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Chris Dixon

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Chris Dixon is a general partner and has been at Andreessen Horowitz since 2012. He founded and leads a16z Crypto, which invests in web3 technologies through three dedicated funds with more than $3 billion under management.

Previously, Chris was the cofounder and CEO of two startups, SiteAdvisor and Hunch. SiteAdvisor was an internet security company that warned web users of security threats. The company was acquired by McAfee in 2006. Hunch was a recommendation technology company that was acquired by eBay in 2011.

Chris has been a prolific seed investor, cofounding Founder Collective, a seed venture fund, and making a number of personal angel investments in various technology companies.

Chris started programming as a kid, and was a professional programmer after college at the high-speed options trading firm, Arbitrade. He has a BA and MA in Philosophy from Columbia and an MBA from Harvard. He has written about his theories and experiences as an entrepreneur and investor on Medium, and before that at cdixon.org; his a16z Podcast appearances can be found here.

Twitter: @cdixon

Latest Posts

Blockspace: What Comes After PCs, Broadband, and Smartphones

by Chris Dixon and Mario Gabriele
  • crypto & web3
  • a16z crypto

Crypto Fund 4

by Chris Dixon
  • crypto & web3
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • online communities
  • security & privacy
  • the creator economy
  • a16z crypto
  • announcements

Introducing the 2022 State of Crypto Report

by Daren Matsuoka, Chris Dixon, Eddy Lazzarin, and Robert Hackett
  • crypto & web3
  • gaming, social, and new media
  • online communities
  • open source
  • the creator economy
  • a16z crypto
  • state of crypto 2022

Investing in Lightspark

by Sriram Krishnan and Chris Dixon
  • crypto & web3
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