Brian Dixon is Managing Partner at Kapor Capital, the Oakland-based early stage fund. He joined the firm in 2011 as an MBA intern, was named a Partner in November 2015 after serving as Principal leading deals from seed to Series A, and with Ulili Onovakpuri raised the firm's $126 million Fund III, announced in September 2022. His stated investment interests are FinTech and EdTech. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Science from Northeastern University and an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, and is a Kauffman Fellow and a Management Leadership for Tomorrow Fellow.
Education
B.S. Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University
M.B.A., F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College
Previous Experience
Principal, Kapor Capital
MBA intern, Kapor Capital
Co-founder of two technology startups (companies not named on his bio)
Career Timeline
2011
Joined the Kapor Capital team, first serving as an MBA intern.
2015
Kapor Capital announced on November 3, 2015 that it had named him a Partner, after he served as Principal leading deals from seed to Series A and managing the firm's investment portfolio.
2022
Kapor Capital announced on September 7, 2022 that he and Ulili Onovakpuri, as Managing Partners, had raised the firm's largest fund to date at $126 million.