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Alan Cohen

General Partner at DCVC

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Alan Cohen is a General Partner at DCVC, with expertise in team building, cloud computing, product management, and strategic partnerships. He has invested in notable companies such as Reach, Proprio Vision, Pivot Bio, Mist Systems, and Arkin, contributing to their growth and success. Cohen's career highlights include serving on the boards of Reach Labs, Proprio Vision, and Fulfil, as well as holding advisory roles with Netskope and multiple other companies.

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.

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