Firms

Davidovs Venture Collective

Davidovs Venture Collective

Los Altos Hills, California, United States

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Davidovs Venture Collective (DVC) is a Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded in2021 by Marina Davidova and Nick Davidov and headquartered in Los Altos Hills, California. It backs early-stage AI businesses led by experienced founders through a community of founders, engineers, researchers and individual investors. Its evergreen rolling Seed Fund targets pre-seed and seed investments, with typical checks of $100,000–$300,000. DVC AI Fund I supports portfolio companies in Series A and B with typical $1million–$3million checks; a completed first close is independently confirmed by a primary firm announcement, while the reported $75million launch figure is not treated here as a verified final close. The current published operating team has eight people, including the founders, general partners Mel Guymon and Charles Ferguson, venture partner Alexey Rybak, and product, community and engineering leaders. Its primary disclosed portfolio includes CopilotKit, Perplexity, Etched, Thinking Machines Lab, Higgsfield, Rhoda AI, Eloquent AI, Boldr and Lovi. The firm is distinct from unrelated businesses using DVC, including Doha and Dallas venture firms, and from The Venture Collective (TVC).

Founded
2021
Type
Venture capital

Funds2

  • DVC AI Fund I—

    AI-focused Series A and B follow-on fund. Primary firm announcement confirms a completed first close and onboarded partners Mel Guymon, Charles Ferguson and Alexey Rybak. The announced $75million launch figure is not clearly the actual first-close amount or final-close size, so actual close amount and exact close day remain undisclosed. The original manager launch announcement was published October 13, 2025.

  • DVC Seed Fund—

    Active evergreen rolling fund for pre-seed and seed AI investments, explicitly identified by the manager. Typical $100,000–$300,000 company checks are not fund size. Its reported $24million rolling commitments are not a final closed corpus. Amount and exact establishment or close dates are not independently established and remain empty.

Team

Operations and support

Alexey RybakAlexey RybakVenture Partner
Charles FergusonCharles FergusonGeneral Partner
Elena MalyanovaElena MalyanovaHead of Investor Relations and Community
Marina DavidovaMarina DavidovaFounder and Managing Partner
Mel GuymonMel GuymonGeneral Partner
Nick DavidovNick DavidovFounder and Managing Partner
Tony ShapovalovTony ShapovalovHead of Product
Vlad BaskakovVlad BaskakovHead of Engineering

Co-investing

SignalFire
97212 Ventures
Abstraction Capital
Deep Acre
Discovery Ventures

Investments