Venture with Grace David Cheng, Partner at DCM: Shaping SaaS, Marketplaces & Fintech
David Cheng is a Partner at DCM. He focuses on opportunities in Vertical SaaS, Marketplaces, Consumer Applications, Fintech and Digital Health. David's investments include Brigit, EvenUp, LARQ, Lighthouse, Metafy.gg, Musely, OpenArt, Plenty, and Tempo. Previous portfolio companies include AVA (acq. by DSM), Bill.com (NYSE: BILL), Musical.ly (acq. by Bytedance), SoFi (NASDAQ: SOFI), Weekend Health/Sequence (acq. by Weight Watchers) and X.ai (acq. by Bizzabo). David was named to the 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital. Prior to joining DCM, David worked as a management consultant at Accenture in New York City where he focused on investment diligence and corporate strategy engagements for PE/VC, Healthcare, Financial Services and Technology clients. He was also recognized for co-authoring a firm-wide white paper regarding mobile payment industry trends and highlights. Earlier in his career, David spent time working at Streeteasy (acq. by Zillow) and Citibank. Topics:
- Consumer applications in the mobile era
- The evolution of marketplaces
- Vertical SaaS trends and opportunities