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Marina Davidova

COO at Humanism

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Marina Davidova is the Managing Partner at DVC, with a background in change management, talent management, and business development. She has invested in various startups, including GPU Audio and Asylia Dx, and holds executive education from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Marina's career highlights include her role as COO at Humanism and founding Vojournal, along with investments in companies like Maroo and Voices.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2021 - Current

    As a co-founder of Davidovs Venture Collective (DVC), I'm dedicated to investing in early-stage U.S. tech startups led by repeat founders. We have a keen interest in AI, ML, Robotics, Future of Work, FinTech, Enterprise 4.0, EdTech, Creator Economy, and IT/ML-enabled Food/Ag tech and Biotech. Each year, we invest in 25-30 early-stage deals, identifying promising ventures and increasing our stakes in subsequent rounds. This strategy allows us to maximize investments in the most successful companies. Our follow-on deals often involve top-tier investors like Open AI Fund, and attract attention from major VCs like a16z, 8VC, and Matrix Partners.

Davidovs Venture Collective is a venture capital firm that focuses on technology investments.

  • COO

    2022

    Enabling investments in the entire future of a person.

  • Senior Advisor - Product

    2020

    SV.CAMP is an online camp providing entrepreneurship and product management education for teens. I've joined SV.CAMP as a Partner and Advisor to help build the core product of the company and ensure our students experience the best online education product preparing them for a lifetime of creativity and entrepreneurship.

Silicon Valley Camp created to help the successful entrepreneurs from the venture capital of the world inspire children.

  • Founder

    2018

    Vojournal is a non-profit project creating interactive journals and content for kids. We are in love with reading and learning and are eager to share our passion with kids. We use all profits to fund charities working with inclusive education.

  • Head Of Operations

    2017 - 2021

    Cherry Labs is a CA-based computer vision startup providing real-time video analytics for enterprise operational efficiency and workplace safety. As the head of ops, I'm in charge of designing and managing the company's core operations and processes, building teams, and ensuring everything always works as planned. My role is quite versatile and includes Project Management, Product and Process Design and Analysis, Finance, Legal and Compliance, Investor Relations, Hiring and Talent Management as well as Customer Support.

No-code computer vision for safety and operational protocol compliance.

Raised $6,940,000.00 from Hands of Midas, XTX Ventures, AltaIR Capital and GSR Ventures.

  • Investor

    2016 - 2020

Frank is a public facing transparent ledger.

  • Consumer Product Analytics

    2014 - 2020

    Gagarin Capital is a Venture Capital firm advising and investing in early-stage technology startups in Silicon Valley, Russia & FSU countries and Israel, like MSQRD (Acquired by Facebook), Prisma, Wallarm. I advised GP of the Fund on investment opportunities in consumer tech products and supported investment decisions with product data analytics.

Taver Capital Partners is a venture fund that invests in early-stage artificial intelligence companies.

  • HR Manager

    2006 - 2008

Cisco DevNet is your source for everything developer at Cisco Systems.

  • HR Manager

    2006 - 2008

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