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Overview
DVC is the collective umbrella of specialized syndicates that invest in companies from pre-seed through pre-IPO. Our investment team comes from diverse backgrounds and are founders and operators.
- Total investments
- 9
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 3
- Active investors
- 3
Investment portfolio
- Dwelly
Participated · Series B · Jul 2026
Dwelly acquires independent UK letting agencies and migrates their operations onto an AI-first platform that handles tenant inquiries, onboarding, rent collection, maintenance, and compliance, reserving staff intervention for judgment calls. The company manages 15,000 properties with a £350 million rent roll and says its automation increases a property manager’s capacity to over 300 units from about 100 previously. Founded in 2023 by Ilya Drozdov, Dan Lifshits, and Dmitry Khanukov—who previously built and sold a 10,000-property rental business—Dwelly combined acquisitions with mandatory automation from the outset. Its operating model distinguishes it from software-only proptech and traditional roll-ups by owning agencies and enforcing platform-driven workflows. Dwelly plans product expansions including financial products for landlords and tenants and aims to scale into some European markets while increasing headcount substantially this year.
- Elly Analytics, Inc.
Participated · Seed · Mar 2026
Plurio is a San Francisco–based MarTech startup developing an AI-driven "autonomous agent" that automates and optimizes marketers’ digital ad campaigns across a variety of channels. The platform is designed to handle campaign setup, budget allocation, and performance optimization without continuous human oversight. By leveraging machine-learning algorithms, Plurio aims to improve return on ad spend and reduce the manual workload for marketing teams. The company, led by CEO Seva Ustinov, recently rebranded from Elly Analytics as it sharpens its focus on full-funnel campaign automation. Fresh capital will be directed toward expanding product development and scaling operations. No specific user, revenue, or other operating metrics were disclosed in the funding announcement.
- Zinit
Participated · Seed · Nov 2025
Zinit is a Dubai-based software company that offers an AI-driven sourcing platform allowing procurement teams to automate supplier discovery, RFP creation, and iterative negotiations while embedding best-practice workflows into each step. The system eliminates the need for complex integrations or lengthy IT projects, shortening sourcing cycles and reducing buyer workloads. Its roadmap includes enhancing autonomous sourcing features, scaling advanced AI negotiation engines, and enabling real-time, transparent procurement workflows. Zinit already counts more than 100 enterprise customers such as Bacardi India, Blackberry, UFLEX, and United Colors of Benetton. To bolster geographic reach, the company has hired regional leaders for India and Latin America and a U.S. CEO. The recent seed financing values the company at $48 million and supplies fresh capital for global expansion and senior hiring. Although revenue figures were not disclosed, the sizeable enterprise customer base underscores early commercial traction.
- WorkDone
Participated · Seed · May 2025
WorkDone is an AI compliance copilot that integrates directly with hospital Electronic Health Records (EHRs) to monitor clinical activities in real time. It uses AI agents to detect and address issues such as missed documentation and incorrect medication times to help prevent claim denials and audits. The company has become HIPAA-compliant and is part of Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 batch (YC X25). WorkDone raised $1.8M in a pre-seed round in April 2025. The company plans to use the funds to scale its AI-powered compliance copilot, expand sales efforts, and support growth in regions with high documentation compliance needs. WorkDone operates as Wrkdn, Inc. and is based in San Francisco, CA.
- WorkDone Inc.
Participated · Equity · May 2025
WorkDone is a San Francisco, CA–based healthcare startup led by CEO Dmitry Karpov that offers an AI-powered compliance copilot. The product integrates directly with hospital EHR systems using HL7, FHIR, and other industry protocols. It monitors clinical workflows in real time to detect and resolve documentation issues such as missed discharge notes or incorrect medication times. The system aims to prevent denied insurance claims, compliance audits, and revenue loss by addressing errors before they propagate. The company raised $1.8M in funding and intends to use the proceeds to expand operations and continue product development. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article. WorkDone provides a patent-pending Expertise Capture™ system that transparently stores Work Heuristics™ and trains WorkDone Agents to automate repetitive back-office tasks across major SaaS platforms. The platform integrates with systems such as Sage Intacct, Salesforce, NetSuite and is accelerating SAP integrations through 3V Solutions. The company says the technology preserves institutional knowledge and helps organizations retain operational best practices as employees retire or leave. WorkDone was formed as a public-benefit corporation and emphasizes ethical AI development and workforce transition support for workers displaced by automation. leadership cites a strategic partnership and investment from Findability Sciences to speed roadmap execution and expand global sales, development and implementation capabilities. No revenue or user metrics are disclosed in the article.