Chris Dixon

In the late 1990s, Dixon spent three years as a software programmer at Arbitrade, a hedge fund focused on high-frequency trading.[4] He then joined the venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners.[5]

In 2005, Dixon co-founded SiteAdvisor, a web-security startup that was bought by security company McAfee in 2006.[6] In 2009, he founded Hunch with Caterina Fake and Tom Pinckney, which was acquired by eBay in 2011.[7] He also co-founded Founder Collective, a seed-stage venture capital fund and became an investor in BuzzFeed, Makerbot, Betaworks, Uber, Venmo, Milo, and Hotel Tonight.[4]

Dixon is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California.[8] Since joining the firm in January 2013, Dixon has led a variety of investments for the firm including FiftyThree[9] Soylent,[10] and Nootrobox[11] and he sits on the boards of drone startup Airware,[12] 3D printing startup Shapeways,[13] and the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.[14]

Dixon also led the firm's investment and sits on the board of Oculus VR,[15] which was acquired by Facebook in March 2014.[16]

In 2018, Dixon led the launch of Andreessen Horowitz's dedicated cryptocurrency vehicle, a16z Crypto, to the tune of $350 million.[17] Katie Haun also joined as a general partner to run the fund alongside Dixon.[18] In 2020, a second cryptocurrency-focused fund was launched with $515 million in starting capital.[19]

In 2010, Bloomberg L.P. named Dixon the top angel investor in the technology industry.[20]

Dixon won the 2012 Crunchie "Angel of the Year" award.[21]