DCVC

United States

Series A

About DCVC

DCVC is a venture capital firm based in United States, focusing on Series A stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeries A

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Climate Sustainability

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Hard tech founders in energy, quantum, defense, robotics, space

deep tech

climate & energy

hard science

gigawatt-scale infrastructure

quantum computing

nuclear energy

defense tech

space & aerospace

ag tech

robotics

AI chip innovation

drug discovery

physical AI

cellular foundation models

biological computation

Bullish Signals

Fervo Energy IPO'd NASDAQ FRVO post-Series Aexternal

Horizon Quantum IPO'd on NASDAQexternal

Fortem Tech: $25M Lockheed investment, battle-provenexternal

Fortem Tech historic milestone for US homeland securitytwitter

Radiant Nuclear selected for DOE launch programexternal

Impulse Space: building solar system highwaysexternal

Brimstone Energy featured at CERAWeek NYTexternal

Pivot Bio: locked pricing through 2028 seasonexternal

Atom Computing: $300M+ funding for fault-tolerant quantumexternal

Agility Robotics: GXO real-world deployment with world's largest logisticsexternal

Agility Robotics: backed in every round since 2020twitter

Zeno Power: nuclear batteries for moon, undersea defenseexternal

Subtle Medical: $33M Morgan Stanley expansion for MRI/PET AIexternal

Relation Rx: $110M GSK deal announcedtwitter

Relation Rx backed since 2021, major growth trajectorytwitter

DCVC fourth annual Deep Tech Opportunities Report publishedexternal

Cellular foundation models: next AlphaFold-level breakthroughstwitter

Contrarian Signals

Portfolio spans many sectors — focus unclearexternal

Deep tech timelines risk slow fund returnsexternal

Founder Do's

Build on hard science or engineering breakthroughs

Target gigawatt-scale or massive infrastructure impact

Show 10-100x technical advantage over incumbents

Operate in defense, space, nuclear, or quantum

Have battle-tested or gov-validated product traction

Lead with physics, not promises

Demo real-world deployment, not slick videos

Founder Don'ts

Avoid incremental software plays without deep tech moat

Don't pitch without clear large-scale deployment path

No shallow climate solutions — must solve at civilizational scale

Don't rely on marketing hype over rigorous engineering

Key GPs & Partners

Matt Ocko

Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner

deep tech championquantum backervocal on Twitter

Zack Bogue

Co-Founder & Co-Managing Partner

deep techlong-horizon investor

James Hardiman

General Partner

robotics specialistphysical AI expert

Luis Bacalao

Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel

deep tech legal expertfounder enabler

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$700M

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Key People

Zachary Bogue, Matthew Ocko

Matt OckoCo-Founder & Co-Managing Partner

Zack BogueCo-Founder & Co-Managing Partner

James HardimanGeneral Partner

Luis BacalaoChief Legal Officer & General Counsel

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