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David Cheng

Co-Founder and General Partner at Coreline Ventures

San Francisco, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $15,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $5,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder and General Partner

    2025

    Coreline Ventures is an early-stage VC firm investing in exceptional companies across the U.S., Japan, and Korea. Combining the resources of a global platform with the personal touch of a boutique investor, our founding team has over a decade of collaboration and has backed breakout companies such as Brigit (acquired by UPBD), CADDi, Craftbank, Enechain, EvenUp, Freee (4478.T), Kakao (KRX: 035720), Linc’well, Playground, Sansan (4443.T), and Weekend Health (acquired by WW). We focus on a small number of high-conviction investments in B2B software, vertical AI, fintech, and consumer applications, enabling us to be deeply involved, long-term partners. If you share our vision for building category-defining companies, visit us at coreline.vc to connect.

2024 - 2024

  • Board Member, Series A Investor

    2024 - 2024

    Software for early child care businesses. Led Series A.

2023 - 2024

  • Board Observer and Seed Investor

    2023 - 2024

    AI visual storytelling platform. Led seed.

2021 - 2024

  • Seed Investor

    2021 - 2024

    Helping the world's best gamers monetize their talent. Led the seed.

2020 - 2024

  • Board Observer and Seed Investor

    2020 - 2024

    AI for Personal Injury attorneys. Led the seed.

2019 - 2024

  • Board Director, Series A Investor

    2019 - 2024

    Computer vision enabled at-home fitness platform. Led the Series A.

2018 - 2024

  • Board Observer and Seed Investor

    2018 - 2024

    Financial wellness platform for the underbanked. Led the seed. Acq. by Upbound Group (NASDAQ: UPBD)

2014 - 2024

  • Partner

    2014 - 2024

    DCM is a top-performing, early-stage focused global VC firm with $4B+ AUM and a 24-year track record. DCM has invested in 400+ technology companies across 14 funds with a total enterprise value exceeding $200BN.

2022 - 2023

  • Board Director, Founding Investor

    2022 - 2023

    Healthcare on your own terms - starting with weight loss. Incubated company. Acquired by WW International (NASDAQ: WW)

2020 - 2023

  • Advisor - Gold Rush

    2020 - 2023

    Gold Rush is an accelerator built for and by Asian founders to overcome societal stereotypes, thrive more rapidly, and break the bamboo ceiling by creating and empowering more C-Suite Asian leaders. Gold Rush selects two cohorts of Asian-led companies per year that participate in a 12-week program. The accelerator is a venture of Gold House, the largest nonprofit collective of Asian leaders dedicated to forging stronger bonds that enable more authentic, successful, and longer lives. Learn more on goldhouse.org/goldrush.

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