# Brian Dixon

> Brian Dixon is a Series A investor at Kapor Capital backing FinTech and Credit Cards. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dixonb
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/mrstartup
- Website: https://x.com/mrstartup
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MrDixon

Brian Dixon is a Series A investor at Kapor Capital in San Francisco focused on FinTech and Credit Cards. Brian Dixon is based out of Oakland, California and is the Managing Partner of Kapor Capital. Brian previously worked at Kapor Capital as a Principal. Brian Dixon attended the Babson College. Brian Dixon has been awarded San Francisco Business Times' 40 under 40 Class of 2018.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 38% |
| Credit Cards | 2 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |
| LGBT | 1 | 13% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 50% |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Yeti Confetti Kids | Yeti Confetti Kids platform, designed to enhance children's learning experiences in English, Math, and Social Emotional skills. The platform uses AI to provide a tailored and engaging learning environment through videos, puzzles, games, and interactive content. It also supports bilingual education, aiming to foster autonomous learning. Thecompany's mission is to nurture confident learners by integrating fun and educational activities in a dynamic, safe digital space. | $5.3M | Seed | Apr 04, 2024 |  |
| Puzzle Financial | Puzzle Financial is a modern data platform for startups | $15M | Series A | Feb 16, 2023 |  |
| Fondo | Fondo helps with bookkeeping and beyond so founders can grow their businesses with more resources. The company strives to help founders build an enduring business by taking work off of their plate, providing them with the data needed to make key business decisions, and making sure the startup is in compliance at the state and federal level. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Feb 13, 2023 |  |
| Daylight | Daylight is the first and only digital banking platform in the U.S. specifically designed for and by the LGBT+ community. Daylight’s card, app and digital services prepare members for the future faster by helping them to navigate the finance system, generate smarter habits and connect with a community working together to build the life they deservewithout compromise.Daylight was founded in 2020 and is located at West Hollywood, California. | $15M | Series A | Nov 18, 2022 |  |
| TomoCredit | TomoCredit is building the next generation credit card designed for Millennials with no credit history or credit score by analyzing alternative data sources through its proprietary algorithm. founding team is made up of immigrant founders who all felt the challenge of getting a credit card as foreign nationals. The team is comprised of alum fromCoinbase, The Kenetic Hedge Fund and Google and have attended schools including MIT and UC Berkeley. | $10M | Series A | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| Daylight | Daylight is the first and only digital banking platform in the U.S. specifically designed for and by the LGBT+ community. Daylight’s card, app and digital services prepare members for the future faster by helping them to navigate the finance system, generate smarter habits and connect with a community working together to build the life they deservewithout compromise.Daylight was founded in 2020 and is located at West Hollywood, California. | $5M | Seed | Jun 30, 2021 |  |
| Career Karma | Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online. Over 1 million workers navigate their careers every month through advice and coaching.By offering free coaching and peer mentorship, Career Karma has grown to over 150,000 members from every background and profession.Through its directory of 9,000 boot camps and tradeschools, career switchers discover training programs by comparing courses and reading student reviews.The Career Karma mobile app makes your decision even easier. In the app, you can connect with current students and alumni to find your ideal program and get prepared for admission. | $10M | Series A | Dec 09, 2020 |  |
| Career Karma | Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online. Over 1 million workers navigate their careers every month through advice and coaching.By offering free coaching and peer mentorship, Career Karma has grown to over 150,000 members from every background and profession.Through its directory of 9,000 boot camps and tradeschools, career switchers discover training programs by comparing courses and reading student reviews.The Career Karma mobile app makes your decision even easier. In the app, you can connect with current students and alumni to find your ideal program and get prepared for admission. | $1.5M | Seed | Jul 09, 2019 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Citi Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/citi-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chingona Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chingona-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Clocktower Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clocktower-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The 6ixth Event](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-6ixth-event) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Unshackled Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unshackled-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Kapor Capital

VC Fund · Oakland, United States

Kapor Capital is an investment firm that invests in early-stage tech-enabled startups. They are an Oakland-based fund that understands that startup companies have the ability to transform entire industries and to address urgent social needs as they do so. It was founded in 1999 and headquartered in Oakland, California.

5 contacts available at Kapor Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Chen | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-chen-7d9b |
| Batul Joffrey | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/batul-joffrey-3976 |
| Brian Dixon | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brian-dixon-2 |
| Cliff Worley | Senior Director of Portfolio Growth Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cliff-worley |
| Eric M. Stone | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-stone-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Brian Dixon invest in?

Brian Dixon invests primarily in FinTech, Credit Cards and Financial Services startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Brian Dixon last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Brian Dixon closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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