Bahram Tavakoli
Founder of WagerPager
Menlo Park, California
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2024 - Current
For 30 years and with $4.5B in assets, DCM has proudly served as the trusted first partner to the founders behind category-defining companies, globally. Your partner from Seed, Series A, Series B & beyond. Love platform models, media/entertainment, gaming, sports, markets, marketplaces, commerce, & consumer internet. Would love to hear from you at: btavakoli@dcm.com or @bahram_t on X. Some DCM-backed companies include: - Fintech / Insurtech: Cherry, Assured Claims, Bill.com ($BILL), SoFI ($SOFI), Figure, Akulaku, Moove - Commerce Infra / Logistics: YQN (Flexport for Asia), Pony AI ($PONY), UniUni, GigaCloud ($GCT), Eaze - Consumer: TikTok (via Musical.ly), Kakao, Careem, Kuaishou, Jackpocket, Picsart - B2B: Fountain, Docsend (acq. by Dropbox), EvenUp, Wrike (acq. by Citrix) - Gaming / Media: FloSports, FuboTV ($FUBO), Happy Elements - Healthcare: Modern Animal, Musely, Hims & Hers - Frontier: Skylo, Plenty, Matterport
DCM Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in the mobile, consumer internet, communications, and service sectors.
Founder
2023
The largest sports betting jobs site. From top sports books, startups, betting infra, & everything in between, WP is how thousands have found roles in the betting industry amidst macro tech layoffs. Learned the magic of SEO/growth & partnered with Duke, UMich, Norte Dame, & other schools to help students get internships and new grad jobs.
Founding Partner
2019
Backed by 500 Global, 248 is an early-stage fund investing in Babson, Olin, & Wellesley College founders.
Alumni Partner
2021
A proud partner in First Round’s $12.5M fund, backing undergrads, dropouts, & PhDs with $100K checks. The first partner to Anysphere/Cursor, Shield AI, Dandy, Athelas, Hightouch, & FiscalNote ($NOTE). DRF portco's have raised $6B+ in follow-on funding alongside our co-investors Sequoia, a16z, GC, David Rubenstein, Thomas Laffont, & more.
Dorm Room Fund is the strongest community of entrepreneurial students in the nation.
Founding Team
2024 - 2024
Product Manager
2022 - 2024
Crafting products at the intersection of media, markets, security, & regulation. Key product initiatives include: - Insider Trading - Partnering with NBA, NFL, and top leagues to build bespoke gaming experiences for pro athletes - Player Integrity - New State Launches - Canada Expansion
FanDuel is a gaming company that offers sportsbook, daily fantasy sports, horse racing, and online casino games.
Raised $416,200,000.00 from The K Fund, FJ Labs, True Capital Management, Pentech Ventures, True Capital Management, Jose Marin and Shamrock Capital Advisors.
New Ventures
2021 - 2021
Supported M&A + DTC and physical retail expansion right before our Series D led by Silver Lake. Lots of learning lessons.
Thrasio is a consumer goods company reimagining how beloved products become accessible to everyone.
Raised $3,396,500,000.00 from CrossWork.us.
Product & Growth
2020 - 2021
Grateful to learn from the founders Jeremy Cai and Derek Tu. Joined as employee <#20 during our biggest growth phase & left a whole lot wiser. Backed by Dylan Field, Fred Ersham, and the founders & leaders of CAA, Xiaomi, and GitHub.
Investment Team
2019 - 2020
Multi-billion-dollar single family office. Investing in the world’s best companies & funds. The dream springboard for learning the art of investing.
Private Equity
2018 - 2018
Search Fund Accelerator is a venture capital company providing investment management and mentor search services.