About
Brian Best leads Dragon Capital's Investment Banking Department, joining in 2006 after running his own corporate finance firm, Rubicon Capital. He has over 25 years of experience in investment banking and private equity, previously serving as a director at a major Ukrainian PE fund and spending three years at Lehman Brothers.
Invests in
Media & Entertainment
Experience
- Leader VenturesManaging Director2008 — 2021
- Western Technology InvestmentPartner1997 — 2007
- Western Technology InvestmentCFO1999 — 2004
- Ross Systems IncVarious Finance Positions1990 — 1994
- Ernst & YoungAccountant1988 — 1990
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA1994 — 1996
- University of the Pacific - Eberhardt School of BusinessBS, Business1984 — 1988
- Redwood High1983 — 1984
Skills & more
Venture Capital36Private Equity9Start-ups15Due Diligence7Corporate Development13Mergers3Entrepreneurship8Valuation5Business Strategy7Corporate Finance5Financial Modeling4Investments6
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Business DevelopmentRestructuringFinanceStart-up VenturesPortfolio ManagementMergersIPOFrom Brian's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business511
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital
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Also attended University of the Pacific - Eberhardt School of Business4
Shared employers
Also worked at Western Technology Investment13
Shomik GhoshInvestor at Sierra VenturesBuzz FannInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Annelies GambleInvestor at Zetta Venture PartnersMaurice WerdegarInvestor at Streamlined VenturesMaddy BurlesonPrincipal at Western Technology InvestmentPatrick WardPrincipal and Portfolio Manager at Western Technology Investment
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Also worked at Ernst & Young1,007
Tyler WilsonSenior Accountant at Felicis VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesLinn Hege AuneInvestor at InvestinorTorjusInvestor at InvestinorAngela ToyPartner & COO at Golden Gate VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate Ventures
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Investments
Investor
Volia Cable
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at Dragon Capital
Andriy Nosok
Managing Director, Head of Private Equity at Dragon Capital
Eugene Baranov
Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure at Dragon Capital
Fedir Bagnenko
Managing Director, Fixed Income Trading at Dragon Capital
Iryna Rymlyanskaya
Head of Own Account Trading at Dragon Capital
Ivo Suchy
Managing Director, Head of Financial Markets and Treasury, Protector of the Fiala Family Trust at Dragon Capital
Kostiantyn Kucherenko
Managing Director, Fixed Income Sales at Dragon Capital
Oleksandr Fedorov
General Manager of Dragon Capital (Cyprus) Limited at Dragon Capital
Oleksandr Ublinskykh
Managing Director, Sales and Trading at Dragon Capital
Network2
Arturo Labbé
Corporate Venture Director at Fundación Chile
Thomas Cuvelier
Partner, US & Europe at RTP Global
Investors connected to Brian in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.




















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