Davidovs Venture Collective

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Venture capital and investment

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About Davidovs Venture Collective

Davidovs Venture Collective (DVC) is an AI-focused seed and follow-on venture capital firm.

Founded and led by Marina and Nick Davidovs.
Invests in early-stage AI startups led by repeat founders.
Built on community and AI, providing hands-on support and an active network.
The collective brings together 420+ LPs and founders — engineers, operators, and AI researchers — creating strong dealflow and Silicon Valley access.

DVC backs AI companies through two complementary funds (see "Investment strategy and funds").

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Where Davidovs Venture Collective works

Names Serbia as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.

Prices

Hours and contact

Email: tony@dvc.ai

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Investment strategy and funds at DVC

Investment strategy and funds at Davidovs Venture Collective (DVC)

Focus

DVC focuses on early-stage AI startups led by repeat founders.
The primary geography is mainly the US.

Pre-seed/Seed Fund (Rolling)

Check size: $100K–$300K.
Stage: pre-seed and seed.
Sector: AI startups.
Founder profile: repeat founders.

DVC AI Fund I

Check size: $1M–$3M.
Stage: Series A and Series B.
Strategy: follow-on into DVC's top Seed companies, often pre-empting their raise.

Founders building AI companies and LPs interested in DVC's funds can use the "Pitch us" and "Apply to invest" options on dvc.ai to start the conversation.

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Team at Davidovs Venture Collective

Team at Davidovs Venture Collective (DVC)

Marina Davidova — Managing Partner, Founder

Experience as an AI startup founder and operator (Humanism.is, Cherry Labs, exited).
VC/investor background (Gagarin Capital).
Leads DVC Strategy, Investment Process, Internal Products, and Community.

Nick Davidov — Founder, Investments and Portfolio

Repeat founder and VC in AI.
Co-founder of Cherry Labs (exited) and Gagarin Capital (exited), and founder at iTech Capital (6x TVPI).
Former growth lead at MSQRD (30M MAU in 3 months, acquired by Meta).
Focuses on Investments and Portfolio management at DVC.

Mel Guymon — GP, Partner focused on the AI Fund

Background in investment and startups (IMVU).
Big Tech experience at Yahoo and Google in Corporate Development and Product Management.
Builds corporate governance and sits on multiple boards.
Former Naval Officer on a nuclear submarine.

Charles Ferguson — Partner focused on the AI Fund

Experienced founder (Frontpage, sold to Microsoft).
Investor and Academy Award-winning filmmaker.
LP in multiple funds.
Active LP and Deal Captain in DVC Seed Fund, and Partner focused on the AI Fund.

Alexey Rybak — Venture Partner

Product roles at Meta, Perplexity.ai and Google; Head of Product at MetaArcade.
Active LP and Deal Captain in DVC Seed Fund.
Venture Partner at DVC working across both funds.

Tony Shapovalov — Principal

Repeat founder with an exit.
Broad skills across analytics, product building and product design.
Leads product management and analytics operations at DVC and contributes to Seed Fund automation.

Elena Malyanova — Head of IR and Community

Worked with Nick and Marina in startup operations.
Experience in operations, event management, community management and investor relations.
Leads investor relations and back office and supports the Seed Fund and Investor Community.

Luda Domakhina — CTO and Head of Platform

Holds a Ph.D. in AI.
19+ years leading product and technology teams across startups and Fortune 500 companies, including Cherry Labs and Rockwell Automation.
Leads DVC's platform: AI agents, automated workflows, connected data sources and an enterprise-grade backend for the community fund.

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