Chris Dixon is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz who co-leads and founded the firm’s crypto division. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Chris Dixon is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz who co-leads and founded the firm’s crypto division, a16z crypto, after previously co-founding and serving as CEO of startups SiteAdvisor and Hunch. His investment thesis is heavily focused on cryptocurrency and Web3, spanning sectors like exchanges, decentralized finance, NFTs, and infrastructure, with a geographic emphasis on the United States while supporting global Web3 development. Dixon typically invests at the seed stage and often leads rounds, having personally led Andreessen’s $25 million investment in Coinbase and grown the crypto fund from $300 million to over $7 billion in committed capital. Notable portfolio companies include Coinbase, Uniswap, Ripple, and Dapper Labs, with Dixon also serving on the boards of Coinbase, Oculus VR, and BuzzFeed. He is a prominent Web3 evangelist who argues that blockchain and decentralization are the future of computing, frequently articulating this view in public writing on Medium and his former site cdixon.org, as well as through a16z podcast appearances.
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