United States · Investor

Chris Dixon

Last cheque observed Jul 2018. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietVC firm

Seed

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 35 on record
Since the last cheque3020days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$32MRounds led0 of 35Exits5 from the portfolioMostly inUnited States, 97%
Pitch Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon highlights

  1. 01

    35 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Series A: 80% of its rounds

  3. 03

    5 exits from the portfolio

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Seed
Based in
United States
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first35 appearances

  1. 2018

    1 round

  2. Jul
    RescaleSeries B · US · FinSMEs$32MWith 6 others
  3. 2015

    2 rounds

  4. Jul
    RescaleSeed · US$6.4MWith 6 others
  5. Mar
    ImprobableSeries A · GB$22MWith 1 other
  6. 2014

    3 rounds

  7. Oct
    BloomNationSeries A · US$5.5MWith 6 others
  8. Oct
    EveSeed$2.3MWith 2 others
  9. Sept
    SilvercarSeries B · US$14MWith 6 others
  10. 2013

    4 rounds

  11. Jun
    HandshakeSeed · US · blogs.wsj.com$1.5MWith 5 others
  12. May
    PandoDailySeed · US · pevc.dowjones.com$3.0MWith 19 others
  13. Mar
    Sift ScienceSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$4.0MWith 6 others
  14. Feb
    KitchensurfingSeed · US · pandodaily.com$1.0MWith 11 others
  15. 2012

    14 rounds

  16. Dec
    SmartThingsSeed · US · techcrunch.com$3.0MWith 24 others
  17. Nov
    42FloorsSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$5.0MWith 7 others
  18. Nov
    PicturelifeSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$4.0MWith 9 others
  19. Oct
    RebelMouseSeed · US · pandodaily.com$2.5MWith 12 others
  20. Oct
    FundersClubSeed · US · techcrunch.com$6.5MWith 26 others
  21. Oct
    Oyster.comSeed · US · pandodaily.com$3.0MWith 4 others
  22. Oct
    OysterSeed · US$3.0MWith 7 others
  23. Sept
    MyVRSeed · US · techcrunch.com$1.4MWith 11 others
  24. Jul
    StripeSeries B · US · techcrunch.com$20MWith 6 others
  25. Jul
    BondsySeed · US · blog.bondsy.comUndisclosedWith 5 others
  26. May
    MeddikSeed · US · techcrunch.com$750KWith 6 others
  27. May
    BehanceSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$6.5MWith 8 others
  28. Mar
    SilvercarVenture · US · sec.gov$12MWith 3 others
  29. Feb
    Voxer LLCSeries C · US · techcrunch.com$30MWith 9 others
  30. 2011

    2 rounds

  31. Jun
    Canvas NetworksSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$3.0MWith 7 others
  32. Mar
    KickstarterVenture · US · mediamemo.allthingsd.com$10MWith 18 others
  33. 2010

    5 rounds

  34. Jun
    FoursquareSeries B · US · engg.entrancecorner.com$20MWith 5 others
  35. Jun
    HeyzapSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$3.0MWith 3 others
  36. May
    Stack ExchangeSeries A · US · readwriteweb.com$6.0MWith 10 others
  37. May
  38. Mar
    OptimizelySeed · US · techcrunch.com$1.2MWith 20 others
  39. 2009

    1 round

  40. Oct
    Solve Media (An Adiant Company)Seed · US$1.5MWith 8 others
  41. 2008

    3 rounds

  42. Sept
    BloomReachSeries A · US · techcrunch.com$5.0MWith 1 other
  43. Jun
    OMGPOPSeries A · US · gigaom.com$1.5MWith 4 others
  44. May
    KnewtonSeries A · US · pehub.com$2.5MWith 9 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

We hold 1 person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

Funds they back

1 fund commitment on record

Managers
1

Every fund on record that it has committed money to, and the managers who invest it.Source: fund news.

Managers it backs most

Most recent commitments

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 11 we have independently watched raise

Climbing the wrong hillCome for theEleven reasons toFull stack startupsHow Aristotle createdHow bundling benefitsIf you aren'tRSSStrong and weak technologiesThe idea mazeWhy decentralization matters

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Exits from the portfolio

Companies it backed that were later bought or listed5 in all

OysterBought by GoogleUndisclosedSept 2015
SmartThingsBought by Samsung Electronics$200MJul 2014
Oyster.comBought by TripAdvisorUndisclosedOct 2013
BehanceBought by Adobe Systems$150MDec 2012
OMGPOPBought by Zynga$210MMar 2012

An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Chris Dixon. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Chris Dixon put money into.

Books by the people here

One book written by people at Chris Dixon.

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On podcasts

6 episodes naming Chris Dixon in the title, and 4 more that mention it.

Mentioned in

Quick answers about Chris Dixon

What does Chris Dixon invest in?

Chris Dixon invests most often at Seed and Series A (80% of the rounds on record).

How active is Chris Dixon?

35 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jul 2018.

What has Chris Dixon invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Rescale (Series B, Jul 2018).

How big are Chris Dixon's cheques?

The median round it joins is $32M.

Does Chris Dixon lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 35 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Chris Dixon invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (97%).

Is Chris Dixon investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Jul 2018.

Who does Chris Dixon invest alongside?

Most often SV Angel (12 rounds together), Founder Collective (10 rounds together) and First Round Capital (8 rounds together).

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