Alan Cohen
General Partner at DCVC
Alan Cohen
General Partner at DCVC
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
General Partner
2019 - Current
Pulling an oar at the progenitor Deep Tech venture firm. Serving: Proprio, Reach, Fulfil, Evolv Technology, Smartex, Golden, Kentik Exits: Evolv (IPO: NASDAQ), Caption Health (acq. by GE HealthCare), ElementAI (acq. by ServiceNow).
DCVC backs entrepreneurs using deep tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Obedient Worker Bee
1990
Investor and Board Member
2021
Industrial scale wireless power
Reach is a technology company that builds long-range wireless power networks that deliver scalable and resilient energy infrastructure.
Raised $39,120,000.00 from Y Combinator, Collaborative Fund, DCVC and Transform VC.
Investor and Board Member
2020
World's first AI surgery co-pilot
Proprio uses machine learning, computer vision, and augmented reality user interfaces to improve the accuracy and efficiency of surgery.
Raised $85,102,133.00 from Trousdale Ventures.
Investor and Board Member
2023
Robotic E-commerce fulfillment for grocery
Advisor/Investor
2012
Honored to currently work with game-changing companies, including: Pivot Bio (The future of agricultural nutrition) Fletch (ML shows only threats you must deal with immediately) Silverfort (Identity security leader) Fidocure (Cancer care on both sides of the leash) AttackIQ (They have your Six for cyber posture) Semgrep (Code security analysis at ludicrous speed) Espressive (AI customer service) Cohesity (the Data Cloud) Onyx Fitness (acquired by Cure.fit)
Advisor
2013
The Security Cloud GTM and category development advisor to Founder/CEO Sanjay Beri and CMO Jamie Barnett.
Netskope is an IT firm that specializes in real-time security, stopping threats, protecting data, and network management services.
Raised $1,441,100,000.00 from Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Morgan Stanley, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and CPP Investments.
Chairman Of The Board
2018 - 2023
AI Creates Human Security IPO July 2021
Evolv Technology an AI-enabled touchless security screening system that uses digital sensors and artificial intelligence to detect threats.
Raised $483,319,107.00 from Silicon Valley Bank.
Member Board Of Directors
2018 - 2023
Network Pro's Secret Weapon
Kentik is a network management platform that provides visibility, performance, and security services to digital enterprises.
Raised $101,700,000.00 from August Capital, Delta-v Capital, Vistara Growth, DCVC, Jesse Robbins, Engineering Capital, Tahoma Ventures, Third Point Ventures, Golub Capital and Gaingels.
Investor and Board Member
2020 - 2023
AI+Ultrasound = Massive Increase in Preventive Care Acquired by GE HealthCare
Caption Health is a medical company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to interpret ultrasound exams.
Raised $62,427,539.00 from LDV Partners, Gopher US Partners, Khosla Ventures, New York Presbyterian Ventures, Atlantic Bridge, Sachin Gupta, Nicolas Pinto, Edwards Lifesciences and DCVC.