From Gutenberg to the Apollo mission, history teaches us progress comes in decisive surges of ambition, not comfortable increments. The printing press shattered the monopoly on knowledge, unleashing a rapid spread of ideas that reshaped civilization. Apollo 11 reached the Moon not because the capability already existed, but because we had the will. In each case, acceleration was fueled by purpose. Velocity wasn’t the goal, but it was the byproduct of a compelling mission.

In other words, focus on compelling and meaningful innovation as the mission, velocity as an essential element (but not the goal in itself).  
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Our belief is simple. Meaningful innovation comes from surges of ambition, not incrementality.  

Against this backdrop we found ourselves asking simple questions. What if you could build a company that systematically builds meaningful companies? What if you could systematically increase the success rate of startups, flipping the traditional venture equation from one breakout in twenty to the majority thriving?  What if we could do that at high speed or velocity?

Those questions became DVx Ventures.

‍DV stands for delta-v, the change in velocity to break free of gravity or shift trajectory. In aerospace, it’s the thrust a rocket needs to reach orbit. And for us, it’s the catalytic energy needed to break startups free from the inertia of status quo. We don’t invest from the sidelines; we build as operators, applying concentrated force and focus from the earliest days of a company’s existence.

Translating ideals into reality takes more than ideas; it takes execution. That’s why DVx is built by seasoned operators who’ve been in the trenches of high-growth companies. Our team has helped lead companies like Tesla, Lululemon, Lyft, and others through critical moments of scale. We know what it takes to go from zero to one, and then from one to one hundred. This experience gives us a playbook for simplifying complexity and executing with focus. Building a startup is an intensely human endeavor, so we form tight-knit, mission-driven teams and equip them to move fast with confidence.

DVx Ventures is our answer for the future of venture; a platform that brings together the vision of an idea with the skills of builders, the rigor of operators, and the long-term commitment of true owners.

As operators, we have an insatiable desire for building, and couldn’t think of a better problem to solve than to unlock a system that creates companies – again and again. By focusing on purpose and first principles, by engineering for Δv at every step, and by aligning incentives to long-term outcomes, we are honing the craft of building into deliberate creation.

We’re here to build companies that endure, and to do it with speed, discipline, and purpose.

That’s the work.