Arthur Kaneko is Co-Founder and General Partner of Coreline Ventures, a boutique early-stage firm investing across the US, Japan and other key markets. He spent a decade running RealScout, a real estate technology company, after starting his career as an investor at DCM Ventures and a product manager at Togetherville. Coreline's pitch is restraint: a small number of high-conviction bets and a decade-plus commitment to each founder.
David Cheng is a General Partner at Costanoa Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in Palo Alto focused on data, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and fintech. With over a decade of investing experience - including nine years at DCM Ventures, where he became the youngest VP in the firm's 30-year history - Cheng has backed breakout companies including EvenUp (now valued at $2B+) and Brigit (acquired for up to $460M). A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and Wharton graduate, he is also co-founder of Coreline Ventures and publishes the 'Earned Intuition' newsletter on Substack, sharing lessons from a decade of early-stage investing.