Data Collective

Data Collective, which trades as DCVC, is a deep tech venture capital firm. Since 2010 it has backed entrepreneurs working on difficult, high-stakes problems, and it says it employs more published scientists than MBAs.

What Data Collective offers

• Deep tech investment — funding for companies using AI and advanced science.
• Energy and climate — portfolio companies such as Fervo Energy, which taps geothermal heat.
• Bio and health — companies like Atomwise and Latus Bio, working on drug discovery and gene therapy.
• Agriculture and space — including Pivot Bio, Planet and Rocket Lab.
• Research — an annual Deep Tech Opportunities report.

Who it works with

Entrepreneurs applying AI and science across sectors, from manufacturing and satellite imaging to soil microbes.

Key facts

• Founded: 2010
• Portfolio examples: Planet, Pivot Bio, Atomwise, Desktop Metal, Rocket Lab