# Davidovs Venture Collective

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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").

Source: https://dvc.ai

## Where Davidovs Venture Collective works

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

## 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.

Source: https://dvc.ai

## 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.

Source: https://dvc.ai

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- fund performance or returns
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- specific deal terms or ownership percentages

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