Christopher Dixon
Software Engineer
Summary
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SeniorChris Dixon is a founder-turned-investor who leads a16z crypto, overseeing more than $7 billion across dedicated Web3 funds while serving as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz since 2013. He combines deep entrepreneurial chops—having founded and exited startups like SiteAdvisor and Hunch—with hands-on technical credibility as a full-stack Web3 developer. Dixon is known for shaping crypto strategy at scale, sourcing and guiding protocol and application plays across multiple fund cycles. His background in philosophy (BA/MA from Columbia) and an MBA from Harvard gives him a rare blend of rigorous conceptual thinking and dealcraft. He writes and speaks about ownership and digital commons (see Read Write Own), signaling a long-term view on technology and society beyond pure financial returns. That cross-disciplinary perspective, plus serial founding experience, helps him spot technical teams turning novel crypto primitives into real products.
8 years of coding experience
Github Skills (21)
blockchain8
mern8
thegraph8
solidity8
standardized7
ethereum7
graphql6
name-service6
mongodb6
react5
nodejs5
mdns5
dyndns5
dao4
full-stack4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
stan36/DecentraCorp
Aug 2018 - Jun 2021
Contributions:69 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
CryptoGrow/CryptoGrow
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:171 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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