DataPower Ventures

DataPower Ventures (DPV) is a New York City-based venture capital firm founded in 2021 by David Yakobovitch, a former Google Product Lead and AI Policy Ambassador. Operating as a bi-coastal fund bridging New York City and Silicon Valley innovation ecosystems, DPV employs a distinctive barbell strategy: combining early-stage investments in transformative AI companies with selective growth-stage positions in category-defining leaders. The firm is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser and also operates a syndicate on AngelList. DPV writes checks of $100,000 to $250,000, concentrating on exceptional technical founders building at the intersection of applied AI, inference, deep technology, and data-driven platforms across enterprise software, healthcare, financial services, and sustainability. With approximately 52 investments and 26 portfolio companies, the firm has backed some of the most consequential AI companies of the current cycle, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, SSI, Eleven Labs, Harvey, Perplexity AI, Hammerspace, Together AI, Apptronik, and Revelio Labs. Yakobovitch hosts the HumAIn Podcast on AI and data science, extending DPV's presence into the AI research and practitioner community. Christina Ellwood serves as Board Member and CMO. The fund's primary US focus is complemented by investments in Canada, Israel, and the United Kingdom. DPV's thesis is that the most important AI infrastructure and application companies of the next decade are being built now, and that backing the strongest technical founders at the earliest stages creates the most durable portfolio positions.