Andre Levi
Chief Financial Officer & Partner
DCM Ventures
André Levi is Chief Financial Officer and Partner at DCM Ventures. He oversees global finance, fund operations, compliance, investor reporting, and portfolio-company financial guidance.
Bio
Professional summary
Ibrahim AlSuwaidi is a Partner at DCM Ventures, where he focuses on fintech, enterprise, and frontier technology investments. DCM’s official profile states that he is focused on early-stage opportunities and is interested in ambitious founders solving difficult problems. Before DCM, he was a Principal at Pear Ventures, a seed and pre-seed focused fund. Earlier, he worked in government strategy and policy consulting and helped manage a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of state-owned enterprises. He holds an MBA and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
pre-seedseedearly stage
Sector
fintechenterprisefrontier tech
Thesis
early-stage fintechearly-stage enterprise technologyfrontier technology
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Lead with a technically ambitious early-stage company in fintech, enterprise, or frontier technology. A strong pitch should connect the founder’s technical insight to a large, difficult problem and show why now is the right time to build.
Personalization hooks
- 1Reference his engineering background and Stanford mechanical engineering research.
- 2Connect the pitch to early-stage fintech, enterprise, or frontier tech.
- 3Mention his prior work at Pear Ventures when discussing seed and pre-seed company building.
- 4His official profile notes fluency in Arabic and Mandarin and roots in the UAE and Taiwan.
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