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Twitter@cdixon

Degrees

Harvard Business School, MBA
Business Administration
Columbia University, B.A.
Philosophy
Columbia University, M.A.
Philosophy

Current Companies

CEO, Co-founder, Board of Directors
Contributing writer

Former Companies

CEO, Co-founder

Current Financial Organizations

Founder Partner

Former Financial Organizations

Web Presences

Tags

angel-investor, hunch, siteadvisor

Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon currently works as the CEO and Co-founder of Hunch. He is also a contributing writer for TechCrunch.

He previously was the CEO and Co-founder of SiteAdvisor, which was acquired by McAfee. Chris is a personal investor in early-stage technology companies, including Skype, TrialPay, DocVerse, Invite Media, Gerson Lehrman Group, ScanScout, OMGPOP, BillShrink, Oddcast, Panjiva, Knewton, and a handful of other startups that are still in stealth mode. In addition to his personal investments, Chris is also a co-founder of Founder’s Collective.

Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
PandoDaily 1/12Seed$2.5M17
Canvas Networks 6/11Series A$3M6
Kickstarter 3/11Unattributed$10M18
Heyzap 6/10Series A$3M3
Fluidinfo 5/10Series A$800k12
Stack Exchange 5/10Series A$6M10
SolveMedia 1/10Series A7
Cardpool 1/10Seed16
Hot Potato 11/09Series A$1.42M15
Milo 11/09Series A$4M17
20x200 10/09Series A$800k6
Convertro 1/09Series A1
Knewton 5/08Series A$2.5M10

Videos

Sources

  1. Sarah Lacy’s PandoDaily launches with $2.5 million in funding (gigaom.com) [edit]
  2. Union Square Ventures Leads $3M Round In 4chan Founder Moot’s New Startup Canvas (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  3. Kickstarter Fesses Up: The Crowd-Sourced Funding Startup Has Funding Too (mediamemo.allthingsd.com) [edit]
  4. HeyZap Lands Another $3 Million In Funding (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  5. NYC Startup Fluidinfo Raises $800K From Hotshot Investors (businessinsider.com) [edit]
  6. All-Star Team Backs StackOverflow to Go Beyond Programming Questions (readwriteweb.com) [edit]
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  9. Hot Potato Raises $1.42 For Event Social Networking (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
  10. Milo, a Site to Help People Shop Offline, Attracts Investors (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
  11. Online Art Store 20×200 Scores $800,000 From True Ventures And Angels (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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  13. Knewton Raises $2.5 Million (pehub.com) [edit]
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