DCVC

Deep tech venture firm, founded as Data Collective in 2010, that backs companies using computational approaches and AI to solve large real-world problems. Its SEC adviser record lists Palo Alto, CA as the main office.

Type
Venture capital firm
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Website
https://www.dcvc.com
Investment focus
deep tech, AI, climate, materials science, robotics, space, biology, defense and security

About

DCVC, short for Data Collective, describes itself as deep tech venture capital and says it has backed entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large real-world problems since 2010. Its founders and managing partners Matt Ocko and Zachary Bogue lead a franchise of 13 funds, including DCVC Bio, which it set up in 2018 for life sciences. Its website does not name a headquarters, so the location shown is the office in its SEC adviser record.

Funding rounds on RaiseTrack

CompanyRoundDateRole
TypeSafe AISeries A 20262026-10-09participant
Universal QuantumSeries A 20262026-10-08lead
SoterisSeed 20262026-09-24investor

Sources

Last verified:

  1. https://www.dcvc.com/about/
    Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-12.
    DCVC About page. Source of the line that DCVC is deep tech venture capital and has backed entrepreneurs since 2010, the Data Collective name, founders and managing partners Matt Ocko and Zachary Bogue, 13 funds to date, the expertise list (AI, exa-scale computing, climate, engineering, materials science, robotics, space, water, biology, defense and security) and DCVC Bio, established in 2018.
  2. https://www.dcvc.com/
    Type: official investor website. Accessed 2026-10-12.
    DCVC home page. Says DCVC has backed entrepreneurs who address the hardest, highest-stakes problems since 2010 and backs entrepreneurs using AI across sectors.
  3. https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/167441
    Type: sec filing. Accessed 2026-10-12.
    SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure record for DCVC (CRD 167441), read through the IAPD search service. Lists the office at 270 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA.