Jan 12DCM Newsletter — Q4 2022DCM Firm News Planning to Raise in 2023? Advice from a Global VC David Cheng and Jiariu Wang shared their perspectives on the fundraising landscape for 2023 in our most recent blog post. READ MORE US3 min read3 min read
Published in The Global Frontier·Dec 20, 2022Planning to Raise in 2023? Some Advice from a Global VCBy David Cheng and Jiarui Wang at DCM After a record 2021, VCs have significantly slowed their pace of investing. Crunchbase reported that VC funding in the third quarter of 2022 dropped to $81 billion, down 53% YoY and down 33% from even the previous quarter. …Venture Capital6 min readVenture Capital6 min read
Oct 12, 2022DCM Newsletter — Q3 2022DCM Firm News DCM Japan hired new venture partner DCM Japan welcomed Ken Wakamatsu to the team as a venture partner. Ken brings significant product development experience from working with companies like Salesforce, Adobe, and Cisco. READ MORE4 min read4 min read
Jul 15, 2022DCM Newsletter — Q2 2022DCM Firm News Hurst Lin honored on Forbes Midas List Hurst Lin was ranked #46 on the Forbes Midas list this year. This honor marks Lin’s 7th appearance on the list. READ MORE3 min read3 min read
Apr 13, 2022DCM Newsletter — Q1 2022Firm News DCM hiring for U.S. Associate DCM is looking for its next investment Associate to help us empower the global ambitions of inspired entrepreneurs. This is a rare opportunity to work at a boutique, early-stage, cross-border venture firm that operates across the US, Japan and China as “one team, one fund”. …4 min read4 min read
Jan 11, 2022DCM Newsletter — Q4 2021Firm News DCM named as founder-friendly investor by Inc.; Also named popular VC by Entrepreneur China DCM was recently named a top VC firm for entrepreneurs by Inc. and one of China’s most popular venture capital institutions by Entrepreneur China. …4 min read4 min read
Oct 12, 2021DCM Newsletter — Q3 2021U.S. Matterport goes public on Nasdaq Congratulations to Matterport (Nasdaq: MTTR) on going public! The spatial data platform went public in July through a SPAC transaction valued at $3B. DCM led the Series B in 2014. For some more information on our journey with Matterport, check out our blog post. READ…4 min read4 min read
Jul 23, 2021Matterport Going Public to Fuel Digitizing the Built WorldToday, Matterport goes public on the Nasdaq, a ringing endorsement of its ambition to bring the built world online and make it accessible to everyone, everywhere. Matterport’s listing reflects the growth of digital twin technology and the role of spatial data in unlocking value from billions of spaces worldwide. …3 min read3 min read
Jul 8, 2021DCM Newsletter — Q2 2021DCM’s Global Approach with Business Insider In the past 2 years, DCM has had 12 portfolio companies go public across the US, China and Japan. In particular, the Kuaishou IPO drove our 2014 Flagship Fund to become one of the top performing venture funds in recent times. …4 min read4 min read
Published in The Global Frontier·Jun 7, 2021Mendel: Doubling Down on AI & RWEBy Kyle Lui, Partner at DCM As many parts of the world start to recover from the pandemic (while in many countries, the virus is still very much a daily threat), I continue to be amazed at the wonder of science and technology. In less than 2 years, a number…2 min read2 min read
