Davidovs Venture Collective - AI-focused Seed & Follow-On VC

Davidovs
Davidovs

Hi, we're Marina and Nick Davidovs, founders of DVC, a venture capital firm built on community and AI. We invest in early-stage AI startups led by repeat founders, providing hands-on support and an active network dedicated to their success.

Our collective brings together 160+ LPs-engineers, founders, and AI researchers, as well as 240+ portfolio founders, creating unmatched dealflow and Silicon Valley access. This ecosystem delivers exceptional value to the companies we back. Our most active LPs become Deal Advisors or Venture Partners, participating in DVC's decisions and sharing in our success.

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DVC manages two complementary funds designed to support AI startups at critical growth stages:
Seed Fund (evergreen, rolling)
We invest $100K–$300K in AI startups led by repeat or experienced founders on pre-seed and seed stages. We co-invest alongside top VC firms or help bring them to the table. We deliver exceptional value through our community and software, making us the highest-value-per-share investor on the startup's cap table.
DVC AI Fund I
We support our top-performing Seed portfolio companies as they scale, writing $1M–$3M checks into Series A and B rounds. This fund works with both individual and institutional investors, providing them access to our collective's resources and network, while leveraging their expertise and connections to help our startups.
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Marina
Davidova

Managing PartnerFounder
Marina Davidova

Marina has experience both as an AI startup founder and operator (Humanism.is, Cherry Labs, exited) and VC/Investor (Gagarin Capital).

Marina runs DVC Collective as both an Investment and Operating Partner, she is in charge of DVC Strategy, Investment Process, Internal Products, and Community.

Nick
Davidov

Managing PartnerFounder
Nick Davidov

Nick is a repeat founder and VC in AI, co-founder of Cherry Labs (exited), Gagarin Capital (exited), iTech Capital (6x TVPI). Ex growth @MSQRD (30M MAU in 3 months, acquired by Meta).

Nick focuses on Investments and Portfolio management.

Mel
Guymon

GP
Mel Guymon

Mel brings both investment, startup (IMVU), and Big Tech experience (ex-Yahoo, ex-Google) in Corpdev, Product Management, and building Corporate Governance. Mel sits on multiple boards and brings in a vast network. Mel was also a Naval Officer on a nuclear submarine.

Mel is joining DVC as a Partner to focus on the AI Fund.

Charles
Ferguson

GP
Charles Ferguson

Charles is an experienced founder (Frontpage, sold to Microsoft), investor, and an Academy Award-winning filmmaker. He's an LP in multiple funds and contributes a vast network.

Charles is an active LP and Deal Captain in DVC Seed Fund and is joining DVC as a Partner to focus on the AI Fund.

Alexey
Rybak

Venture Partner
Alexey Rybak

Alexey is a Product @ Meta and previously Product @Perplexity.ai, @Google, Head of Product @MetaArcade.

Alexey is an active LP and Deal Captain in DVC Seed Fund and is joining DVC as a Venture Partner working on both funds.

Tony
Shapovalov

Head of Product
Tony Shapovalov

Tony is a repeat founder with an exit and a wide range of skills from analytics to building and designing products.

Tony is leading product management and analytics ops at DVC from day one and has contributed a lot to the success of the Seed Fund and its automation.

Elena
Malyanova

IR & Community
Elena Malyanova

Elena worked with Nick and Marina in startup operations and brings her talent in operations, event management, community management and investor relations.

Elena has been in charge of our IR and back office from day one and has contributed a lot to the success of the Seed Fund and the Investor Community.

Vlad
Baskakov

Head of Engineering
Vlad Baskakov

Vlad is a lead engineer with a founder expertise, ex-DoorDash, ex-Cherry Labs, ex-VK, where he led pivotal projects enhancing search functionalities and user experience.

Vlad is building AI agents, automated workflows, connecting data sources and an enterprise-grade backend for our platform.