DCM Ventures assists entrepreneurs in building companies that will change how institutions and people use and live with technology. DCM Ventures focuses on the size of its team, the money they raise, and the investments they make all so that it can focus on the business of helping portfolio companies succeed. Collectively, the DCM investing partners have over a century of investing and operational experience and each DCM partner has experience building hyper-growth startups into billion-dollar businesses. DCM Ventures manages ten funds totaling $4.0 billion and has made investments in more than 400 technology companies across the United States and Asia. With offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo, DCM provides hands-on operational guidance and a vast network of global business and financial resources to its portfolio companies.

DCM Ventures

Soma Capital is a fund built by founders for founders that focuses on software. It has invested seed in startups now worth over $60 billion combined including Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Rippling, and Lambda School among others (20 unicorns) It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Soma Capital

Digitalis is a venture capital firm that that invests in solutions to complex problems in human and animal health.  Digitalis partners with entrepreneurs, inventors, and scientists across all stages of venture investing, and our investments span the full continuum of the healthcare ecosystem. It was founded in 2016 and is Headquartered in New York, New York with regional offices in Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Digitalis Ventures

Innovating Capital is a family-office backed technology fund specializing in investing in start-ups, early stage, and growth stage companies. It invests in disruptive sectors and cutting-edge technologies with a focus on enterprise industry verticals such as infrastructure, financial technologies, cybersecurity, life sciences, and insurance technologies.

Innovating Capital

Companion Fund is an investment fund for investing in the future of pet care. It specializes in the fields of pet care, investing, and financial services. It supports digital health, diagnostics, nutrition, and therapeutics for pets.

Companion Fund

J Ventures is a venture capital firm. They move fast on decisions, are patient with growth timelines, and hustle to help entrepreneurs reach their goals.

J Ventures

Pareto Holdings is an early-stage investment vehicle founded by Jon Oringer and Edward Lando. We execute on dozens of investments per month and are often the first to back exceptional entrepreneurs. We are industry and geography agnostic, and specialize in pre-seeding companies. We’ve made 500+ investments to date. Unlike others, we only invest our own money with a small and mighty team around the world.

Pareto Holdings

Mars is a manufacturer of pet food, confectionery, and other food products produces confectionery, pet food, and other food products.

Mars

Human Capital is a venture firm for builders. We believe ambitious builders turn great ideas into great companies. We invest in founders, teams, and startups that share this mindset. In the last 6 years, that mantra has led us to invest in 15 companies before they became unicorns, including Snowflake, Anduril, Livongo, and Brex (where we wrote the first check). We have over $1.3B in total capital committed and we've built a community of over 5,000 incredible, driven, ambitious builders.

Human Capital

Collate Capital is a New York-based technology focused investment firm. We support the most promising early stage businesses with introductions to strategic advisors and financial support.

Collate Capital

Spacecadet is The Marketing VC, fueling a better future with a mix of money + marketing expertise.

Spacecadet Ventures

Lux Capital manages over $5 billion in assets focused on founding, seed, early-stage, and growth investments at the intersection of technology and the sciences. Lux takes an active role in helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses in high-growth sectors. Its investment team has built over 20 companies from scratch. Lux's investment strategy ensures portfolio companies are better connected, have a deeper insight, and command industry leadership faster than their competitors.

Lux Capital

Eight Sleep is the first sleep fitness company. It leverages innovation, technology, and personal biometrics to restore individuals to their peak energy levels each morning. Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors including Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator, it was named by Fast Company in 2018 as one of the Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Eight Sleep

HOF Capital is a global multistage VC firm with $1 billion in AUM that partners with ambitious entrepreneurs from idea to IPO.

HOF Capital

Ro is a telehealth startup that operates digital health clinics for men’s and women’s health, along with smoking cessation. The healthcare technology company builds a patient-centric healthcare system. Ro’s vertically integrated primary care platform powers a personalized, end-to-end healthcare experience from diagnosis, to delivery of medication, to ongoing care. With a nationwide provider network, in-home care API, and proprietary pharmacy distribution centers, Ro seamlessly connects telehealth, diagnostics, and pharmacy services to provide high-quality, affordable healthcare without the need for insurance. Zachariah Reitano, Saman Rahmanian, and Rob Schutz formed the company in New York City in 2017.

Helping entrepreneurs achieve their goals.

Meyer Keith

Good Friends help founders develop strong foundations for their businesses. Good Friends is a venture capital firm that was started in 2019 by the founders of Warby Parker, Harry's, and Allbirds. Good Friends invests in early-stage businesses with a consumer lens.

