DCM Ventures

DCM Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 and based in Menlo Park, California, with additional offices in Silicon Valley, Beijing, and Tokyo. It pursues investments across consumer, enterprise, health tech, fintech, and deep tech sectors, and supports portfolio companies with hands-on operational guidance and access to a global network of business and financial resources. The firm seeks long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs to help build technology-enabled companies that reshape how institutions and individuals use and live with technology. Drawing on decades of investing and operating experience, DCM Ventures combines capital with strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale in the United States, China, and Japan.

Ibrahim AlSuwaidi

Investor

Nan Bai

Principal

David Chao

Co-Founder and General Partner

Kenichiro Hara

Principal

Osuke Honda

General Partner

Past deals in iOS

PicsArt

Series C in 2021
PicsArt is a global digital creation platform offering AI-powered tools for photo and video editing, drawing, and sharing. It provides an extensive open-source content library, serving consumers, creators, and businesses alike through its mobile and web applications. PicsArt's enterprise solutions include APIs and SDKs for image editing and processing.

Kuaidian Yuedu

Series C in 2020
Kuaidian Yuedu offers a story reading app.

Jackpocket

Series B in 2019
Jackpocket, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2013 that operates a mobile application enabling users to buy official state lottery tickets conveniently. The app, available on iOS and Android devices, serves as a licensed third-party lottery courier, allowing players to order tickets for their preferred games, check results, participate in lottery pools to increase their chances of winning, and receive alerts for any winnings. The platform promotes a secure and responsible approach to lottery participation, having facilitated over $450 million in lottery prizes, including a record-breaking $9.4 million win in New Jersey. Jackpocket operates in numerous states, including Arizona, New York, and Texas, with plans to expand into more markets.

Jackpocket

Series B in 2018
Jackpocket, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2013 that operates a mobile application enabling users to buy official state lottery tickets conveniently. The app, available on iOS and Android devices, serves as a licensed third-party lottery courier, allowing players to order tickets for their preferred games, check results, participate in lottery pools to increase their chances of winning, and receive alerts for any winnings. The platform promotes a secure and responsible approach to lottery participation, having facilitated over $450 million in lottery prizes, including a record-breaking $9.4 million win in New Jersey. Jackpocket operates in numerous states, including Arizona, New York, and Texas, with plans to expand into more markets.

Kuaidian Yuedu

Series B in 2018
Kuaidian Yuedu offers a story reading app.

Musical.Ly

Series C in 2016
Musical.ly, founded in 2014 by Alex Zhu and Luyu Yang, was a social network designed for creating, sharing, and discovering short videos. The platform became particularly popular among teenagers, offering them a space to express their creativity through singing, dancing, comedy, and lip-syncing in videos of 15 seconds or less. By providing tools for users to record live videos and overlay music, Musical.ly fostered a vibrant global community of content creators and viewers. The app gained significant traction, ranking #1 in the iOS App Store for free apps in multiple countries, including the United States. In 2017, Musical.ly was acquired by ByteDance's subsidiary Toutiao, and in 2018, it was merged into TikTok, further expanding its reach and influence in the realm of short-form video content.

PicsArt

Series B in 2016
PicsArt is a global digital creation platform offering AI-powered tools for photo and video editing, drawing, and sharing. It provides an extensive open-source content library, serving consumers, creators, and businesses alike through its mobile and web applications. PicsArt's enterprise solutions include APIs and SDKs for image editing and processing.

Chosen

Venture Round in 2014
Chosen.fm, Inc. is a mobile application company based in Oakland, California, founded in 2012. The company has developed an application that allows users to create and share engaging videos and photos. The Chosen app facilitates the creation of music videos and photos, enabling users to record or upload content, apply effects, and share their creations with friends and family. Additionally, the app includes features for entering talent competitions and challenges, where users can act as judges or performers. This interactive platform encourages users to gain followers, earn points, and advance in rankings, transforming video content into a foundation for social engagement and competition in the performing arts. The application is accessible on both the App Store and Google Play Store.

