Chris Dixon is a General Partner at Andreesen Horowitz, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with $4.2 billion under management. The firm invests in entrepreneurs building companies at every stage – from seed to growth.

In addition, Dixon is Co-founder of Hunch, whose mission is to build a ‘taste graph’ of the entire web, connecting every person on the web with their affinity for anything, from books to electronic gadgets to fashion or vacation spots, providing better recommendations for everyone.

Chris is a personal investor in early technology companies, including Skype, Foursquare, Kickstarter, Canvas, Stack Overflow, TrialPay, DocVerse, Invite Media, ScanScout and a handful of other startups that are still in stealth mode.

He is Co-founder of Founder Collective (www.foundercollective.com) and Co-founder and CEO of SiteAdvisor, through its acquisition by McAfee. SiteAdvisor was awarded Time magazine’s “50 Coolest Websites” and PC World’s “100 Best Products of 2007” (#15).

Previously, Chris worked at Bessemer Venture Partners making early-stage investments, and has designed and programmed multimedia web applications. He has a BA and a MA in Philosophy from Columbia University, and a MBA from Harvard. Originally from Ohio, he now lives in New York City.

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