Good Friends

Pawp

Pawp is a digital health clinic and telehealth platform for pet owners and their pets that connects them with veterinary professionals. Pawp gives unlimited 24/7 access to licensed vets and a $3,000/year pet emergency fund. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

<div><p>Pawp offers (i) on-demand 24/7 veterinary telehealth services and (ii) pet insurance, that provides pet-owners with up to USD 3,000 per year for emergency vet bills. As of May 2021, the company’s veterinary telehealth services were offered online through a monthly membership of USD 19 with the fee considered to be an insurance premium. Pawp’s “One Pawp” insurance plan protects up to six pets per household with no additional cost involved. Meanwhile, Pawp offers a service where companies can provide benefits for the pets owned by their employees (named as “Pawp perks”).</p></div>

Pet ownership is at an all time high in the United States and the pet care economy is booming.

Pet Care Tech

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    Pawp offers (i) on-demand 24/7 veterinary telehealth services and (ii) pet insurance, that provides pet-owners with up to USD 3,000 per year for emergency vet bills. As of May 2021, the company’s veterinary telehealth services were offered online through a monthly membership of USD 19 with the fee considered to be an insurance premium. Pawp’s “One Pawp” insurance plan protects up to six pets per household with no additional cost involved. Meanwhile, Pawp offers a service where companies can provide benefits for the pets owned by their employees (named as “Pawp perks”). 
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    In May 2021, Pawp raised USD 13 million in a Series A funding round led by Lux Capital. The financing also included participation from Good Friends (founders of Warby Parker, Harry's, and Allbirds) and existing investors. 
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    Digitail offers a cloud-based software platform for veterinarians that provides an online booking system, electronic record keeping, stock management, invoicing, billing, etc. The platform, which can be accessed from any device (mobile phones, laptops, desktops), is available in different packages on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) basis; USD 95 per month for mobile vets, USD 79 per month for small clinics, and USD 159 per month for large clinics. As of March 2021, the platform served 2,000 veterinarians across 16 countries.
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    In January 2023, the company raised 
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     led by Atomico to expand its operations in the US and Canada. The round follows its USD 2.5 
    million seed funding in March 2021, led by the VC firm byFounders and Gradient Ventures (Google&rsquo;s AI fund).
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Digitail

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    Gudog is a Spanish on-demand platform that connects dog owners with dog sitters for at-home dog sitting, dog walking, and dog daycare services. The company operates in France, UK, Germany, Ireland and Spain. In February 2019, the company merged with HouseMyDog, a similar company headquartered in the UK, to mutually expand its reach to more than 25,000 dog sitters on its platforms. As of February 2019, Gudog was considered to be the market leader in Spain. In February 2021, the company announced the acquisition of Host My Pet, a Finnish online pet sitting services company, for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is aimed at expanding operations into Nordic countries, starting with Finland. With the acquisition, the combined entity’s 17 full-time employees will serve approximately 650,000 pet owners across Europe.
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GuDog

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    Urban Leash is an on-demand pet care service provider that offers dog walking and cat sitting services. The app is GPS-embedded, which allows pet owners to track the whereabouts of pets. Its dog walking services and cat services are are offered in Boston within the Fenway and Jamaica Plain neighborhoods, whereas cat sitting services are also provided in several other areas in Brookline. Urban Leash also provides care services for small animals, such as feeding fish, small birds, and small mammals. Administering medication is offered without any fees. 
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Urban Leash

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    TeleTails is a veterinary telehealth platform that allows pet owners to obtain advice from veterinarians and behaviorists when needed. The company’s software provides care teams with the ability to offer live video consultations, flexible messaging, and cross-team communication. In May 2020, the company launched TeleTails Instant in response to the Covid-19 pandemic to make veterinary services available at no cost during the crisis.
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TeleTails

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    Based in the UK, PawSquad provides on-demand veterinary telehealth services through video consultations and online chats. Pet owners can instantly access veterinary practitioners without pre-scheduling. The company also offers home visits on request. Advice from general practitioners is priced at around USD 26 per visit, while specialist consultations are priced at around USD 62 per visit. PawSquad provides specialist services in dermatology and plans to introduce other areas, such as endocrinology, behavior, gastroenterology, and oncology in the future. As of February 2021, the company operated more than 1,500 clinics across 12 countries in Europe and had an employee base of more than 22,000, including 6,0000 veterinary professionals.
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    In March 2021, was acquired by UK-based veterinary service provider IVC Evidensia, that operates across Europe, for an undisclosed amount. IVC Evidensia operated more than 1,500 clinics across 12 countries in Europe as of February 2021. The company also has an employee base of more than 22,000, including 6,0000 veterinary professionals.The acquisition will allow PawSquad to expand geographically while also providing pet owners accessibility to IVC Evidendsia’s veterinary professionals through PawSquad’s telehealth platform. 
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PawSquad

Uses IoT technology to remotely monitor and interact with pets

AI and ML technologies enable pet owners to monitor and improve pet care

Offers digital platforms, such as veterinary telehealth services, to support the wellness of pets

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