Dion Dong

Dion Dong

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Principal at Leadout Capital
San Francisco, California, United States

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  • S
    Seed Investor
    Streamlane
    Jan 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)
  • L
    Seed Investor
    Latii
    Jan 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)
  • Creatify AI
    Seed Investor
    Creatify AI
    Jan 2023 - Current (3 years 6 months)
  • F
    Pre-seed Investor
    First Bite
    Jan 2023 - Current (3 years 6 months)
  • L
    Principal
    Leadout Capital
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 6 months)
    Leadout is an early-stage fund with a focus on founder-market fit. Companies we've backed include: Pavilion, Expo, AtoB, R-Zero, Series Financial, Near Space Labs, and more. Some deals I've sourced and/or worked on: - Stellation (pre-seed, sourced) - Expo (series A) - Liferaft (seed extension) - Creatify AI (pre-seed, sourced) - First Bite (pre-seed, sourced) - Streamlane (pre-seed, sourced) - Latii (seed, sourced) - Stealth Vertical AI (seed, sourced) - Stealth Vertical AI (pre-seed, sourced)
  • S
    Pre-seed Investor
    Stellation Care
    Jan 2022 - Current (4 years 6 months)
  • Laika
    Product Manager
    Laika
    Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 (2 years)
    Working on automating compliance. Product lead for access control, cloud monitoring, vendor management, and pentest
  • Rippling
    Developer Platforms & Ecosystem
    Rippling
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 (2 years)
    Rippling App Store, platform growth, developer ecosystem, apps & identity, integrations
  • Personal
    Angel
    Personal
    Jan 2019 - Current (7 years 6 months)
    belvo.com (pre-seed) vellum.ai (seed) deeptune.com (seed) 1stcollab.com (pre-seed) paraform.com (seed) kabcash.com (advisor) joinprospect.com (seed) lemi.bot (seed) scoutcities.com (pre-seed) ego.live (pre-seed) ... and a few more unannounced
  • Udemy
    International Expansion
    Udemy
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 (1 year)
    Helped with Udemy's China expansion efforts
  • MasterClass
    Product
    MasterClass
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 (1 year)
    Search & Discovery
  • O
    Founding Investor
    Olive Capital
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2020 (3 years)
    Olive Capital invests in trailblazing founders working in synthetic biology, software, and emergent platforms at the seed stage. Deals worked on: - Akasa Health (revenue cycle management for hospitals) - Orchid Bio (polygenic + embryo screening) - Rewind (T2 diabetes reversal) - Ender (operating system for property management)
  • Z
    Investment Team
    ZhenFund 真格基金
    Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 (2 years)
    Early-stage VC with >$2B in capital raised; concurrently working at Olive Capital, which spun out of ZhenFund. ZF's US portfolio includes Substack, Nuro, Apollo, Tagomi, Bolt Payments, Synthego, Osaro, Spring Discovery, etc.
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    Strategy & Partnerships
    Mobike 摩拜单车
    Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 (2 years)
    Helped with Mobike's US expansion efforts, 3rd hire on the US team. Mobike was acquired by Meituan Dianping for $2.7B in 2018.
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  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    Bachelor of Arts - BA
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    • VC Intern & Fellow @ ZhenFund • PM Intern @ Masterclass • China Expansion Intern @ Udemy • Strategy & Partnerships Intern @ Mobike
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    Tasty Pot - Menu Redesign
    Jun 2016 - Jul 2016 (2 months)
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