Life360

Series C in 2014
Life360 is a global platform designed for busy families, enabling them to stay connected and protected through its mobile application. It offers services such as private location sharing, location history tracking, driving safety features, crash detection, roadside assistance, and emergency alerts. With nearly 100 million monthly active users across over 140 countries, Life360 is the world's largest family-focused social network.

Chosen

Venture Round in 2014
Chosen.fm, Inc. is a mobile application company based in Oakland, California, founded in 2012. The company has developed an application that allows users to create and share engaging videos and photos. The Chosen app facilitates the creation of music videos and photos, enabling users to record or upload content, apply effects, and share their creations with friends and family. Additionally, the app includes features for entering talent competitions and challenges, where users can act as judges or performers. This interactive platform encourages users to gain followers, earn points, and advance in rankings, transforming video content into a foundation for social engagement and competition in the performing arts. The application is accessible on both the App Store and Google Play Store.

Life360

Series B in 2013
Life360 is a global platform designed for busy families, enabling them to stay connected and protected through its mobile application. It offers services such as private location sharing, location history tracking, driving safety features, crash detection, roadside assistance, and emergency alerts. With nearly 100 million monthly active users across over 140 countries, Life360 is the world's largest family-focused social network.

Ecloud (Nanjing) Information and Technology

Venture Round in 2013
Ecloud (Nanjing) Information and Technology Co., Ltd. (随身移动) is a company focused on research and development of mobile applications, time management and phone-based software research and development, and providing of portable universal application service for the all-platform smart-phone users. Its products include pink calendar, Chinese lunar calendars, and more. Ecloud is focused on making software development more professional, efficient and customized according to demands of the users.

NoiseToys

Seed Round in 2011
NoiseToys is a developer of mobile applications and games, focusing on content discovery and music promotion. The company is currently creating Apptitude, an app discovery service that enables users to see which iPhone applications their friends are using. This innovative approach aims to enhance the mobile experience by leveraging social connections. Previously, NoiseToys launched Hitmaker, a music promotion game that gained significant traction, reaching the top ten in the App Store and amassing over 150,000 users since its release. The company targets platforms including iPhone, Facebook, and Android, showcasing its commitment to engaging users through interactive experiences.

Tonchidot

Series B in 2010
Social Augmented Reality Mobile Location-based Service "Sekai Camera" (World Camera) Their client-side software and web service enable camera-equipped mobile devices (such as iPhones, Android "Google Phones", and other smart-phones) to access informational and entertainment services by creating a "Clickable World" via the use of Augmented Reality (AR) hyper-tags. These user-clickable tags, which they call "AirTags", are location-based and mapped in the real world. These AirTags can be seen and accessed through the camera view of mobile devices with Sekai Camera software. Sekai Camera is realized though a combination of technologies, including client-side software deployed on iPhone, Android and other OS platforms, and also highly scalable web computing systems. In addition, Sekai Camera integrates with services provided by mobile carriers, existing data/service providers, and location technology companies, which combined, enable this dynamic location-based information retrieval service.

Tonchidot

Series A in 2009
Social Augmented Reality Mobile Location-based Service "Sekai Camera" (World Camera) Their client-side software and web service enable camera-equipped mobile devices (such as iPhones, Android "Google Phones", and other smart-phones) to access informational and entertainment services by creating a "Clickable World" via the use of Augmented Reality (AR) hyper-tags. These user-clickable tags, which they call "AirTags", are location-based and mapped in the real world. These AirTags can be seen and accessed through the camera view of mobile devices with Sekai Camera software. Sekai Camera is realized though a combination of technologies, including client-side software deployed on iPhone, Android and other OS platforms, and also highly scalable web computing systems. In addition, Sekai Camera integrates with services provided by mobile carriers, existing data/service providers, and location technology companies, which combined, enable this dynamic location-based information retrieval service.
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