own strategy language. Observed sectors summarize only the source-linked companies currently indexed here; it is not the firm’s complete portfolio allocation.
AI cybersecurity1
AI deepfake detection1
AI drug discovery1
AI surgical navigation1
AI-enabled fintech and lending1
ammonia-to-power systems1
biochemical critical-minerals separation1
counter-UAS1
defense directed energy1
enhanced geothermal energy1
geospatial data and space1
industrial robotics1
low-carbon cement1
PFAS destruction and water treatment1
satellite communications hardware1
space launch and systems1
synthetic-aperture-radar Earth observation1
thermal energy storage1
Founder fit screen
Prepare before contacting DCVC
Use the firm’s declared strategy and sourced relationship graph to build a specific outreach thesis. This is a preparation framework—not a claim about current appetite or check size.
Stage fit
Explain why the company belongs in Seed, Early stage, Growth across flagship funds and what proof has already removed the prior stage’s risk.
Sector fit
Anchor the opportunity to AI and compute, cybersecurity and defense, finance and insurance. Name the specific market shift and why it is happening now.
Partner fit
Review 2 indexed team profiles. Address the partner whose operating history and portfolio context best match the company.
Portfolio context
Study the 18 source-linked companies shown here. State whether the company is complementary, differentiated, or potentially competitive.
Evidence packet
Bring customer proof, cohort or deployment metrics, gross-margin logic, capital use, key risks, and the milestone this financing should unlock.
Contact route
Use the firm’s public route and keep the request precise: company, stage, round, traction, why this firm, and one clear next step.
Key people
Official team source Who shapes the partnership
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Matthew Ocko
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at DCVC, with firm-level exposure to AI and compute, cybersecurity and defense, finance and insurance, industrial transformation.Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Zachary Bogue
Co-Founder and Managing Partner at DCVC, with firm-level exposure to AI and compute, cybersecurity and defense, finance and insurance, industrial transformation. Selected relationships
Official portfolio source Investments listed by the firm
geospatial data and space
Official sourcePlanet
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AI drug discovery
Official sourceRecursion
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AI-enabled fintech and lending
Official sourceTala
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AI deepfake detection
Official sourceReality Defender
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AI surgical navigation
Official sourceProprio
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AI cybersecurity
Official sourceSentinelOne
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PFAS destruction and water treatment
Official sourceAclarity
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biochemical critical-minerals separation
Official sourceAlta Resource Technologies
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ammonia-to-power systems
Official sourceAmogy
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low-carbon cement
Official sourceBrimstone
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enhanced geothermal energy
Official sourceFervo Energy
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thermal energy storage
Official sourceFourth Power
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industrial robotics
Official sourceAgility Robotics
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satellite communications hardware
Official sourceAkash Systems
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synthetic-aperture-radar Earth observation
Official sourceCapella Space
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defense directed energy
Official sourceEpirus
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counter-UAS
Official sourceFortem Technologies
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space launch and systems
Official sourceRocket Lab
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Co-investment map
Firms sharing listed companies
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Source discipline
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